Thanks Mike. Well You Answer What I needed To Hear. Everything Is The Same.
Nothing Really New.
And Yes, My Mistake, Trinity Is Korg.
I'll Check Out Max/MSP .
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Metlay" <metlay@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [AN1x] Re: synthesizer literature
>
> 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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