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Real-Instruments

Overhauling and adding realistic sounding instruments to the game Starbound.

(If you're here from the wiki / forum where this is linked to, the following I pretty much copy/paste from there)

Important note

As this is the development branch, there are some instruments listed as in the pack, but aren't. You DO Not want this version of the mod, as it is incomplete. Version 0.2 will be coming soon.

What is it?

This is a massive overhaul of the instruments of the game. It uses real samples, with most of them being in minor thirds, throughout the full real range of each instrument. None of the default full range from a1 to a7, unless the instrument does that. This was accomplished by having a clip of pure silence and setting any note that is not in that instruments range to silence. The soft and upright pianos are fully sampled throughout their entire range.

Samples?

All samples are gathered from open source or public domain sample libraries, such as the Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra, VSCO Community Edition and the Virtual Playing Orchestra. Most of the samples have been edited to have reverb and sound more realistic, and "proper". See the Credits & Attribution at the bottom for links to them.

Note:

Currently, this is only useful in Starbound Composer, though they can be spawned in via the "/spawnitem" command. They can easily be identified with the preceding text of "RI - ", for Real Instruments. A full list of the ids for spawning is in "items.txt".

Instrument List

  • Strings

    • Solo Violin
    • Solo Cello
    • First Violin Section
    • Second Violin Section
    • Viola Section
    • Cello Section
    • Contrabass / Double Bass Section

  • Brass:

    • Solo Trumpet
    • Solo Horn
    • Solo Trombone
    • Solo Bass Trombone
    • Solo Tuba
    • Trumpet Section
    • Horn Section
    • Trombone Section
    • Horn Ensemble

  • Woodwinds:

    • Solo Piccolo
    • Solo Flute
    • Solo Alto Flute
    • Solo Clarinet
    • Solo Oboe
    • Solo Bassoon
    • Solo Bass Flute
    • Solo Contrabassoon
    • Flute Section
    • Clarinet Section
    • Oboe Section
    • Bassoon Section
    • Bass Flute
    • Baritone Saxophone
    • Tenor Saxophone
    • Alto Saxophone
    • Soprano Saxophone

  • Keyed Instruments:

    • Upright Piano
    • Grand Piano
    • A second grand piano
    • Honky-Tonk Piano.
    • Soft Electric Piano

  • Percussion:

    • Tubular Bells
    • Glockenspiel
    • Xylophone
    • Vibrophone
    • Crotales

  • Plucked & Picked Strings:

    • Acoustic Bass
    • Banjo
    • Steel-String Acoustic
    • Orchestral Harp
    • Distorted Electric Guitar
Instruments that are planned to be added:
Nylon Acoustic Guitar
Mandolin
Electric Bass
"Chunky" Electric Bass
Clean Electric Guitar
Rhythm Electric Guitar
Lead Electric Guitar
Overdrive Guitar
Distorted Guitar 
Timpani
Marimba
Electric Piano
Electric Grand Piano
Soft Piano
Pizzicato Strings
Tremolo Strings
Choir
Various drumkits, for different tyes of sound. 
Maybe a few extra bonuses sampled by me from an old Yamaha keyboard I have lying around.

Known Issues:

  • With the electric guitar when notes are played fast it sounds rather odd. There's nothing I can do about that.

Demos:

Despite having a large MIDI collection, only a few of them work well with Composer, as the rest are instrument heavy.

Credits & Attributions:

  • For a more specific and detailed 'who did what', see credits.txt.

Notes

The electric guitar is not from anywhere, I recorded it from my own. 
A Fender Squier Strat, on the bridge pickup with Ernie Ball 'Not even Slinky' strings, tuned down to dropped C / D drop C.
Amp sim used wsa Amplitube 4, on the Heavy St 1 preset.

Permissions:

Basically, if you make changes to it let me know, and if they're good enough, they might just make it into the releases (with credit, of course).