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Re: osx fairlight

2012-03-09 by jaddams80

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> This sounds great.  You say V2 "sound engine directly supports mode 1 and mode 4 fairlight modes plus full ppg wavetables". So do you mean V2 includes Mode 1 and Mode 4? Does V2 include any additive synthesis functions as in V1. I am intrigued by the additive synthesis functions of the fairlight cmi machines. 
> Does V2 include voice and loop editing like V1?
> Alex

ok, lets clarify what mode 1 and mode 4 are:
mode 1 (electronic sounds) - uses segments 1-32, each segment is sustained (looped) according to to a duration profile
mode 4 (natural sounds) - uses segments 1-128, with each one playing once. a loop can occur which will return to a previous segment

That is the official fairlight description of each mode

so mode 4 is a standard sample playback with a loop point
mode 1 is a sort of duration based wavetable

ppg wavetables are slightly different
a segment is a wavetable. a wavetable loops indefinitely with external control (lfo/envelopes) allowing a different wavetable to be used

The sound engine I developed for V2 supports Mode 1, mode 4 and ppg wavetable synthesis

Hope that clarifies everyhitng :)

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