In the same spirit, I nearly sold my Micro Modular when I heard that
Clavia was moth-balling it (no more new revs). But since I'm
waiting on a new Ztar Z6-S (www.starrlabs.com) I demurred, and am
glad I did. Lots of cool sounds and very interesting to experiment
with. The sound doesn't really come near the MOTM, but it is
polyphonic and MIDI'd. And the editor is cool.
ABSynth, I hear, is also cool. The other incredibly interesting
software synth is the Malstrom in Reason 2.0. It's a combo of a
wavetable synth and a granular synthesis with interesting routing
and two comb filters. Really unique timbres!
One more thing: Antares kantos is the total bomb. Completely
weird. It will take a monophonic recording and resynthesize it in
various strange ways. What it does to vocals is, as my teenage
daughter would say, just wrong.
Finally, has everyone seen the Oddity? Software ARP Odessy (sp?)
with some extra tricks...
Mike
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Les Mizzell" <lesmizz@b...> wrote:
>
>
> > In that MP3 I'm running the motm through
> > a something like a 32 or 36 stage phaseshifter
> > in a Roland SE70 to generate a complex
> > series of peaks and notches....and so forth...
>
>
> Few other ideas and thoughts and ramblings....
>
> ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗
>
> Since Elhardt isn't afraid of digital (...and we both obviously
love our
> Nords....)...
>
> I've been neglecting my Nord recently as I slowly get comfortable
with
> complex sound creation with ABSynth. ABSynth has, as one of the
filter
> choices, a tuneable comb filter that I find truly amazing. You can
set up an
> ABSynth patch that looks like:
>
> OSC - FILTER \
> OSC - FILTER --Waveshaper -- Master Filter -- Master Effects
> OSC - FILTER /
>
> The Master Effects section has another multicomb filter with up to
six taps,
> or a multitap delay, or a "pipe".
>
> Between all these, it's pretty easy to set up all kinds of
different
> resonant structures. I've been working on a Cello patch that's
coming along
> very nicely. Will post some audio files in the next few days, if
I can kick
> this freaking flu virus I've caught...
>
>
> ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗
>
> So, what to do with our analogue synths for this type stuff? Buy 15
> multimode filters and a few delays and put up with the accumulated
noise of
> them all? Seems an expensive solution at best...
>
> There are several electric guitar preamps out there (Roland comes
to mind)
> that uses modelling to give you a decent sounding "Acoustic
Guitar" from
> your electric. Doesn't sound bad either. Now, a guitar body is a
little
> different that a Cello body, and too big for Viola or Violin, but
it would
> be interesting to see what it would do as far as helping create a
more
> "acoustic" timbre from a synth.
>
> I've thought it would be interesting to try a Helicon VoicePrism
VoiceCraft
> on a modular synth as well, since it allows you to define vocal
tract
> resonance...
>
> What I'd love to see, would be a digital module that would,
probably with a
> computer interface, allow you to define a resonant structure and
then use it
> as a filter in your system. All the individual components to do
this
> already exist. To varying degrees the Yamaha VL series used
software to do
> this, and the Korg Z1 did this as well...
>
> Now if somebody was smart enough to reverse engineer the process,
and then
> get just the resonant filter structures to run on a small
processor on a
> single module......jezz, would that be cool or what?
>
> Since Paul is now adding MOTM modules using digital components, I
don't
> really see this as "cheating" in the analogue world, or am I in a
minority
> here...
>
> I'm not particularly interesting in creating a dead-on violin or
trumpet
> myself - but what does interest me is the creation of something
that would
> be 1/2 way BETWEEN a violin and trumpet, and sound acoustic enough
to sound
> "real" and not electronic - even though it would be an instrument
nobody has
> ever heard before....
>
> Just my random thoughts anyways...