[sdiy] OT ? Favorite Software Synths

[Matt Simpson]

On 12/12/06, karl dalen <dalenkarl at yahoo.se> wrote:
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> --- Ian Fritz <ijfritz at comcast.net> skrev:
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> > At 07:48 PM 12/11/2006, Matt Simpson wrote:
> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >>Yeah, that's the one that doesn't tell you anything about what it
> > >> >>contains.  You're just supposed to buy it anyway?  Weird.
> > >> >
> > >> >what are you talking about
> > >>
> > >>OK, show me.
> > >
> > >no no
> > >i'm just unsure what you actually meant!
> > >what do you mean "what it contains"
> > >also it's free
> > >just confused is all.
> >
> > Well, as far as I can tell it simulates some synth circuits (osc, amp,
> > filter, etc.) but there is no list of the "etc."  What are the capabilities
> > of this program?  I know I can download the trial for free, but why should
> > I go to that trouble just to find out what the thing is?  How do I know I
> > can uninstall it completely if I don't want to keep it? Just a really crap
> > way of doing business, IMO. But maybe I just missed something.
>
> I see it as a little bit worser sounding Reaktor clone!(foil hat on).

that's pretty much right on the money.  'worse sounding' of course is
up to the user,
but the 'default' shit it is included with (standard components and
especially the graphics)
can be quite crappy.

on a side note, there's a much prettier program that does much the same thing:
www.synthmaker.com

available on that site are some pretty prime VSTs made with SYnthMaker.

As for SynthEdit, poorly made VSTs (like all software) really tank my computer.
There's some ABSOLUTE MAGIC that people have created with it, though,
that doesn't leave my audio arsenal.

I dunno, maybe I'm just a little dork thinking that computer-based
Synthesizer creation
(a la synthedit) is totally in line with "synth-diy".  the 2 haven't
ever erally been *separated*,
since the _audio_ concepts are more or less the same in both the
digital & analog world.

not to mention, these programs use the analog functional block
paradigm for sound creation, unlike other shit like PD or Max/MSP.

I will take this opportunity to once more profess my love for VAZ Modular :D

Matt
who hopes he hasn't upset the apple cart too much, and if so, will
probably retreat to Aaron's synth-diy class ;D

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> I found it quite frustrating to work with, very wierd and ackward
> way to deal with, not very intuitive , i made some VST's with it and
> they are OK but not much else.A down beat for it is that using the
> oscillator modules for percussion is meaningless since one cant
> restart oscphase at stick hit!
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> KD
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