imagine hearing a sound you like, maybe in your favourite song and wishing you could not only have the same synth used, but that same patch, same eq settings etc. well now it might be possible. Theres a new synth coming called 'Neuron Adaptive analyizer' which supposedly takes a sound and replicates it. not like sampling or loading a sound into an oscillator but actually replicates that sound so you can play it, resequence it etc. the synth actually becomes that sound. it says that it is a completely new way of synthesis. the closest you can get to the sound in your head.

check it out.

http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM02/Content/Hartmann_Music/PR/Neur on.html

although it says that it has a lot of dsp power, i dont think its really required if you have a software version, as after the analysing which would be the most complicating thing, its simply just playing back that patch. so really, you could have a vsti version easy i think, if someone knew how to engineer it.

I cant believe they have that SHITTY flash on their site still ! I mean come on its bloody awefull and I cant hear anything.

Maybe its a tactic to keep the suspense up.

I have a feeling that this Neuron thing never existed in the first place in this is some conspiracy by the CIA to detract your attention while the bureau of investigation goes into our homes and steals our real synths that actually do exist

This neuron is science fiction at it's best, and it's even substantiated with a picture of the thing(that prototype is a sham)

Well it's definately being developed, they were supposed to have a bunch of them at NAMM but I guess they weren't really ready because all but one of them arrived DOA.. But they did have it up and running at NAMM, no one was allowed to record any of the sounds it made though..

Well.. it is starting to sound a bit odd.. hah..

This wasn't from the Tech Page of the April edition of EM Magazine now was it?

brill idea but if we just duplicated pre-existing sounds wouldn't it get a bit boring after a while? It would be nice but I think I agree with tunes, sounds like a bit of the x-files or something similar. Government conspiracy anyone?

Michael

This synthsampler hybrid wonder machine looks really cool to think about.

It makes you think about the evolution of modern science and how far we've come.

Oh, the Neuron. That's what this thread is about? Yeah, it would be cool if this was in software. It would also be nice if it wasn't around $5,000.

But, I can tell you that it does exist. I saw it and heard it at the NAMM show. WICKED sound! Really weird. The guy who played it had silver hair and he was just tripping me out with it. It was more of a sound mangler though and sort of like "effects" the way he was using it...slowing things down and changing formants in real time to sampled beats and stuff. It had so many joysticks on it and I think the LEDS are also buttons! There is also one wood side panel and the other has jacks on it which I think is hilarious.

I think most of the units except one were in fact DOA. I have the brochure on it which has poetry in it! A very unusual offering. I wonder if it will really see the light of day. Hmmmm.