amSynth website coming along fine..

[briandc]

Added Bank 14 for amSynth!

http://www.amsynth.com/amsynth.html

A few demos on the single-instance demo page.

Enjoy!

brian

[DoosC]

Nice thanks !
I wonder how do you manage to still find variations and new sounds, but I am happy that you do

[briandc]

Nice thanks !
I wonder how do you manage to still find variations and new sounds, but I am happy that you do

I once thought about the issue of probability and randomness in a synthesizer. How many sounds can one produce?
Well, let's consider:
7 oscillator settings (sine, saw, triangle, square, pulse, noise, s/h) --2 oscillators: 7*7 or 49 combinations. (In reality there are many more, as the triangle morphs to the saw and the square morphs to the pulse)

sync and ring capabilities: 4 combinations. 4*49 = 196.

Six filter possibilities: 6*196 = 1176

Then there are the filter envelope settings, detunings and the LFO effects and drive...

I don't know how many possibilities there are, but the random function helps a lot. Especially since we humans probably are "limited" by our own creativeness, and so randomness helps us to find new possibilities. Any synth without a random function is limited by human creativeness!

Using multiple instances together should be very promising, too!


brian

[briandc]

Speaking of multiple (2) instances of amSynth:

https://soundcloud.com/briandc/mb-familiar

brian

[nixx]

That sounds awesome!

Which bank / preset?

[briandc]

That sounds awesome!

Which bank / preset?

Thanks nixx--
It's in the "Mixed Bag" bank (on the amsynth page). You need to run 2 instances: one with "Familiar01" and the other with "Familiar02."


Opening 2 instances really allows some neat stuff. Here's a couple others using 2 instances, they'll be in Mixed Bag bank 2:

http://www.amsynth.com/MixedBagDemos/MB2-SugarBowl.ogg

http://www.amsynth.com/MixedBagDemos/MB ... ght-02.ogg


brian

[briandc]

Bank 17 now available for amSynth: http://www.amsynth.com/amsynth.html

Pads and some "classic" wave sounds. Hope they inspire!

brian

[DoosC]

Hey Brian, neat addition !
It was the opportunity for me to revisit the whole website. Nice place there, many new synths, new layout, I like it

[briandc]

Hey Brian, neat addition !
It was the opportunity for me to revisit the whole website. Nice place there, many new synths, new layout, I like it

Thank you for the kind words! Lots more that could be done, if I had time...


brian

[briandc]

Hi all!
I'm in the process of moving amsynth.com to a new domain (already online). Having heeded some suggestions, such as utilizing the imbedded web browser player rather than linking back-and-forth to an audio file (most files are in high-quality ogg format, while on the music page files are in both ogg and flac formats), and a domain name a bit more generalized.
The new website? http://www.LinuxSynths.com !

Comments and suggestions always welcome!

brian

[glowrak guy]

Time being short, I like a download option, so I can choose when to
play shared audio files. Especially on soundcloud.
I have a 'friends mp3' folder, to keep any remixes I create.

amsynth sounds fine with whysynth, triceratops, noisemaker, hexter etc.
Good sounds like each other. With 17 banks, it will take a while to pick
a top 170, but a worthy task I'll take on someday.
Cheers

[varpa]

The website is a great resource. You might consider adding Calf Organ to the list since it can make synthy sounds and has many synth-like features.

[ssj71]

The website is a great resource. You might consider adding Calf Organ to the list since it can make synthy sounds and has many synth-like features.

+1 I was playing with it for the first time the other day. It's definitely a synth.

[briandc]

Time being short, I like a download option, so I can choose when to
play shared audio files. Especially on soundcloud.
I have a 'friends mp3' folder, to keep any remixes I create.

amsynth sounds fine with whysynth, triceratops, noisemaker, hexter etc.
Good sounds like each other. With 17 banks, it will take a while to pick
a top 170, but a worthy task I'll take on someday.
Cheers

Thanks glowrak guy! Let me know your top, well, 20 anyway! I'm of the idea that the 17 banks could be "boiled down" to maybe 6-8 banks, but it won't be something done soon.
About downloading, did you try right-clicking on your browser player? In Firefox at least, I get a "save audio as" option. I usually check the download option on anything I put on Soundcloud: I'm happy when people feel interested in downloading stuff!

brian

[briandc]

@ varpa and ssj71,
thanks, I've had another recommendation for that one recently as well, so that makes 3. Although the last time I played around with it I couldn't recall getting away from anything that sounded, well, organy... I'll take another look. Hopefully this weekend.


brian