Another interesting Physical Modelling system is the Korg OASYS PCI
card. There are some very nice PM modules that have been created and you
can download the "synthkit" development tool and create your own on the
Mac. The downside is that the cards are no longer made and the OS support
stopped with Windows ME and MacOS 9.x. The OASYS doesn't have lots of
polyphony but it has outstanding sound quality.
Eric
At 03:56 PM 11/9/02 +1000, Simon wrote:
> >Simon writes:
> >>>It wasn't clear to me exactly what the Poly-VL was, what the Yamaha
> >SoftSynthesizer was, whether actual hardware was required, if so what that
> >hardware actually was, etc. I couldn't find any information on pricing and
> >current availability. It seems that it maybe needs some sort of Yamaha
> >SoftSynthesizer soundcard or sound module that has a connector for the
> Poly-VL
> >plugin board. Just doesn't seem to be a software solution, as I was
> expecting,
> >but more a hardware solution that uses the host CPU for extra DSP power.<<
>
> >I tried to search some Japanese sites for pricing a couple of weeks ago, but
> >not being able to read Japanese, I wasn't able to navigate to a price. I was
> >also a bit confused as to whether it was software only. But from
> >what I read it
> >sounded as if it was a software only solution. The following quotes from the
> >press release seem to support that.
> >
> >"Yamaha SoftSynthesizer embodies software technology that enables the
> playback
> >of MIDI data even without dedicated hardware such as an external
> >tone generator
> >or a sound card."
> >
> >"The Poly-VL, a plug-in module for the SoftSynthesizer S-YXG100" (if it's a
> >module for a software based synth, it should be a software plug-in much
> like a
> >VST plug-in)
> >
> >"is designed to take advantage of the performance of Intel’ s Pentium® III
> >processor." (since it needs the power of a Pentium III's parallel floating
> >point unit, it's most likely not hardware based)
>
>
>But, Todd calls it a 'board' in describing this link, and on the page
>it is called a 'PLG Card'...
> >Plug-In Board:
> >http://www.yamaha-music.co.uk/products/sections/PLG150VL.asp?sectionid=76
>...this seems to be a plugin pcb for the SW1000XG PCI Audio MIDI
>Board, and XG PLG compatible synths, the system is discussed here...
>http://www.yamahasynth.com/pro/plg150/ms.html
>The SW1000XG is described here...
>http://www.xgfactory.com/
>
>
>Then on this link...
>http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/news/99021802.html
>...it says that the Poly_VL is a plugin module for the
>SoftSynthesizer S-YXG100 To me, module means hardware/pcb module that
>connects as a Daughterboard to a sound card. It also mentions the
>SoftSynthesizer S-YXG50, but doesn't specifically say that this works
>with the Poly-VL plugin module.
>
>
>
>So, it seems that Todd has provded links to two different products,
>one being a plugin Poly-VL pcb for the SW1000XG soundcard, the other
>being a possible software plugin for a possible softsynth called the
>S-YXG100.
>
>
>I can't read Japanese, so I can't find out much more.
>
>
>Simon
>Canberra
>AUSTRALIA
>
>
>
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