[sdiy] Monowave goes GPL

[Paul Maddox]

Chris,

> How similar is the sound of the original hardware, and I assume the
> current iteration, to that of the Monowave II Chameleon program?

its different, personally I preffer the Chameleon version..
The MkII has 3 oscillators, 2 LFOs, 3EGs, Filter Polesweep and really 
extensive modulation routing.
The original has 2 oscillators, each with a sub, 1 LFO (fixed triangle 
wave), 2 EGs (fixed routing) and a moog ladder.

> I use
> the latter often; it is one of my favorite Chameleon loads. (Someday,
> I'll put up a bank of my programs for download...)

Thanks, its nice to know people use it.
More patches would be great! I think there's only something like 20 patches 
in the MWII currently, it would be nice to have more :-)

> My point being that if the Chameleon program is more or less the same
> thing as the hardware, sound-wise, I'll probably just stick to that.
> But if they are markedly different, I'll want to explore making one of
> these. My fiscal stars weren't in alignment when you released the
> original (ah, the life of a professional musician.)

Try the sounds, page and compare the two.

FWIW, if you want a polyphonic version, check out Phoenix ;-
http://www.chameleon.synth.net/projects/phoenix/

6 voice poly,
3 oscillators, 256 waveforms, de-res
stack mode,
Polesweep filter
LFO (with 64 waveforms)
3Egs
lots of routing (need to finish adding the rest of that in)
and a stereo Chorus.

its not finished yet, but you can download it and have a play.

Paul