STS improvement suggestions
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Sharc:
Back in the Old Days I've been experimenting with using my ESi-32 (later with Turbo upgrade and thus about 19(?) filter types) as a synthesizer by creating (by using various software programs and then sent to the ESi-32 through SCSI) or sampling carefully looped waveforms and applying VCF and VCA envelopes/modulation to them. Especially when stacking layers with different filtering, applying opposite LFO's between layers, etc etc some *very* complex synthi-sounds could be accomplished. Really liked the 'rough' character of the ESi-32 when tuning waveforms extremely up or down amd then applying filters to them. Results were unearthy for that time!
Programming these sounds was hellish, however....
Anyway, so far for the sweet memories...
What I want to say is that the STS-engine (especially 4/5k) should be perfectly able to perform this kind of wavetable synthesis while maintaining good polyphony, or create truly 'new' wavetable synths based on the STS-algorythms; It has many filter-types (although they often sound worse than the stand-alone filters, as you may have noticed... a bit 'grainy' or something), realtime modulation of formant/pitch/length, etc.
Another type of interface (the explorer-like tree structure someone mentioned earlier sounds cool!) for the STS-sampler should make it at least easier to explore the STS-engine more in depth.
I hope Creamware will pick this up!
Back in the Old Days I've been experimenting with using my ESi-32 (later with Turbo upgrade and thus about 19(?) filter types) as a synthesizer by creating (by using various software programs and then sent to the ESi-32 through SCSI) or sampling carefully looped waveforms and applying VCF and VCA envelopes/modulation to them. Especially when stacking layers with different filtering, applying opposite LFO's between layers, etc etc some *very* complex synthi-sounds could be accomplished. Really liked the 'rough' character of the ESi-32 when tuning waveforms extremely up or down amd then applying filters to them. Results were unearthy for that time!
Programming these sounds was hellish, however....
Anyway, so far for the sweet memories...
What I want to say is that the STS-engine (especially 4/5k) should be perfectly able to perform this kind of wavetable synthesis while maintaining good polyphony, or create truly 'new' wavetable synths based on the STS-algorythms; It has many filter-types (although they often sound worse than the stand-alone filters, as you may have noticed... a bit 'grainy' or something), realtime modulation of formant/pitch/length, etc.
Another type of interface (the explorer-like tree structure someone mentioned earlier sounds cool!) for the STS-sampler should make it at least easier to explore the STS-engine more in depth.
I hope Creamware will pick this up!
Yeah - a new interface - given that knobs are only virtual and therefore don't add anything to the cost - there is no real reason why there can't be more controls available at once.
cheers
mark
cheers
mark
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<i>For my ten pence, I really like the interface. It looks good, is uncluttered and doesn't take up too much space on the desktop.</i>
Exactly. My only (very minor) suggestion would be to have a way of locking all the sections together (Main window + Keygroups + Samplewindow) so they can all be moved around together. But really I just can setup a screenset I guess...
Exactly. My only (very minor) suggestion would be to have a way of locking all the sections together (Main window + Keygroups + Samplewindow) so they can all be moved around together. But really I just can setup a screenset I guess...
When it is open who cares how much space it takes up? Does anyone leave them Open? I want it to take much more space up so it isn't so teeny tiny. Can you imagine having to use this with arthritus? also it should show way more data at once. This is not a well designed interface even if it does get the job done.
High polyphony is due to the fact there is very little dsp calculation power to playback a sample, not comparablen with the task of synthetizing it.On 2002-05-13 07:10, sharc wrote:
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that the STS range offer far more polyphony per dsp than any other CW device? why not put this to good use. A range of sound modules based on the STS architecture would in my opinion be a welcome addition to the CW arsenal. All it would take is some sonic creativity and a redesigned GUI. The end results could also be sold on as STS expander packs.