Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

>From: "Ski <ex5tech@...>" <ex5tech@...>

>Ouch!  I've never actually owned a VS or a Wavestation, and I forgot
>that they could sweep a wavetable with an LFO.
>
oopsie. not what I meant to say.... sorry, I'm getting a bit confused too, 
so I'll take a deep breath and make sure I use the correct terminology... 
:-P

I'm pretty sure the Prophet VS does not let you sweep through the waveforms. 
it just lets you crossfade between the oscillators (like the evolver does) 
This is called "vector synthesis"

PPG/Waldorf synths do "wavetable synthesis" They let you define, and sweep 
through wavetables. But it's also a bit more complex than that, for at least 
with a Microwave, using "UPAW" (User Programmable algorithmic waves) waves 
in a wavetable, it will produce waves that are a cross between two waves 
during a transition between two points along the wavetable.... tricky.

Wavestation lets you crossfade between oscillators, but also does something 
called "wave sequencing" which is a bit like defining a wavetable inside a 
patch, specifically for that patch... but without the crossfading between 
waves in the wavetable. But of course, crossfading between oscillators with 
different waveshapes (and wavesequences)

Anyone spot any errors in this? I'm quite open to correction here, as I know 
I'm not the world authority on all the synths mentioned above. Just trying 
to share what knowlege I have...

>Too bad that "Wave Shape" (or even "Sequence Step Value"!) isn't on
>that already long list of the Evolver's "Modulation
>Destinations".  ;)

Yeah, well when I first got the evolver thats what I thought too... "if only 
it could also do wavetable stuff like my microwave does" Now from what 
you've said, you're right in that this will be limited to the wave list, 
which is not actually a wavetable. but still, the effect you can get from 
moving up and down just a couple of waves on an LFO would be quite 
interesting, I think.

>You COULD simulate the real thing (to a degree)
>and imitate an LFO's output by not only ordering the waves in the
>desired sequence, but having a few "repeat" waves in the list to
>represent the "flatter" portions of the LFO wave you're after (like
>the soft peaks of a sine wave).
>
yeah I'm going to have a play with this tonight and see how it goes.

I've had my evo for about a month now, but havent had nearly enough time 
with it, as I've just finished moving house, and only got my studio fully 
setup again this last weekend.



julian


"Give a man a stick of gum and he will chew for a day. Teach him how to 
scrape gum off stuff and he will chew for a lifetime"



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