Fast VCOs/V->F converters

[Beszedes Arpad]

Martin Czech wrote:
> 
> > The reason for my query is that programmable wavetables are often seen as
> > sometype of "panacea" for new timbral sources.  However, my experience with
> > smallish, static tables was very disappointing.  At some level they all
> > start to sound the same.  The reason is simple interesting timbres originate
> > from dynamically changing waves.  Wavetable sequencing definitely adds
> > interest.
> 
> I think I got your point, but maybe may mail was a bit offensive.
> It's been a hard weekend/monday for me, that makes me even more agressive
> then usuall ;->.
> 
> I also made a lot of experiments with wave tables, wrote programes
> to compute waves etc. Yes, a lot of them are totally disappointing.
> Only a few, about 5% or so seem interesting as static waves.
> The important thing seems not to be the short time spectrum, but the *change*
> of the spectrum in time.
> 
> >
> > Interest in 'lo-fi' not withstanding, getting good sonic results out of
> > wavetable oscillators is not simple.  I was hoping to just give folks a bit
> > of pause before they break their pick trying to do a technically challenging
> > result but possibly musically disappointing.
> >
> 
> Yes, I think this is very important. It is much easier to write , say, a
> little program that computes some waves, and then load the stuff eg. with
> cool-edit in order to listen. You need no GUI, nor command line interface.
> Just set constants etc. inside the programm. You don't even need to know
> the .wav-format, you can just dunp raw binaru stuff. If there is an
> interest, I could mail a short example in C. So you can change things
> very quickly, listen if if pricipally works or not and then decide
> whether to heat the iron or not.
> 

I would be interested in that C program, if you could mail it.
Tanx.


> Very often some mathematical very interesting idea prooved to be absolutely
> boring when listening to the results!
> 
> m.c.
> 
> p.s.: I got so many responses to my .wav-format question that I still have to read
> a lot of this stuff. This *is* a great list! Thanx to all who responded!

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