[PD] How to make a buzz? (I'm no king bee)

[Pierre Massat]

Hi Andy,

I have tried the thing with my guitar. I had to play with the clipping
values a bit (more amplification in the beginning, and clipping between 0.X
and 0.4 in the end, to keep the rzero~ from exciting the generator when no
note is being played.
I have tried using the "pulse" as a switch for pink~, to output a short
burst of noise everytime.
I have also tried 4 KS resonators, tuned one half-step apart. I am not
satisfied with them when i try to get a percussive sound (maybe i should try
to tune them differently), but i have discovered that i can get insane
sounds by tuning the resonators to 0 and sliding the feedback all the way
up, and feeding them with the pulse. You said this technique (getting a
pulse from the guitar) is used in subharmonic stuff, does it include things
like this synth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrj7XrCliKY)?
Thanks!

Pierre

2010/9/30 Andy Farnell <padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk>

> On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:00:05 +0200
> Pierre Massat <pimassat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Out of curiosity, what kind of resonator can i use? I only know resonant
> > filters (like the moog~ bp filter) and karplus-strong resonators.
>
> The KS ( a single tap feedback delay ). Again, small block size
> needed if you want good pitch accuracy or a bunch of them slightly
> detuned in a cluster.
>
>
> > > So basically, i get a square wave. Then i use the rzero filter with a
> > > parameter set to 1, so that i get X(n)-X(n-1), which is equal to 0 all
> over
> > > the flat sections of the wave (except for the first sample), and equal
> to
> > > Delta (or something) or -Delta at the points where is rises and falls.
> If i
> > > clip this again between 0 and 1, i get a pulse everytime the wave rises
> from
> > > -1 to 1. Am i wrong?
>
> Exactly right.
>
>
> > > 2010/9/30 Andy Farnell <padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk>
> > >
>
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