[sdiy] harmonic generator

[mark verbos]

True, but isn't it funny how in the recording business the conversation 
is always about if the sounds "sit" in the mix? Problem is always to 
make the sound appear to belong in the song, rather than just lay on top 
because it is so much sharper than anything else in the arrangement. 
There must be room in the world for both. Funny that even the later 
Buchlas like the 700 used lopass gate technology. So in 1987 Don wasn't 
swayed by the market's tendancy towards urgency.

I guess in addition to making his customers wait for months and months 
for a system, he made them wait for their sounds to attack and decay! ;)

mark

Grant Richter wrote:

>The current marketplace for synths is about "in your face" sounds that will
>"cut through a mix". Aggressive technological sounds. "Speed and power is
>the art of our empire". - Bill Nelson
>
>Subtle and delicate sounds, like enhanced Buchla waveshapers or original
>Lowpass Gates have a hard time competing, because they don't fit the current
>fashion trends.
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>It's like there is a subset, "acoustic like" electronic sounds. Not
>imitations of existing acoustic sounds, but electronic sounds that have a
>softer complex acoustic character.
>
>If you consider the slow response of a Vactrol as a FT windowing function,
>it is easier to understand the difference in sensation. Hopefully, someone
>will get around to exploring the softer side.
>
>Electronic Consorts playing in parks? Sackbutts and Rackets return....
>
>>From: "alex dickey" <perpetual at uswest.net>
>>Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 01:37:00 -0800
>>To: "mark verbos" <a0284520 at addcom.de>, "synth DIY"
>><synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>>Subject: Re: [sdiy] harmonic generator
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>>>yeah, that was the original all analog VCO in the Wiard. It adressed all
>>>the waveforms by their harmonic content. So you had one output with
>>>controls for the amount of harmonics and if they were even or odd. Much
>>>like a Buchla 259. I think Grant dumped it in favor of the more
>>>conventional approach because people would fear it. He now offers the
>>>Classic VCO which has regualr waveform outputs. The waveform City can do
>>>an emulation of the harmonic sweeps from the Tone Source.
>>>
>>wow, i've never heard of this.  can somebody say more about this, grant or
>>others...?
>>
>>alex
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