[linux-audio-user] [ANN] ALSA MIDI Humanizer v0.0.1

[Cesare Marilungo]

tim hall wrote:

>Really I'm yearning for analog synths, I have fond memories of playing with 
>MS10s, SH101s and my old Pro1 and the kind of resonant filter sweeps that are 
>possible with analog filters. Is the sound I am looking for simply not 
>possible digitally? Would anyone with the appropriate skills consider 
>modelling VCS3 or Prophet filters in software? The closest application is 
>probably Alsa Modular Synth for what I want (as I'd like to be able to filter 
>samples too), but it does appear to have limitations. I shall persevere, 
>obviously.
>  
>
I still own (and use) a Korg MS20. I had an MS10 also, but sold it two 
years ago to pay some bills  :-) . I'm not a DSP expert but what makes 
these synths unique were their unpredictability and their lack of 
precision. An analog circuit like that is sensible to temperature, humidity.
The difference between a real analog synth and a soft synth is much like 
the difference between a tape recorder and a digital recorder. We're 
used to the sound of the first kind, a sound that is determined by the 
intrinsic limitations of that technology.

If we reproduce or store our performance in bits anyway, there's no 
difference between a well programmed soft synth and a real analog apart 
from the fact that the first one sound (and has been designed to sound) 
too perfect.

Isn't, again, a matter of introducing a bit of randomicity (if this is 
the correct term)?

c.

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