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Thanks Roy! You've made so many great contributions to the scope platform. I'm looking forward to playing with the new synth.

hardware which will receive polyphonic aftertouch

ensoniqs after the sq80
many emu modules
waldorfs
alesis ion/micron
prophet 8 , poly evolver
some rolands jv1080 u220,

software:

many vsts
NI reaktor

You'd be surprise how much outboard gear responds to polyphonic aftertouch. It's not often well documented but many synths can receive it. Just assign the controller# to a parameter and mess around. There is nothing particularly esoteric about receiving it, it's just rare because it was expensive to...

I've always had the same problem. Modular patches with the samples incorporated into sample queues such as the Jaded800 have never worked either. It's frustrating that clearly it works for some, and not for others, and nobody seems to know why. My work around is to pipe audio through ASIO from ablet...

VSS4 algorithm in the TC electronics Reverb 6/4000 is the ray tracing reverb that I was thinking of. Not sure as to the details. Im afraid not. They just used an enhanced VSS3 algorithm. The VSS4 does not use raytracing. But both Lexicon and TC Electronic uses acoustic auralization software when de...

ok, I'll elaborate my point of pointless a bit because that's what it really is about... point less afaik there are no acoustic transmitters that allow a precise 'positioning' of sound in space similiar to the dots on screen which represent a fraction of a real world beam of light. Even the latter ...

VSS4 algorithm in the TC electronics Reverb 6/4000 is the ray tracing reverb that I was thinking of. Not sure as to the details.

[quote="astroman"] btw, it's pretty pointless for 'stream-like' DSP data processing, think twice :D cheers, Tom[/quote] Ok way off topic now... I don't think the real-time aspect would be necessary. I'd be quite happy with a 3-D space translated into spacialized sound that you could render...

To go off an another tangent, it seems like it would be a good idea (or at least very cool) to abstract audio/synthesis into a 3d vector language and do sound with a GPU.

This is just for contemplation, and I'm sure is misleading in some ways, but for a 20 year old relative perspective consider the original ensoniq eps sampler and the original apple macintosh. Both used a motorola 680000 processor. The eps had a custom OS made for processing digital audio, while the ...

I've only read complaints... so I just want to throw in my 2 cents and say

Jimmy V's Picture posts brighten my day.

lighten up y'all

[quote="XITE-1/4LIVE"] If the general public had the knowledge and ears of the new young crop of possible producers and artists that dwell here, these companies would try a little harder with their product lines. But they are aware of the power that names like Lexicon, and ProTools carry, ...

oh yeah, well I know what I did. Saved a few afterwards that come close, but that one was the best. Or maybe not, sometimes the ears just need a rest. :-) If you want to make something similar, play around with the morphing oscillators and the all pass filters. XOR is a fantastic sounding, and incre...

it's my own patch -- sadly I didn't save it, only recorded a bit of audio. XOR is sweet.

[quote]Why do you think Sytek can't make that Burr-Brown option on 2 channels switchable? How nice would it be if you could just switch between the two preamp types on all 4 channels? [/quote] I've got 2 channels of each type, and really, it's not a huge difference. I might even favor the standard c...

My vote says the Syteks are the best deal in preamps on the planet. Somehow not surprised to see you're from Chicago

With where you're at in recording, I'd suggest investing in quality dynamic mics, rather than mid low/ mid priced condensers. Shure SM7, EV RE-20, Sennheiser 421. If you want something with a bit more condenser like sheen, a Sennheiser MD441. These will always be useful. The only exception, would ma...

I must say I like Xor very much. The modulation system is clever, and effective. The 12 dB has a lot of character, and the morph / sync / block oscillators are really fresh. The presets tend to go for BIG effect, but the synth is also really nice for smaller variation modulations with grit.

I've done some more measurement comparisons to give the scope S/N ratio some context. First, I followed the advice that I saw elsewhere (I think in another thread here at planetz) and ensured that my motherboard was properly screwed in to chassis. I'd been lazy with the screws and there had been sev...

I did some more measurements. For comparison, I get 85 dB S/N with an external preamp/converter combination (sound devices) running off batteries. So ~80 db for the scope card inside a computer isn't really too bad. I imagine if I had well designed wiring in my apartment it might even improve.