28 Jun
2005
28 Jun
'05
1:59 p.m.
On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 17:16 +0200, Tim Goetze wrote:
[Christoph Eckert]
Hi Tim!
A few words from a high verbosity synth maker with a few hundred too
many variables.
There is a way out! Yes really, and it is simple.
I propopse: "Virtual Simplified Synthesizers" (VSS?), where the essense
is the grouping of parameters together to produce something that is as
easy and productive as a "Polysix" or "Juno 6".
Looking at the hardware landscape, I see 8+1 sliders combined with 8
knobs is a common feature for midi controller keyboards. Some have more
and a few have slightly less.
The midi standard already have a variation on this theme geared at
adapting a fixed patch to some musical environment.
I enjoy jack-rack with some EQ, chorus and reverb
really a
great fun when plugging in my acoustic guitar.
LADSPAS in ardour are really cool as well as using LADSPAS in
synths like ams or om directly (and om does use them
excessively).
I agree that the GUI interfaces for LADSPAs are sometimes
suboptimal, but this is due to the name of LAD_S_PAs.
Yes, simple is nice. However, the API's excessive verbosity and the
1.1 kludges sometimes tempt me to expand the S into other, more
pejorative words.
At least it works reasonably well, and thanks to Steve, Fons, Tom and
all you unsung heroes out there it has become a meaningful standard.
Concerning DSSIs I'd like to see some cool
ones popping up.
Me too! :) I think we'll be getting there over time though.
Thanks for your input. Any more takers?
Cheers, Tim
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