10 Aug
2009
10 Aug
'09
4:04 a.m.
Svend-Erik Kjær Madsen wrote:
Leigh Dyer skrev:
Are you asking how to program a synth to create different synth sounds?
If that's the case, I'd skip ZynAddSubFX for now -- it's a combination
of a very wide range of synthesis techniques, so its many, many
possibilities are going to be totally overwhelming.
To begin with, I'd stick with a simple subtractive (ie: analogue-style)
synth, like XSynth or amSynth. There's a wealth of information online
about programming such synths. This tutorial video might be a good
starting point -- it covers all the basic topics, including different
oscillator types, envelopes, filters, and LFOs:
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/07/16/how-to-program-analog-synthesi…
You can run the XSynth DSSI plugin under a host like Rosegarden, or
stand-alone using the jack-dssi-host tool.
Yep, that sounds about right to me too, with a
punchy envelope in there
too. ZynAddSubFX is crazy overkill for something like that -- I'd stick
with something like the XSynth DSSI synth or amSynth, which are both
much closer to the (relatively simple) architecture of the MoPho.
Hi again
Okay I've just played with ZynAddSubFx for quite some time with the
standard patches and liked it so far, but I don't understand much of the
concept in setting the sound right, maybe I should start there to be
able to create my own sounds ?
Can you or someone else give me a clue here, I'd love to receive link's
to howto's and other stuff. A sequencer is just a way to record and playback midi
patterns, and the
recorded sequence can later be played as a single tone from the keyboard ?
Bear with me, I just want to extend my poor knowledge ;)
Most Linux sequencers focus on recording and playing entire songs,
rather than triggering simple patterns. seq24 is the closest app I've
seen to a hardware-style step sequencer, but I'm not sure if it has the
ability to trigger sequences based on MIDI key presses.
Something you might have fun with is an arpeggiator -- these let you
play a chord on your keyboard, and convert that in to an arpeggio
pattern on-the-fly. I'm not sure if there's a good software arpeggiator
for Linux, but many MIDI keyboards and controllers (including my Yamaha
CS2X) have one.
Thanks
Leigh