[linux-audio-user] Synthesis Tools: What to use and how to use it?

mik mprims at skynet.be
Mon Mar 7 10:36:26 EST 2005


and after you've finished The CMT you can start with this one: 
http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques/latest/book-html/

comes with examples for PD.

m

Frank Barknecht schreef:
> Hallo,
> Michael Wagner hat gesagt: // Michael Wagner wrote:
> 
> 
>>In terms of software synthesizers, so far, I only looked into Alsa
>>Modular Synth and Zynaddsubfx. I like both of them, but I think, to
>>apply techniques like multiple wavetable synthesis or additive
>>analysis/resynthesis (which sounded particularly interesting to me)
>>and to get a wide range of different sounds, I need to get my hands
>>on more "sophisticated" tools like Pd, CSound or whatever else there
>>is. But actually, I have no idea, which one to choose. The point is,
>>that I really don't want to delve into one of these languages, only
>>to find out, that I should have learned another one...
> 
> 
> Well, you will need to do just exactly that: Dive in and try things
> out. We all did, we all chose some tools first which we don't use
> anymore, but still got something valuable out of them. For example I
> started with Csound. I even bought the Csound Book, which is now
> collecting dust on my shelf, as I don't use Csound at all anymore. I
> tried some more software and then settled on Pd, which still is
> exactly what suits my working habits and aesthetics best with its
> realtime nature and visual approach. (I'm also capable of "real
> programming" with text editors however I like to do music in other
> ways.) 
> 
> 
>>So... what is the tool to use? I want to be able to do the synthesis
>>techniques described in the before mentioned book, it should be
>>controllable in realtime (at least for less resource-intensive
>>patches). With "controllable" I mean, that one should be able to
>>easily change important parameters, e.g. by assigning
>>MIDI-controllers to them and changing these values over time either
>>manually or letting a sequencing tool change them. It would be nice,
>>if output via jack would be supported, so it can be integrated with
>>other Software tools, as well as my hardware synth and drumcomputer.
> 
> 
> As I wrote above nobody except you can tell what you will like but
> from your descrption I guess: You are a typical Pd user! Give it a
> try. You also might want to try SuperCollider or Csound. Pd is
> powerful, but not really hard to get into, especially not while you
> are reading a book like the CMT or the Dodge/Jerse book. 
> 
> You should subscribe to pd-list: http://iem.at/mailinglists/pd-list/
> 
> You should then start with reading Pd's html manual, which many
> beginners unfortunatly like to skip and then they ask all those
> questions which are explained in the html manual already. This is a
> bit annoying of course. ;) Better read it first and afterwards ask
> about the points you didn't fully understand. The html docs are
> online here: http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/
> 
> After you read the html, go through the documentation patches once.
> They are numbered for a reason: follow that order, and don't skip the
> "2.control.examples" part just because you want to do audio stuff
> immediatly. These examples are very important, too, to get the bigger
> picture.  All Pd patches can be edited, changed, copied etc.  Doing
> this is *the* way to learn Pd. 
> 
> Ciao


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