[PD] Fun with additive synthesis

[Kyle Klipowicz]

I agree.  If there's a version of Risset's Catalogue of Computer
Synthesized Sounds, I'd love to see it.  (Especially if updated from
its Music N form).

~Kyle

On 8/14/06, padawan12 <padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:07:32 -0500
> "David Powers" <cyborgk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Attached is a simple nine-oscillator additive synth experiment in PD. It has
> > two interesting features:
> > 1. The tuning is initially that of the ordinary harmonic series
> > (2/1,3/2,4/3,5/4, etc.) However, the tuning can be changed, with interesting
> > results.
> > 2. A line~ object is used to control the amplitude of individual
> > oscillators, and the length of the ramp time can be set. This allows one to
> > create constantly mutating timbres.
> >
> > Now, what I'd be curious to know is how I can get amplitude values in order
> > to do cheap simulations of various instruments (flute, cello, etc.).
>
> Back in days of yore JC Risset compiled a "Catalogue of timbres"
> I don't know where you can get it now or if it's machine readable
> in a way that puredata could enjoy.
>
>
> > I know
> > this can be done with fft's, but I don't know how to get a simple list of
> > values between 0-1 that I can just plug into my additive synth. I'm sure you
> > can do that simply in PD, I just don't understand how.
>
>
> Pull apart the partial tracer example in the help files. It uses a phase
> vocoder to do an analysis. The trick afaics is always that you get a lot
> of analysis data into an array but thinning it out into data for a bunch
> of breakpoint envelopes or line gens is the tough bit.
>
> >
> > What I really wish, is that I knew how to use SPEAR to do this kind of
> > thing.
>
> Whats a SPEAR?
>
> >
> > ~David
> >
>
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