If you could have only one synth, what would you choose?

[Uncle E]

OP didn’t specify. just sayin’

In that case, EMAX and yes it synthesizes!

[dmbaer]

The waveforms found in digital synths, unless calculated on the fly and thus not stored at all, are not stored as vectors, they are stored as sequences of values, ie samples.

That's one possibility, but there's another common one: storing the frequency domain version of the waveform descriptor (maybe there's a better word than "descriptor", but hopefully my meaning is clear). Rob Papen Preditor 3 synth uses wavetable synthesis for sound generation, but stores the waveforms as frequency domain tables. How do we know this? The manual actually provides this information.

fair enough that there are indeed alternate data forms that could be stored. does it synthesise directly from those tables, though, or does it render to 'amplitude' form for that? that's not unknown for calculated waveforms.

but are frequency domain tables actually that common?

They probably are, but unless the low level details are revealed in the manual of a synth or by its developer, we have no way of knowing, and for the most part it doesn't matter to the synth user. Predator 3 converts (iFFTs) the frequency domain information to time domain form to generate the sound - the manual states this. But mostly we have no idea. I suspect, for example, the u-he Zebra goes in heavily for frequency domain storage and manipulation with no wavetable sound generation involved. But that's only a guess, and like I said, it doesn't really matter other than it being a point of geeky curiosity.

[vurt]

/puts on fake moustache over his own, so no one recognises him and points out he already chose a purple one...

a shiny metallic blue one, with one of those rows of black and white buttons for playing the notes on

[syntonica]

OP didn’t specify. just sayin’

In that case, EMAX and yes it synthesizes!

I hope you've upgraded it. Salt air is murder on those floppies!

(Nice choice! I'd have to consider an EPS-16+ as well.)

[vurt]

ill fight anyone of you who trys to take my numerous synths and leave me only one!

well, i say i will, obviously, ill get a proxy, probably the hulk or wolverine.

cmon then!!!

[syntonica]

/puts on fake moustache over his own, so no one recognises him and points out he already chose a purple one...

a shiny metallic blue one, with one of those rows of black and white buttons for playing the notes on

Sorry, you already picked door number 3! Show us what he's won, Carol Merrill! It's a brand new .... FIZMO!

womp womp...

[vurt]

/puts on fake moustache over his own, so no one recognises him and points out he already chose a purple one...

a shiny metallic blue one, with one of those rows of black and white buttons for playing the notes on

Sorry, you already picked door number 3! Show us what he's won, Carol Merrill! It's a brand new .... FIZMO!

womp womp...

woohoo i is a winnerer!

[Uncle E]

well, i say i will, obviously, ill get a proxy, probably the hulk or wolverine.

Neither of these are purple OR blue.

FIZMO FTW

[vurt]

well, i say i will, obviously, ill get a proxy, probably the hulk or wolverine.

Neither of these are purple OR blue.

FIZMO FTW

hulks pants are purple

[vurt]

tonight ill take this one

[Uncle E]

Beat me on a technicality. And it's not just the pants.

[Boy Wonder]

I went ahead, kept my promise, and created a song mostly with Pigments. The drums were from Triaz. I could've imported the wave files into Pigments, but the end results would've been the same.

Pigments has a really good, round, full, smooth sound, but dang it! It makes my CPU scream for mercy, so I don't use it that much.

[tony10000]

I went ahead, kept my promise, and created a song mostly with Pigments. The drums were from Triaz. I could've imported the wave files into Pigments, but the end results would've been the same.

Pigments has a really good, round, full, smooth sound, but dang it! It makes my CPU scream for mercy, so I don't use it that much.

That is why I picked Dune 3 as my favorite...essentially 8 stacked synths, two arps, and two effects chains with pretty low CPU.

[Boy Wonder]

Sigh. Pigments is thisclose to being the perfect synth. A sequencer/arp function I use all the time in Diversion and Thorn is ratcheting. Sches created two different versions of this glitch effect in his synths, so they have varying functions. Still, it'd be nice if Pigments 4 added ratcheting/glitch to their arp/sequencer.

[Michael Sage]

Korg M1