[LAD] General question: Components of Music Software

[Lorenzo]

Harry Van Haaren wrote:
> Here's my impression of a Granulizer:
>
> Chops a piece of audio up into many little "granules" (segments), ususally
> each granule is smaller than 20ms in duration, and then reorganizes 
> these granules to
> form new sounds. There is a method of synthesis based around this 
> approach.
In practice grains can be up to 100ms.
Some of the parameters of granulation:
- grain length (1 -100ms, but this )
- grain envelope (the envelope of each single grain, e.g. triangle, 
trapezoid, gaussian etc.)
- grain density (can be measured or described in different ways but it's 
the number of grains played in a certain amount of time, the more the 
grains the 'denser' the sound)
etc.

There are many granular tools out there for linux. I made a 
'minimalistic' one with Pd if anyone were interesterd

Best,
Lorenzo

>
> -Harry
>
>
> 2010/4/26 Louigi Verona <louigi.verona at gmail.com 
> <mailto:louigi.verona at gmail.com>>
>
>     Jorn! Thanks, very informative answer.
>
>     What can you say about stuff like this:
>
>     1. vocoder
>     2. grnulizer
>     3. slicer (when a file is sliced into pieces)
>     4. beat matching
>
>     L.V.
>
>     2010/4/26 Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de
>     <mailto:nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de>>
>
>         On 04/26/2010 08:47 AM, Louigi Verona wrote:
>
>         > Hey guys!
>         >
>         > I was wondering about the following.
>         > On Windows we have lots and lots of plugins and synthesizers
>         and effect
>         > racks. On Linux the selection is much less variable.
>         >
>         > However, am I correct in understanding that the variety of
>         the Windows
>         > synths and plugins merely means that people take several
>         core modules and
>         > just rearrange them into different GUIs?
>         > Am I correct in understanding that there are only several
>         major algorithms
>         > for things like filters, delays, reverbs and choruses?
>
>         in my view, the situation is mixed. there is a lot of utter
>         bullshit
>         going on, eqs and "mastering" compressors seem to have the
>         greatest
>         voodoo factor. then some people sell you simple convolvers as
>         oh-so-great emulators of vintage stuff... i think it's
>         justified to say
>         that these basic building blocks are widely understood, with
>         little room
>         for ground-breaking improvements.
>
>         it's either in great user interfaces or cutting-edge (and
>         patented)
>         technology that proprietary stuff kicks our collective asses
>         (which is
>         fine in my book).
>
>         there are many truly revolutionary algorithms and interface
>         designs that
>         have no free software equivalent, nor will they for the forseeable
>         future. stuff like ableton live or the waves reverbs come to
>         mind, or
>         (gasp!) melodyne. or advanced restauration tools like really good
>         denoises and declickers. then there's adaptive convolvers that can
>         tackle non-linear stuff (like the "liquid" gear marketed by
>         focusrite) -
>         no ready-to-use free equivalents exist for this. whether you
>         need it or
>         not is another question. as it stands now, we can't emulate an
>         UREI, the
>         closed source folks can. but sampo s. is hot on their tracks :)
>
>         the audio fundamentals (controlling spectrum, delay, frequency
>         response,
>         and space), i.e. the basic things you mentioned that you need
>         to get a
>         mix done, is all there, in varying degrees of usability and
>         slickness,
>         and i have never looked back.
>
>         then again, i'm not tied into a workflow that needs maximum
>         efficiency.
>         stuff like protools does have its uses - it's hard to envision an
>         environment where a seasoned engineer could be faster and more
>         productive. but often, all that you get for your money is a
>         fake brushed
>         aluminum widget with huge, wasteful and incorrectly modelled
>         VU meters
>         and fake rack ears... caveat emptor.
>
>         but in all fairness, open source is covering ground in this
>         area, too. :-D
>
>         best,
>
>         jörn
>
>
>
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