On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:22:07 +0200 Philipp Überbacher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Excerpts from James Morris's message of 2011-06-10 00:37:15 +0200: > > On 9 June 2011 23:30, Folderol <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 23:22:58 +0100 > > > James Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Since working on Petri-Foo I keep returning to the idea that perhaps > > >> it would be better to add a sampler-waveform to Yoshimi or another > > >> soft-synth. Too bad I'm not that great a coder. > > >> > > >> Anyway, the idea seems so obvious now. Are there any good reasons for > > >> why not? > > >> > > >> Just an idea I wanted to put out. > > >> > > >> James. > > > > > > Personally, I'd hate that. I'm very firmly in the school of 'Do just one > > > thing, > > > but do it well.' > > > > But are the two really so different? They both do exactly the same > > thing except one does it with synthesised waveforms and the other does > > it with sampled waveforms. From thinking about the fact that most soft > > synths use wave-tables, it can't be that difficult to put a sample in > > there? Aside from synthesised waveform and sampled waveform, I think > > (but don't quote me on this :-) that it is perhaps only certain > > conventions which distinguish the two. > > > > > > James. > > I too think that there's not that much difference between a wavetable > synth and a sampler. I guess you could distinguish them if you like, use > things like typical sample length, user control over samples and so on, > but this rather artificial. > > I think samplers and synths have a lot in common, typically midi in, > audio out, note logic, filters and more. There's no good reason not to > marry those two things. > > Philipp Yoshimi is not a wavetable synth (although PadSynth leans in that direction). It mathematically calculates instantaneous values on -the-fly. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
