Perhaps this thread should have been in devices/module wishlist, I originally thought it may already have been done... and with the Harmonic Effects bundle I may it find it has already
I keep reading good reports on the Harmonic Effects bundle and this will definately become a purchase.
I wonder how far the frequencies can be spread? I gather you can have control over the delay time in which the particular frequency is played or how it's manipulated using the insert effects.
I'm not able to explain fully the resultant output of the sound only the idea of how I wish the sound manipulated. It could end in just noise but I'm hoping not.
Perhaps the only editions to the Harmonic Effects bundle would be the ability to pan each frequency individualy and to have an overall spread control which could itself be paned. Also the ability to have each of the 8 channels as individual outs.
A description of this would perhaps be a torch beam which could be pointed where the operator wished including a filter to select individual wavelengths of the beam and manipulate them or split the wavelengths across the beam. The beam being able to be widened and narrowed either on individual wavelengths or across the whole spectrum.
(I understand I'm using light waves to describe sound here)
Perhaps and addition to that description is the way waves break on a pebbley shore. The sound comes at you with different frequencies hitting you at different times and due to the nature of the wave breaking unevenly(!) across the spread of the beach the frequencies arrive unevenly from a spread of directions but the whole effect is the one sound of the wave on the shore.
I'll play more fully with the Harmonic Effects bundle to see if it can create what I'm after. I agree this is a more musical approach but until I've found what I'm looking for I'm not sure if the result will be a sound effect or can be used musically. I imagine both results
I will go to puredata and see what I can find there and maybe post the question there too. fft and resynthesis is a big read but I will see if that produces the results I'm after. I don't see why this can't be done within modular though, as there appears to be enough tools, as I get a clearer picture of how to create the effect I may reattempt my construct. As you can tell my initial attempts have been doomed with me not even reaching a close representation
I got to hand it to you guys as your intelligence in these things is second to none.
Many thanks for the pointers
