Is it possible? I don't even know whether it has been done or can be done but it sounds kind of cool. Or something along the lines of usb/firewire synths/modules that act as the hardware but have a software environment and interface?

Has this been discussed at all? I mean, it could save LOADS of room but would such a technology be big/powerful enough to supply the different of sound when compared to fully software based synthesis?

I think Korg has done something like this called Oasys PCI synth but I'm not sure whether it is the type of thing I'm talking about.

Thoughts?

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Originally posted by jupiterone Is it possible? I don't even know whether it has been done or can be done but it sounds kind of cool.

Yes its been done, powercore? Theres something even more similar, SID or something...

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Originally posted by jupiterone Or something along the lines of usb/firewire synths/modules that act as the hardware but have a software environment and interface?

Its called a virus TI.

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Originally posted by jupiterone Has this been discussed at all? I mean, it could save LOADS of room but would such a technology be big/powerful enough to supply the different of sound when compared to fully software based synthesis? I think Korg has done something like this called Oasys PCI synth but I'm not sure whether it is the type of thing I'm talking about.

OASYS is a keyboard as far as I know, I think it might take PCI expansions. Its a bloody big beast, the best synth they make with teh guts of every other synth in it, like the triton, radius etc.

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Originally posted by jupiterone Or something along the lines of usb/firewire synths/modules that act as the hardware but have a software environment and interface?

Nord Modular

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Originally posted by kitphillips Theres something even more similar, SID or something...

HardSID

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Originally posted by Honzi HardSID

Thats the one I was thinking of

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I'm not sure if I described my idea right but, more like just a small USB flash drive as the hardware itself. Probably not possible but just a thought. Same with the PCI card, just the size of a sound card.

http://www.use-audio.com/plugiator.htm

is what I think you are talking about.


http://www.openlabs.com/miko-tech.html

is probably the future for hardware workstations. But it's Windows only :-S

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Originally posted by jupiterone I'm not sure if I described my idea right but, more like just a small USB flash drive as the hardware itself. Probably not possible but just a thought. Same with the PCI card, just the size of a sound card.

That HardSid thing is the size of a normal sound card I think. But I can't see why they would make a memory stick sized synth; for one thing you couldn't fit the components in there, for another there would be no point. Even if you could have a small DSP in there, it would only add more processing power. But if you could fit a worthwile amount of power in a USB stick, the technology would probably be so good that you wouldn't need it because your CPU would be so massive...

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