[PD] Pd sounds better than Max?

[Roman Haefeli]

On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 14:15 -0500, Martin Peach wrote:
> Yeah but mp3s always sound muddy to me...

would it be possible to post some flac versions of those pieces?

roman


> Andy Farnell wrote:
> > 
> > I looked for some sounds that demonstrate the difference of oscillator
> > accuracy. All I could find are these two snips from tracks, but it's a 
> > fair comparison because;
> > 
> > 1) "Functions of Time" (1996) An all Csound composition.
> > http://www.obiwannabe.co.uk/sounds/FunctionsOfTime-track3.mp3
> > 
> > 2) "Look Ma, No hands!" (2005) An all Pd composition.
> > http://www.obiwannabe.co.uk/sounds/Nohands-short.mp3
> > 
> > Both use the same patch (the undulating diffraction effect). It's 
> > comparable because I translated the Csound version directly to Pd, both 
> > are 64 oscillator banks and it's clear that the Csound one sparkles while
> > the Pd one sounds a bit muddy.
> > 
> > It would be good to do a Max vs Pd comparison of the same someday.
> > 
> > a.
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:02:00 -0500
> > marius schebella <marius.schebella at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> what I experience sometimes when I do very basic stuff like using 
> >> phasors, is that I hear weird comb filtering of my environment after I 
> >> put down my headphones. similar as if you look into bright light and 
> >> then close the eyes, and you still see a review-image.
> >> regarding the difference between pd and max: are you talking about the 
> >> music that people produce or are you talking about the digital signal 
> >> process?
> >> m.
> >>
> >> Damian Stewart wrote:
> >>> hey,
> >>>
> >>> i was talking to a Portuguese musician tonight (Miguel Cardoso is his name) 
> >>> and he was saying that he thought that Pd sounded much better than Max - a 
> >>> fuller sound with the oscillators, he said.
> >>>
> >>> i hadn't really thought about this before, but i do know that to my ears my 
> >>> Pd patches sound a lot richer than most Max/MSP stuff that I've heard - not 
> >>> sure whether that's my source material or patches or whether it's at a 
> >>> deeper architectural level than that.
> >>>
> >>> anyone have any evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, to confirm this? reasons 
> >>> why this might be the case?
> >>>
> >>
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