[sdiy] Bach

[Scott Nordlund]

> Thanks - I probably should have written what I used...
>
> Xarp-56 - a 56 voice Karplus-Strong harp model. (struck or plucked)
>
> PolyDrum - a 55 voice chromatically tuned tonal drum synth made of 55 state
> variable bandpass filters which are "struck" (impulse excited).

I've done similar- some small variations to this basic formula can produce a
lot of simulated analog drum sounds. Though the actual analog circuits have a
lot of nonlinearities that may be really difficult to analyze, really rough 
approximations can sound surprisingly accurate. It's easily better than using
samples.

> A 16 voice FM bell synth (8 oscillators per voice)

This one seems to give it a particularly nice quality. I think FM benefits 
a great deal from heavy layering (as used in the Synclavier).

> 127 voices in all.

Wow.

I've got some recent stuff too that showcases self-developed stuff. I'm a bit
hesitant to spam up the list or hijack your glory with it but I've gotten a
good response so far.

http://soundcloud.com/gsn10/aeropsia-drain-defocus

http://soundcloud.com/gsn10/redux-ibidem-resounder

They feature neat additive/wavetable synthesis algorithms, waveguide stuff,
a variety of resonator type things, emulated Roland VP-330 stuff (not that
it's really audible in the final product), algorithmic composition, self
developed reverb algorithms, some weird pitch follower stuff...

And sonically it's probably the best and most polished sounding stuff I've
done to date.