KVR Audio

briandc · Post by **briandc** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:42 am

I've been real busy with amSynth in the last months, but I'm starting to work a bit on WhySynth now.

What I thought were envelope limitations on pitch, filter, etc, are actually available, but I had to learn it by looking at another voice that used them.

In essence, WhySynth has a similar layout as SQ8L, in that you have to go to different pages in order to access the envelopes.
At the moment, I have a handful of patches made, but I'd also like to see if I can make a quick video (with kdenlive) to put up on youtube. I just need a few more days to really get a handle on the synth.. it's beastly!

brian

briandc · Post by **briandc** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:49 pm

Here's a diagram by the developer of WhySynth, thought it might be useful:

http://smbolton.com/whysynth/voice_block_diagram.png

And a type of "manual" that can be VERY useful:

http://smbolton.com/whysynth.html

And the list of almost 170 different waveforms for the 4 oscillators:

http://smbolton.com/whysynth/wavetable_guide.html

brian

briandc · Post by **briandc** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:21 pm

A quick update:
I've finally got around to putting up a few of the preset demos of WhySynth, along with a couple of my own!

You can see all here:
http://amsynth.com/whysynth.html

brian

brok landers · Post by **brok landers** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:37 pm

wake me up when a pc vst version is up...

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:30 am

The world is better served with you creating great sounds,
rather than making fun of underdogs.

http://www.amsynth.com/whysynth.html to my untrained eye,
the screenshots look like there is some potential to exploit,
in skilled hands.
Cheers

briandc · Post by **briandc** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:33 am

These days, many people have more than on PC around the house. I can run WhySynth very nicely on a 10-yr-old PC with only 1GB of RAM. Just install something like "BodhiLinux" on the PC, then install WhySynth.

Freedom is a great thing!

brian

brok landers · Post by **brok landers** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:57 pm

glokraw wrote:The world is better served with you creating great sounds,
rather than making fun of underdogs.

http://www.amsynth.com/whysynth.html to my untrained eye,
the screenshots look like there is some potential to exploit,
in skilled hands.
Cheers

oh, it really wasn't meant that way... i really do look forward to a win versio, if there' s a plan for it....

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:38 pm

If you'd like a bootable linux usbstick, with such linux synths ready to go,
pm a shipping address. Probably takes some time for a mail from U.S to Germany,
but there's no hurry, the Mayans next doomsday is far in the future

Cheers

briandc · Post by **briandc** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:27 pm

OR, if you have a PC laying around that you're willing to erase Windows and finally know linux, just let me know--I can get you up and running in an hour!

There's a whole world to discover using linux--including the world of softsynths!

brian