Generator - has anybody given it a try ?

[Thomas Hudson]

Michael Buchstaller wrote:
> 
> There is a PC program called Generator 1.5 from Native Instruments.
> With this program , one can construct his/her own modular with
> standard modules like vco´s, vca´s, filters, sequencers and much more.
> I have tried it, and the results are amazingly good (at least to my ears...)
> 
> Has anybode else tried this program ? What are your thoughts about it ?
> For a short period of time, it  made me think about thrashing my soldering
> iron and scope and to do it all in software - well not really, but i liked it very
> much !
> 

I found it limiting, though I haven't tried a more recent version.
For example, I wanted to simulate Craig Anderton's Pulse Width
Multiplier, basically four comparators w/ inputs for a triangle
wave and three LFOs to set threshold, all mixed using XOR's.
It was impossible w/ generator. It had no comparator, no logic
modules, etc. 

For those without large modulars it might be a good place to 
start to get a feel of programming a modular. I still 
prefer the real thing.

Thomas, 
with each hand turning a knob, instead of a single
mouse input...