kaltar said:
> Nice Job Grotechef,
> I Love Modular Synths. I've Seen Soft Synths Come More And More Powerfull,
> And Crispy-Clear-Fat-Full of Harmonics-Can't-Believe-Its-Software Synths.
> But Haven't Seen A Modular SofSynth (Except From VAZ, That I Didn't REally
> Like, And The KDE-arts based One on Linux). Do You Know Of a Good Softsynth
> That Is Modular? (Just Imagine Saving All Your Patching And Tweaking Thru
> Presets!)
Reaktor is modular at the basic level, and Max/MSP lets you build some pretty
whacky stuff, but you'd better be patient because the learning curve is
considerable.
> BTW, Who Knows Of All The Different Synth Techniques And Where To Get Some
> Info On How They Work? I Haven't Been In Touch With The Current Ones (Like
> The Phantom). And Never Learned What AI2 Does (The One Used On The Trinity
> by Roland But I Think Is Kind Of PCM)
The Trinity is a Korg machine, not Roland. AI2 is PCM sample playback with
some fancy waveshaping tricks in the signal line. Aside from a few structural
details, all the major synth companies' digital workstations (including the
Fantom and Fantom-S which are from Roland) use the same sample playback
technology, and if you consider the "oscillator" or "tone generator" to be a
sort of black box that can have anything inside it (digital, analog, virtual
analog, etc) then you could say that 99% of the synths out there are alike in
terms of signal flow: oscillator (tone generation and pitch control) to filter
(tone control) to amplifier (loudness control). That's the paradigm most
people are familiar with, and very few synths have gone on to any sort of
success without following it in some form or another (the Yamaha FM synths
being a notable exception, but even they added filtering and a traditional
signal flow in later models).
There are lots of good sites out there on synth technology. My personal
favorite is
http://www.creativesynth.com which is run by a friend of mine and
has lots of good stuff in it, including some great multipart tutorials on
everything from programming the Nord Modular to designing a live EM set. And
there are lots of others; I think
http://www.sonicstate.com has an archive of
synth information, although there are holes in the coverage and no way to
cross reference them. Ditto the synth archives at Harmony Central. There's an
entire subculture on analog synths and modulars out there; I'm not allowed to
surf any of those sites because I'm not cool enough.
Another alternative would simply be to ask me. I don't know everything about
the subject but I have a fair background going back about 25 years. If I know,
I'll say, and if I don't know, I won't waste your time.
mike
--
Mirai: "I predict in the future all music will be made and heard with
organic living technology..."
Rothwell: "You mean musicians?"
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