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Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:34 pm
by rghvdberg
Announcement :
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=18955
Let's share tips, patches, ideas.
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesize Challenge
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 2:00 pm
by rghvdberg
ok, don't laugh
how the heck do I rename patches in oxefm + ardour ?
[Edit]
Oh, I can add / name the presets but not in the plugin itself but in menubar of the plugin window
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesize Challenge
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 2:45 pm
by SpotlightKid
rghvdberg wrote:how the heck do I rename patches in oxefm
Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. The 'name' button seems to do nothing. There's a ticket here, which went nowhere:
https://github.com/oxesoft/oxefmsynth/issues/15
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:18 am
by rghvdberg
Changing the skin of OxeFM
There are a number of alternative skins for OxeFM
https://github.com/oxesoft/oxefmsynth/tree/master/skins
Download a skin of your choosing , rename the folder to 'skin' and put it where the vst file is.
In my case /usr/lib/vst
I chose the lcd skin btw
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Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 10:40 am
by rghvdberg
oh lemme explain the snaredrum patch above
I've used
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques ... snare-drum as a guide.
operator A ; sine wave ≈ 180hz
operator B ; sine wave ≈ 175hz
operator C ; sine wave ≈ 224hz
operator D ; sine wave ≈ 330hz
mix these tones to make up the 'kettle' drum sound of your snare drum
for the snare, let's make some noise
operator E (square) -> F (triangle with max self modulation) -> X (noise) -> Z filter
I've kept the kettle sound rather short and the snare sound a bit longer.
Compress and EQ as you see fit.
I route the snare through the LSP
Impulse Reverb Stereo with an IR file from
Big Gee's Lexicon 480L IR files (Drum Plate.aiff)
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:54 pm
by rghvdberg
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 3:32 pm
by SpotlightKid
BTW, I've updated the descriptions of the different FM synths on the site, and added some more links to AUR packages. I've noticed that the LV2 version of Dexed is in the DISTRHO ports, which I somehow overlooked before.
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 6:59 pm
by khz
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 7:11 am
by rghvdberg
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 7:48 am
by rghvdberg
experimenting with FM growls
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 1:04 pm
by SpotlightKid
Uh, didn't know that growling was still a thing
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:52 pm
by khz
FM Theory And Aapplications >>
http://www.burnkit2600.com/manuals/fm_t ... ations.pdf
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Synthesizer Manuals Collection
Collecting several hundred manuals in one location, this collection of information about Music Synthesizers spans over 40 years of technology and products. Most consist of information about programming, usage and operation of synthesizers, as well as software products that emulate synthesizers. Additional scans are always welcome.
https://archive.org/details/synthmanuals
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:01 pm
by SpotlightKid
If you want to learn about FM, I wouldn't start with the Chowning book. Here are several, shorter alternatives:
Basic FM Synthesis on the Yamaha DX7
How To Program The DX7
There are a few more documents in that same folder on my web server (among them also the Chowning book):
https://chrisarndt.de/files/yamaha/fm/
And there also tons of tutorial videos on YT. This one is particularly entertaining:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziFv00PegJg
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:28 pm
by khz
Re: Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge Discussion
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:36 pm
by rghvdberg
SpotlightKid wrote:Uh, didn't know that growling was still a thing
I'm done with making beautiful music.