[linux-audio-dev] Nord Modular instrument converter

[Dave Robillard]

On Fri, 2005-22-04 at 14:08 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 10:50:59PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > I never really thought of the idea before, but being able to convert
> > nord patches would be really cool - people have made some incredibly
> > awesome patches for that thing.
> > 
> > Plus, the fact that Om can run on a headless/inputless machine with just
> > audio inputs, and be edited via PC quite easily is tempting.. mini-ITX
> > completely free software Nord Modular replacement, anyone? :)
> 
> A worthy goal, but I think it will be harder than you think. A lot of Nord
> patches depend on very precise timing issues, and I dont think you will
> get them to work how they should in software. The nord runs with single
> sample blocks.

So make all the ports on the plugins audio rate, and everything can be
sample accurate, no?

I already do plenty of audio rate filter modulation and stuff like that,
I can't think of anything the nord does that wouldn't be possible with
the appropriate plugins.

-DR-