[linux-audio-dev] Nord Modular instrument converter

Dave Robillard drobilla at connect.carleton.ca
Sat Apr 23 02:50:59 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-22-04 at 11:27 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 03:56:40PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-21-04 at 18:02 +0300, Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> > > Hello.
> > > I started working on a Nord Modular to PD converter.
> > >   ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/audio/devel/nordmodular/
> > > 
> > > NM users have patched thousands of free instruments
> > > (http://nordsynth.zevv.nl). It would be nice to be able to
> > > use the user-made instruments elsewhere.
> > > 
> > > I choosed PD but we should make the converter general enough
> > > so that converters to other modular systems can be written.
> > > I can work on them as well.
> > 
> > Please do, I would /love/ to have a converter to Om.
> > 
> > It would require writing some (many?) LADSPA plugs to fill in the gaps,
> > but those would be really nice to have around anyway.  I suppose if
> > LADSPA plugins with the exact same ports/controls as the nord modules
> > existed, the conversion would be almost trivial.
> 
> Yeah, um, you may notice that some early ladspa plugings bear a subtle
> resemblence to certain nord modules. *cough* Not in the same league of
> implementation quality though, sadly.
> 
> - Steve, Nord addict.

Heh - I'll, ahem, 'take a look' *cough* at them.  I wouldn't be too
worried about sonic similarity at first, just getting things working.

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? :)

-DR-




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