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by Frank Carvalho
Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:39 pm
Forum: Backstage
Topic: Is falkTX gone?
Replies: 6
Views: 3957

Re: Is falkTX gone?

Please keep us posted!
by Frank Carvalho
Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:46 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Dragonfly Hall Reverb
Replies: 243
Views: 56444

Re: Dragonfly Hall Reverb

Yeah, I'm not sure that there is a way to do realtime reverse on an algorithmic reverb like Dragonfly well its certainly possible by inducing latency equal to the length of the tail, then effectively running the algorithm backwards. There might be a more clever way, but inevitably if you want to he...
by Frank Carvalho
Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: Are you addicted to a genre of music?
Replies: 20
Views: 34292

Re: Are you addicted to a genre of music?

Prog. I am a confessed prog-head. Notice there's a mellotron in my signature.
I do like many other music genres, but when it gets down to writing and arranging, it's always been prog. Mainly.
by Frank Carvalho
Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:56 am
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Binaural convolution plugin?
Replies: 1
Views: 1586

Binaural convolution plugin?

Hi Back when I recorded on a mac OX9 machine (pre-2004), I used an interesting free processing program called SoundHack, which had a binaural processing feature, with which I could process a mono sound signal to sound as if it came from anywhere 360 degrees round the head. It also had a feature wher...
by Frank Carvalho
Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:29 pm
Forum: DIY projects
Topic: Elektor Vocoder
Replies: 2
Views: 10311

Re: Elektor Vocoder

That brings back memories. (I though Elektor was a german magazine?) They also sported a complex analog synthesizer I remember.
But as much as I would love to build a vocoder, I think I will await the release of Behringers VC340 - a component-by-component clone of the legendary Roland VP330.

/Frank
by Frank Carvalho
Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:05 pm
Forum: Backstage
Topic: which song is coming out of your speakers right now?
Replies: 190
Views: 179729

Re: which song is coming out of your speakers right now?

Uriah Heep - Travellers in Time
by Frank Carvalho
Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:00 am
Forum: Linux Music News
Topic: windows95 v1.1: Floppy Disk Support!
Replies: 9
Views: 3574

Re: windows95 v1.1: Floppy Disk Support!

Yeah. Emulators like this are a chance to run otherwise obsolete programs from the past. Many of the synths of that age had Win 95 librarians etc. and these may be revived once again.
by Frank Carvalho
Fri Aug 17, 2018 12:21 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Best synths?
Replies: 59
Views: 15860

Re: Best synths?

phasex is very nice synth, one of, say, 5 my favorites. not pure subtractive or FM or wavetable, but hybrid. and how could happen no one mentioned bristol ? this is the very first softsynth on linux that i massively used. a bit quirky to use, but has very nice emulations of old classic machines fro...
by Frank Carvalho
Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:15 am
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Best synths?
Replies: 59
Views: 15860

Re: Best synths?

Tested dexed. Crafting own sounds with it does not seem to be that easy, but are people mostly using it with some downloaded patches? https://www.audiopluginguy.com/free-dexed-plus-tonnes-patches/ Dexed is an implementation of the DX7(++), and the DX7 was notorius for being difficult to program, or...
by Frank Carvalho
Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:54 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Best synths?
Replies: 59
Views: 15860

Re: Best synths?

The best of both worlds in your view guys would be digitally controlled analog synths. This dude is quite active in that realm: https://m0xpd.blogspot.com/ That's wonderful! The idea of using a small devices, like the Arduino, to act as a sequencer is a really good idea. I guess it could produce bo...
by Frank Carvalho
Tue Aug 14, 2018 4:53 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Best synths?
Replies: 59
Views: 15860

Re: Best synths?

One point in favour of hardware instruments. Some of these things are 30-40-50 years old. And they still work, with a bit of care taken of course. How many of the present software based products will run on the computers of 30-40-50 years from now? It will be a bit like running Commodore 64 programs...
by Frank Carvalho
Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:55 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Best synths?
Replies: 59
Views: 15860

Re: Best synths?

I admit I have to agree with Chaocractors single word. Currently I am lusting for all the disruptive gear being announced by Behringer. But, otherwise I have had some pretty good results with the OB-XD soft synth. Is anyone aware of a wavetable synthesizer for Linux? I have my trusty old Ensoniq TS1...
by Frank Carvalho
Mon Aug 13, 2018 1:20 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi
Topic: How can I run a basic MIDI sampler on Raspberry Pi?
Replies: 8
Views: 16625

Re: How can I run a basic MIDI sampler on Raspberry Pi?

One possibility is to prepare the samples as a soundfont, with the different samples assigned to individual keys, then start whatever version of Carla is available on the Pi and open the soundfont (which will load an instance of fluidsynth - a sample playback program). In Carla you can also route MI...
by Frank Carvalho
Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:16 am
Forum: Original Scores & Recordings
Topic: Live with Linux
Replies: 10
Views: 3191

Re: Live with Linux

Thanks. The live recordings were mixed from only two sound sources - a mid side mic recording in front of the stage, and a stereo recording from the mixer board. The balance of both recordings were uneven, so it is a bit of a miracle that a listenable mix could be made out of the two. The price thou...
by Frank Carvalho
Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:48 am
Forum: Original Scores & Recordings
Topic: Live with Linux
Replies: 10
Views: 3191

Re: Live with Linux

Then you'll be surprised to learn that Leslie is in fact the built in Leslie effect of the SetBFree :D I linked the sustain pedal CC on MIDI channel 2 to the Leslie, so it can be spun up and down by foot. I cannot vouch for the playability of the M-Audio keyboard, as I am the guitarist, and I use a ...