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desired features, was Re: multi-timbral OS 4 the SIDSTATION is in order !! : )

2001-03-14 by jim crawford

>i want multi  timbral option !!
>i think it wont be as hard  to implant !! along with some tiny bugfixes 

I treat the SidStation like a monosynth, so multitimbrality doesn't
really matter to me.

But while we're asking for features that'll probably never be
implemented, I'll give my list of desired features sorted by importance:

Letting the control knobs control more than one thing at once.  Or even just a "metaparameter" that controls a given parameter for all three
oscillators.  You can do this for some parameters, like vibrato, through
an LFO, but some parameters like porta and arpeggiation speed can't be
controlled through an LFO.

Key memory... so that the synth is always playing the most-recently
pressed note.  When that one is released, it changes to the previous one.
this makes playing trills much easier.  Also it means that when I
accidentally hit two notes at once, the note (eventually) will go to the
note I hold down rather than the one I accidentally press slightly right
afterwards :)

An arpeggiator that stops arpeggiating to a note after I've released that
note!  That would make changing chords without resetting the sound much
easier.

A more conventional arpeggiator; i.e. one outside the synth engine that
works on the note level.

A sequencer that works on the note level, with envelope and slide
control, etc.

I haven't read the manual too thoroughly... so if some of these features
are actually already implemented, please let me know :)

-- 
Jim Crawford
http://www.mindspring.com/~pfister_

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