[LAU] Voice-to-drums in general and the Trigger LADSPA in particular

[S. Massy]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 09:38:51PM +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:42:05PM +0400, Artem Vakhitov wrote:
> > On 22.09.2011 23:16, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> >> If you need not only the timing but also to control volume
> >> then it's unlikely this can be done without delay. The part
> >> of the input that would contain usable information to control
> >> volume would very probably come after the trigger, but to
> >> play the sample you need both. The only solution then is to
> >> delay the trigger. That means that simple solutions such as
> >> the ladspa plugin can't do what you want.
> >
> > The thing is, I do not need to do that in any kind of real time. It  
> > would be sufficient to feed a "beat box" .wav file at the input and get  
> > the corresponding .wav or .mid file at the output. All digital  
> > processing can be done fully off-line, so all timing and amplitude info  
> > is there in advance.
> 
> Even if it hasn't to work in real time Pd is probably the
> ideal tool to prototype such a system. The alternative
Just idle curiosity, but why do you guys recommend PD over SC or csound?
I had the idea they were more or less equally suited.

Cheers,
S.M.