[LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency controls)

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From: Fons Adriaensen <fons@...>

To: David Robillard <d@...>

Cc: <linux-audio-dev@...>

Subject: [LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency controls)

Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 7:33 pm

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 01:07:31PM -0400, David Robillard wrote:

> Since a monophonic synth is so severely limiting anyway, I make no claim

quoted text

> about being a faithful emulation of wires and capacitors and such. If
> analog was sufficient, I wouldn't be spending such a ridiculous amount
> of time writing software :)

Clearly we have different backgrounds. Straying from the technical
into the artistic domain is a good way to end this thread, so...

All the synth music I really love happens to be made using monophonic
instruments. Things like Zawinul's solo 52 seconds into 'A remark you
made' .

Once synths became polyphonic they mostly turned from a instrument
in its own right into something just used to imitate other instruments.

I'm working on a SW modular synth that at least in its first version
will be strictly monophonic, precisely to emphasize it's meant to be
an instrument on it own, and not a cheap replacement for anything else.

Ciao,

--
FA

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Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Jeff McClintock, (Mon Aug 20, 11:02 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Tue Aug 21, 12:50 am)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Nick Copeland, (Tue Aug 21, 8:14 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Fons Adriaensen, (Tue Aug 21, 9:54 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Tue Aug 21, 10:29 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Fons Adriaensen, (Tue Aug 21, 11:02 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Tue Aug 21, 11:50 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Thorsten Wilms, (Wed Aug 22, 8:30 am)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Wed Aug 22, 4:43 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Fons Adriaensen, (Wed Aug 22, 9:12 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Wed Aug 22, 9:32 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Fons Adriaensen, (Thu Aug 23, 10:56 am)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Thu Aug 23, 4:06 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Fons Adriaensen, (Thu Aug 23, 4:35 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Thu Aug 23, 5:07 pm)

[LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency controls), Fons Adriaensen, (Thu Aug 23, 7:33 pm)

Re: [LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency con..., Dominique Michel, (Tue Aug 28, 5:26 pm)

Re: [LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency con..., Tim Goetze, (Fri Aug 24, 8:34 am)

Re: [LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency con..., David Robillard, (Thu Aug 23, 7:58 pm)

Re: [LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency con..., Fons Adriaensen, (Thu Aug 23, 8:04 pm)

Re: [LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency con..., David Robillard, (Fri Aug 24, 6:32 pm)

Re: [LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency con..., Fons Adriaensen, (Fri Aug 24, 11:36 pm)

Re: [LAD] Monophonic synths (was: Plugin 1/oct frequency con..., David Robillard, (Sun Aug 26, 2:02 am)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Sean Bolton, (Wed Aug 22, 5:21 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Wed Aug 22, 5:37 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Nick Copeland, (Wed Aug 22, 1:24 am)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Wed Aug 22, 1:57 am)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Tue Aug 21, 8:59 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Nick Copeland, (Tue Aug 21, 10:11 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), Jens M Andreasen, (Wed Aug 22, 3:50 pm)

Re: [LAD] Plugin 1/oct frequency controls (AMS/MCP/VCO), David Robillard, (Tue Aug 21, 10:52 pm)