Thank You very much. It is extremely nice that a virtual piece of hardware such as this is created AND shared.
High regards!
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
The EaganMatrix (inside the Osmose) and the Hydrasynth are both great and each one has its own approach. I think the Anyma synths are less beefy, in terms of computational resources, but the synth engine offers more kinds of modules, more freedom in some way. Not that it's always useful to have 16 LFOs or envelopes, or to be able to modulate the curve of a mapping, but it sometimes makes trying an idea easier during…
Interesting prespective. I can definitely see how you have the immediacy edge over the pain of the EaganMatrix, and having different engines besides the core wavetabel-y of the Hydra is a win, IMHO - though, yeah, both fit different needs. I'm mostly an embedded guy (Usually much lower power ST parts), so it's neat to hear about how you approached it. Having multiple chips separate so can't underrun as easily if the…
I did a tiny bit of DSP and I've been exposed to the HCI/NIME community in the past, but that's it. Many modules in the Anyma are just reasonable implementations of clever formulae I didn't design but studied from papers :). And for the Mutable stuff, a lot of optimization work and tradeoffs to make. We are lucky to have a sound designer with a good ear.
That said, we've been working for a while on our own waveguide models (Windsyo and others), and we have found some tricks I've never seen elsewhere. There's a lot to explore, especially when looking for "hybrid" acoustic-electronic sounds.
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#13This is very cool! Some of the samples in the Soundcloud playlist sound really amazing! Is it possible to use the paid version offline? I keep my studio computer off the network so that I can totally avoid distraction.
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#14Hi! Would this would be misplaced hope to wish that in a near future there would exist an electronic instrument reproducing physically the clarinet (with the same keys), while simulating finger holes physics and (most importantly!) reed/lips/tongue/breath interaction?
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#15This is very cool! Some of the samples in the Soundcloud playlist sound really amazing! Is it possible to use the paid version offline? I keep my studio computer off the network so that I can totally avoid distraction.
Thanks! The software doesn't connect to the network. You can use another computer or your mobile phone for activation.
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#16I’ve been following the Anyma Phi on the synth blogs; great to see you here!
Any advice for someone on the product side looking to get into the synth development scene? I’m a designer and have so far partnered with a DSP developer on one project, a plugin for Reason based on Mutable Instruments’ Plaits (https://soundlabs.presteign.com), but haven’t really figured out where to go next.
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#17Thanks so much for making a Linux release of this awesome synth plugin (I'm Mr. Ardour).
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#18I dont know crap about music, but can this simulate a vacuum tube amplifier and demolish the market? One internet guy explains the frequency response of a solid state amp getting a 100Hz sine wave shows a peak at 100Hz, and a tube amp shows multiple peaks. People pay a pretty penny for glowing tubes on their desks claiming its got a warmer sound which a solid state device cannot replicate.
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#19Hi! Would this would be misplaced hope to wish that in a near future there would exist an electronic instrument reproducing physically the clarinet (with the same keys), while simulating finger holes physics and (most importantly!) reed/lips/tongue/breath interaction?
MIDI wind instruments have been around for a while now, including:
- Akai EWI (one of the first MIDI wind instrument, and still well known and well used)
- Roland Aerophone
- Berglund NuRAD
Have you tried them and where do you think they fall short?
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#20Hello fellow Frenchmen!
Physical modelling is really fascinating... Currently testing this and it sounds good!
The UI is a little overwhelming though. But of course it's a difficult task to allow manipulating many parameters in a simple way. (Reason's modelling synth Objekt does a reasonably good job at that, I think).
Anyway, congrats! HN loves music, please post more! (A month ago I did a ShowHN for a "random" sequencer: https://billard.medusis.com [0]; it works well when connected to unusual sound generators such as this.)