July 13, 2008.  An extensive collection (but incomplete) of unencumbered,
freely redistributable samples in GUS patch format is now available from

http://freepats.opensrc.org.

We have deleted our fiddle patch, but retained the patch manipulating code
for the curious or interested.

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January 25, 2004:  A number of orchestral instrument samples are
available (in .aiff format) from Univ. of Iowa, Electronic Music Center

theremin.music.uiowa.edu/mis.html

Text of their web site says to use anyway you want for your music projects, 
but would like feedback as to how stuff was used... 
(Composition, ..., recreation, etc.)

Intend to try to make GUS patch or soundfont of violin, flute, (piano)...

If it works better than existing patches, approach them about WOL or CC
(of some flavor) to distribute and/or make available.  Have exchanged
e-mails with Lawrence Fritts of the Electronic Music Center and he is
agreeable to this.  He would like web references or other acknowledgement
of the use of the samples so that he can use that information in the
pursuit of funding.  I am tenatively going to use the Creative Commons
Sampling plus license for any GUS patches produced.

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July 22, 2004  contents of subdirectory "timidity"

fiddle.trim.pat   DELETTED AS OF JULY 13, 2008:  
                  Check http://freepats.opensrc.org
                  for a collection of unencumbered, freely redistributable samples.

                  fiddle (violin) GUS patch for Timidity++
                  This does not have any vibrato or tremulo specified
                  by the patch parameters.  Attack has been artificially
                  modified to rise from 0 to 70% of final amplitude in
                  30 milliseconds in order to play 1/16 notes at 120
                  quarter notes/min.

                  The patch is copyrighted and licensed under the
                  Creative Commons Sampling plus License.

		  In order to use this patch, you will have to 
		  modify timidity.cfg, or rename it and replace the
		  existing fiddle.pat.

aiff_gus.html     discussion of generation of fiddle.trim.pat

		  References a number of programs which are not
		  available on this site... If anyone has interest,
		  please e-mail me (stan [[at]] sbigraf.tamu.edu).

playmidi.c        My modifications to Timidity++-2.11.3 source to
                  make consistent use of velocity as logarithm of
                  volume so that overall level changes can be
                  made additively.

instrum.c   sndfont.c  Modified to print out more patch and soundfont
                       parameters at debug levels (-idv, -idvv)