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[Dave Phillips]

Dave Griffiths wrote:

>I really wish more people would contribute patches to the Noizefarm. 
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>Having more presets and patches is fundamental for making our software more usable, and it's not always the program authors that are the best people to do this. I'd really encourage anybody who wants to contribute and who can't program to post patches on the noizefarm, or make them generally availible. 
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>Also it follows the whole GPL philosophy of sharing of modifications, I'm suprised it's not more popular.
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I know it's anathema to some folks here, but I'll suggest it anyway: 
patch randomizers. If PD or SSM or AMS or ZASF each had patch 
randomization controls I'd find it easier to create more patches. 
Constrained patch randomization is an especially nice touch.

(My apologies to the authors of those synths if such controls already 
exist.)

I created hundreds of useful sounds for my TX802 and TX81Z by using such 
controls in editors like Voyetra's Sideman series.

Programming synth patches from scratch implies a lot of knowledge 
regarding any particular synthesis method. It takes time, and I consider 
it a craft, definitely worth pursuing *if you have the time to do so*. 
But using a patch randomizer to generate, say, a dozen variants on a 
basic piano sound, that doesn't require much beyond an ear capable of 
nice judgement and some knowledge about general synthesis basics 
(amplitude envelope functions, velocity response, etc.)

The same applies to effects patches, and IIRC there's now a 
randomization control available for LADSPA. Maybe Steve H. can elaborate 
on its utility ?

>Another thing I'd like to see is more people showing off the music they've made with this stuff, it makes a good impression to people thinking of trying linux if they can hear what other people have done.
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Most of the members of this list are aware of this page:

    http://linux-sound.org/music.html

I'll be adding a couple new items to it next release, and I welcome any 
new links or updates. Some of the titles there are pretty cool, 
definitely show-off stuff for people who want to hear music made with 
Linux audio tools.

>Moaning over :) but maybe there really aren't enough of us...
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There's never enough... ;)

== dp