Re: [chuck-users] report on my first livecoding gig

2 Jun 2007

      I'd love to see your code, Kassan.

I found that varying the Blit Saw, I was able to get somewhere in the
range of timbre I wanted for trying to do a TB-303 type device. I
wasn't too successful, but, I think that this is where one would start
if you were to be a bit more serious about it. It's a future idea for
me to work on. It was interesting to use Blit Saw and Square waves to
test the upper limits of whatever speaker system I was using, and
headphone types and such (and my own hearing, also!).

I need to experiment with the waveshaping functions to get a
distortion that I am happy with. I know people have done a lot of work
with this in CSound, but, the type of distortion I like (the Boss
Metal Zone) would perhaps be better acheived band-splitting the
signal, and then distorting and then combining again. I haven't
attempted this yet. I know the *theory* of what I want to do, and I
own the Metal Zone service manual. Maybe I'll wait for ChucK version
6.2 when I can input specific electronic components :P

You're probably away of how a single impulse => highly resonant filter
is exactly how many voices on analog drum synths work. I suppose I
should get around to having a go at making a drum synth that performed
like that. Randomizing the "components" at startup might prove useful
in humanizing the tone a little bit, as well as adding a low noise
floor, to alter the zero crossing stability whotzit.

-Ed

On 6/3/07, Kassen  wrote:
...
On 6/2/07, Loscha  wrote:
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That sounds really great, Kassan.
I don't suppose you have any recordings?
No, I don't but I could submit some code that's similar to what I did. The
Blit-based bassline in particular came out nicely, I thought. It glitches as
the waveform resets but the JCRev can turn those clicks into a nice effect
(as long as you mind the gains!).
...
I haven't played with the impulse Ugen much, but, I was using the
step last week to play a 16 step waveform. I think I'll go play with
Impulse now, however.
Imulses are great for exciting filters. ResonZ does need a fairly large gain
boost before it's loud enough if excited with only a Impulse.
...
I am finding almost all of the "Academic" music kids at my local
Dorkbot (Melbourne, Australia) are using Max for their work, simply
because it was what their lecturers used. I am hoping to change their
opinions on the matter, and expose them to ChucK!
Yes, that was the exact case here. Marcel, who organsed this, teaches MAX so
most competitors were his students. MAX is great, nothing wrong with that,
but I would've liked more diversity in this competition (I saw one other
night as a spectator). After this finale I suspect next season will see more
diversity.
I do know that most of those students also get courses on SC so that would
also be a likely system to be used next season as well. That's good, I
think. IMHO not all MAX users were playing up to MAX's speciffic advantages
like I did with ChucK's, using the physical modeling and re-sampling the
output. I think that would likely change when more systems enter.
Yours,
Kas.
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