Wiardgroup

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:51 AM, frank death <maldoroar@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello All
im not sure if this is the best way to raise this subject & its kind of directed to everyone & if Grant wants to let us know whats being dreamed up then that would be great.
Ive been reading up about the Wiard Envelooper & im wondering if that module is still going to happen? On paper it sounds like a fantastic idea & if i understand it correctly it would allow the user to draw in multi-staged/multi-looping envelopes that with the push of a button trigger the envelope shapes to wherever they have been assigned in the synthesizer. I wonder also exactly how one draws in an envelope? Does it mean that you use the Wave256 software (as you would with the Waveform City)?
Grant also mentions gestural synthesis which reminds me of how a conductor directs individual musicians within an orchestra & the sum of instruments play the music. To me the idea of the Envelooper & gestural synthesis modules (in theory) bring the modular synthesizer under greater control of the user & the greater the control & the more refined the instrument- the greater its musical functionality. Of couse everyones idea of what music is varies a lot however the potential for modules with gestural functions sounds extremely interesting to me (and im sure many others too!).
In fact something like an oscillator with gestural functions would also be very interesting. One starts to think of all kinds of inputs & outputs communicating with each other all at the touch of a button. Only problem is that at some point it begins to resemble sampling and many modern keyboard instruments do have buttons that provide multi-functions. However theres a massive distinction between a digital synthesizer & a 300 series module with its functionality!
Also last year Grant invited ideas & discussion for potential functions for future modules and im wondering if people are still thinking about it? Id love to see a module with 2 to 4 different recording/looping ICs that the user could cross-mix audio to create multi-loops all under the ability to shift eachs frequency & duration. I actually want to experiment on this idea myself. But yeah- id like to see a Wiard Delay/Looper/Frequency Shifter for sure.
Anyway- just wanted to keep things ticking over & would like to hear any thoughts. Cheers
-Matt