[LAU] LADPSA or DSSI granular synthesis

[Ken Restivo]

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On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:26:18PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> Hi MiS.  You were recently mentioned to me on the Pd list as a fellow
> Pd/Csound user... been having some issues, might contact you off-list...
> 
> I don't know if Csound yet has the ability to act as a DSSI instrument, only
> a host, I thought.  It will act as a LADSPA plugin, for Audacity and Muse
> that I know of (somehow doesn't seem to work with Rosegarden or Ardour for
> me).
> But, having played with Csound's granular a good deal, I *highly* recommend
> it for anyone interested in that.  Using a user-defined waveform is
> standard, you can control every aspect, switch between waveforms, do other
> effects on the result, and honestly I think it's capable of things no other
> program is with granular.  Definitely miles ahead of Reason's Maelstrom.

A band member has asked me to reproduce this lead synth sound in Linux. He originally recorded it using Maelstrom.

http://www.restivo.org/misc/unreasonable.ogg

Do you think your Csound granular instrument be able to do this?

I'm currently using an AMS patch (using mvclpf and blvco's) to get a nice sound, but nowhere near the Maelstrom patch.

> I've used both the "fog" and "fof2" commands for great granular effects.  I
> believe "fog" was the one I found most useful.
> 

Where would I find these "fog" or "fog2" utilities? And/or a sample orchestra which uses them?

- -ken
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