[sdiy] Ideal polyphonic digital reverb

[cheater cheater]

Since the SDD-3300 is all digital, it really does not sound like a
very sophisticated algorithm - what's stopping someone from making a
competent clone on an arduino or a small microcontroller with a few
megs of ram?

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 6:02 AM Michael E Caloroso
<mec.forumreader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> SDD-3000 is a single digital delay, no MIDI
>
> SDD-3300 is three digital delays with MIDI.  Complete description on my webpage:
> http://analoguediehard.com/studio/effects/korg_sdd-3300/index.html
>
> Both are programmable.  Another difference is the LFO: four waveshapes
> are available on the SDD-3000, while the SDD-3300 is triangle
> waveshape only but each delay unit has two LFOs and the LFOs between
> delay units can be phase offset.  That last feature is important for
> stereo modulated delays that do not cancel in mono.
>
> MC
>
> On 3/23/21, cheater cheater <cheater00social at gmail.com> wrote:
> > can you both tell me the difference between an sdd 3300 and an sdd 3000?
> > thanks.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 3:41 AM Michael E Caloroso
> > <mec.forumreader at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Want more intriguing?
> >>
> >> MC
> >>
> >> On 3/22/21, James Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:
> >> > As someone with 3x SDD-3300s sitting here this intrigues me mightily.
> >> >
> >> > James R Coplin
> >> >
> >> > On Mar 22, 2021, 8:56 PM, at 8:56 PM, Michael E Caloroso
> >> > <mec.forumreader at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>After years of experimentation I have concluded that a polyphonic
> >> >>synth needs both reverb and at least a pair of delays that can be
> >> >>modulated.
> >> >>
> >> >>Reverb alone was never enough.
> >> >>Modulated delays alone was never enough.
> >> >>
> >> >>I had really liked my Korg SDD-3300 triple digital delay for synths,
> >> >>which can be configured in any series/parallel/cross-coupled
> >> >>architecture you can dream of.  This gets better modulated delays than
> >> >>multi-effect boxes.  Then I saw a spare output and two spare inputs on
> >> >>the 3300, so I hooked my Lexicon PCM60 digital reverb up to it and
> >> >>that was the magic combination I wanted.
> >> >>
> >> >>Using the 3300 I can route direct signal to reverb, then process the
> >> >>reverb tales with the 3300.  Or reverb in parallel with delays.  Or
> >> >>series.  Add predelay to the reverb send.  Or multiple predelay each
> >> >>to different delay times.  World of sounds with this combination.
> >> >>Enough that I built seven sets of these for my synths for independent
> >> >>processing.
> >> >>
> >> >>MC
> >> >>
> >> >>On 3/22/21, cheater cheater <cheater00social at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>> let's enumerate some of the possibilities:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> voice 1: vco1 -> (a1) -> vcf1 -> (b1) -> vca1 -> (c1)
> >> >>> voice 2: vco2 -> (a2) -> vcf2 -> (b2) -> vca2 -> (c2)
> >> >>> ...
> >> >>> voice n: vcon -> (an) -> vcfn -> (bn) -> vcan -> (cn)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> at a1, you want to have one of a few things:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> (i) a convolution engine that takes the output of vco1, applies an
> >> >>IR,
> >> >>> and puts it into the input of vcf1
> >> >>> (ii) same as (i) but the input is all vcos (1..n) and the output is
> >> >>vcf1
> >> >>> (iii) same as (i) but the output is all vcfs (1..n)
> >> >>> (iv) same as (i) but the input is the last few notes you played in
> >> >>> decreasing order: 1/2 * the vco from the most current note + 1/4 *
> >> >>the
> >> >>> vco from the previous note + 1/8 * the vco from the note previous to
> >> >>> that etc
> >> >>> (v) same as (iv) but you do that with the outputs
> >> >>> (vi) same as (i) but there's also input from b1 or c1
> >> >>>
> >> >>> then you want the same topology at b and c
> >> >>>
> >> >>> They're all obviously going to have different results and different
> >> >>> applications.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> And obviously you can think about all sorts of dsp in here, not just
> >> >>> convolution, and when it comes to convolution, then not just reverb.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 7:03 PM Mike Bryant
> >> >><mbryant at futurehorizons.com>
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Thought I'd change the topic name as we're definitely moving away
> >> >>from
> >> >>>> cheap.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> So given a polyphonic synth with unlimited voices and unlimited
> >> >>budget,
> >> >>>> what should the structure of an ideal reverb system look like ?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Once there's a consensus I'll try coding it into my digital synth.
> >> >>>>
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