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Re: [L-OT] OT (GEN) RE various synthesis methods

2001-11-07 by Spectro

>Hi S,
>
>What does (a la Wavestation) mean is that the name for it in france or
>something. Please don't laugh. well i don't blame you.

Wavestation is an early (circa 1990) keyboard from Korg which enabled
the user to use a joystick to mix between waveforms to create 'dynamically
changing' sounds. (heheh)

>And what did you mean by Very few sounds except fixed waveforms arent'
>dynamically chaning in some way.

That is confusing. My fault. Better to say: Except for fixed repetitive
waveforms,  all other sounds are dynamically changing in some way...

In other words, except for a steady tone as would come from an oscillator
that repeats the same wave endlessly without change, most sounds have an
amplitude and harmonic envelope over time. For example, a piano note
tends to have a brighter attack when it is struck and gradually decreases
in volume and brightness, thus causing it to die awy. In this sense it
is dynamically changing. Perhaps not as dynamically changing as
some would like, or as you meant in your initial question, but it
still falls under that definition. That's why I initially suggested you
refine your question if you didn't get the answer you expected, as most
sounds fall into this category...

Sorry for the confusion.

>So but a bit slow today. Brain not ticking so well. had one of those nights
>and having one of those days.

I myself must retire now as I am getting there myself.

S.

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