Working on something new.... what do you think?

[hisefilo]

Hi guys, I got a bit fan about spectral and additive things. I'm working on a synth
It's based on a real spectrum but with the possibility to play with partials to create new sounds. Do you think is something worth to be developed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdFwcQwupKs

If you want to play with it on mac >>
Au Mac Plug-in

[Dalart]

The presets sound pretty good to me, I dont know much if anything about the methods you're using here though.

[ustk]

@hisefilo sounds really interesting!
I am trying something using partials too, but I'd like to mix/blend them with samples (not instrument) via harmonic filter, but the latter is very limited. Although, a transition between h.filter and partials would be possible

Is the offset a midi script delay per generator?

What tool do you use for analysing partials?
SPEAR seems to be a good one…

[d.healey]

@ustk I played around with Spear a few times but the interface is a little clunky. I use the frequency analysis tool in Audacity and if I need more detail I export the analysis and open it in a spreadsheet.

[ustk]

@d-healey I don't know much Audacity, does it allow you to visualize the spectrum over time as well?

[d.healey]

@ustk It has a spectrogram if that's what you mean. I don't think it can do a frequency plot over time like my previous screenshot.

[ustk]

@d-healey for spectrograms I like Voxengo Span, wich is deeply customizable and free

[hisefilo]

@ustk sounds cool. Harmonic filter is a bit limited on Hise, yes.
Offset is just a delay in milliseconds on the standard simple gain module.

I ve tryied spear and audition. Both are great starting points

[hisefilo]

@Dalart is just additive synthesis. The fun part is that you can reach a real timbre or create an abstract unreal thing manipulating harmonics one by one.

[d.healey]

@hisefilo I find the two most difficult parts are maintaining a realistic timbre throughout the playable range and creating the attack of the instrument.

[hisefilo]

@d-healey attack is the hardest part by far. This is why I added a 2 noise generators. To help emulate attack caos. But this sketch is not to emulate real sounds but to use a real spectrum to play with and make weird transformations

[hisefilo]

@d-healey if you copy these gain values from picture on that sketch I did, you'll have a similar timbre.