[sdiy] [AH] What would the ultimate LFO do?

blacet at blacet.com blacet at blacet.com
Sun Dec 18 19:58:51 CET 2011


Yes, I've always been impressed with those two Modcan products!

If it not a secret, what hardware/procedssor are you using?


> It's an alternative firmware that I did after working on the Modcan
> AHDBDSR 64B envelope generator.
>
> http://www.modcan.com/bseries/ahdbdsr.html
>
> I have the prototype on my desk with a programming socket and various
> wires hanging off it. Since working on that project, I've used the
> hardware several times for 'proof-of-concept' work on other things,
> including the AMG ideas. Some months ago I was asking here about granular
> synthesis, and for a while I had some basic granular noises coming out of
> it.
> The great thing about digital hardware is the ability to reprogram it into
> something completely different.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 18 Dec 2011, at 16:48, Dan Snazelle wrote:
>
>> This "advanced modulation generator", is it something u are building?
>>
>> Looks great!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 17 Dec 2011, at 19:24, Ian Fritz wrote:
>>>
>>>> At 06:24 AM 12/17/2011, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I like to use very low frequency low pass filtered noise for an "LFO"
>>>>> because it's not
>>>>> nearly as predictable as an actual oscillator.
>>>>
>>>> Along the same lines, my chaotic oscillators can give LF oscillations
>>>> with different amounts of irregularity.
>>>>
>>>> Ian
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> The ultimate LFO isn't just an oscillator. It can also produce wide
>>> range of random and semi-random waveforms, both periodic and aperiodic.
>>> At this stage it stops being an LFO and becomes a modulation generator.
>>>
>>> I've posted this before, but my thoughts on the matter are here:
>>>
>>> http://www.electricdruid.com/AdvancedModulationGenerator.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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