[linux-audio-dev] more on XAP Virtual Voice ID system

[Steve Harris]

On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:23:23 -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> > I dont think that matters, eg. my favourite exmaple, the gong synth. If
> > you issue a voice on it will initialise the gong graph in its stabel
> > state, and when you sned a velocity signal (or whatever) it will simulate
> > a beater striking it.
> 
> I'd expect it to work quite differently.  I'd expect it to initialize a
> stable state, and whenever a VOICE_ON comes in, latch the velocity,
> beater-hardness, and strike coordinates.  Perhaps damping would be a
> continuous control.
> 
> Each new strike would be a VOICE_ON and each new strike would affect the
> global graph.  Really it is monophonic.  Each new voice inherits state from
> the prior voice.

That doesn't properly represetn how it works though, I would expect
VOICE_ON to map to a new gong instance.

- Steve