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?" > > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > metlay / atomic city / metlay@... / http://www.atomiccity.com > > Community email addresses: > Post message: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: AN1x-list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: AN1x-list-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: AN1x-list-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > AN1x-list-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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Re: [AN1x] Re: synthesizer literature
2003-12-16 by kaltar