[sdiy] Desinging Software Synthesizers ?

charlie lamm charlie at www2.charlielamm.com
Wed Jul 31 17:19:35 CEST 2002


For software synthesizers.  I suggest reaktor; download the demo.

Its modular nature makes it esp. attractive to DIY synth crowd I would
think.

http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?reaktor_us

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, andrew wrote:

> Csound has been real-time for many years now.
> As long as your chosen platform is fast enough...
> There is even a VST plugin version.
> However, it's strengths do lie in it's limitless off-line processing power.
> I can't reccomend it highly enough for seriously complex sythesis.
>
> ac
>
> Tim Ressel wrote:
> > Yo,
> >
> > I have dabbled in such. My thinking (loosely defined)
> > was to mimic hardware circuits in software. I used my
> > well-worn copy of Chamberlin's book, along with a
> > shelf of DSP references, and then got distracted.
> > Someday I hope to get back to it.
> >
> > There is CSound, which is endlessly fun to play with.
> > Its a non-real time system for rendering sounds and
> > music. I modelled a 2-d pan based on delays with it.
> >
> > Check it out:
> > http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/frontpage.html
> >
> > --TR
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Phillip Swanson <phillipswanson at earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Hi all
> >>
> >>I just recently joined this list, this is definately
> >>an awesome group, I also just started getting hooked
> >>on wanting to design and build my own synth ?
> >>  I know most of you are probably into designing
> >>hardware based synths are there any of you out there
> >>who are doing any software based synths ?
> >>  I was just wondering
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better
> > http://health.yahoo.com
>
>




More information about the Synth-diy mailing list