Johnm writes:
>>Don't laugh, but one of my favorite envelope followers of all time was the
PAIA design. At certain settings it was a rather accurate pitch follower. It
was also excellent for processing audio. I used it for very convincing thunder
and for a a cello sound that would almost shame Elhardt....Sometimes simpler is
better.<<
Such a ridiculous and physically impossible statement. There isn't anything
about an envelope follower or its filtering capability that comes close to the
kind of complex freq response and sound I get from the processing I do. And
it's only going to get more complex when I upgrade the OS. Simpler is only
better for simple sounds.
When I first got my Multimoog, I used to think I got a decent cello sound from
it when I played it through a Leslie speaker and used my right hand on the
ribbon controller to give it manual vibrato much like a real string player. I'm
sure if I heard it today it wouldn't sound very good. Memory has a way of
altering the past.
-Elhardt