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| Zombie0915 |
Take some classes or read some books on digital signal processing, personaly I think DSP math is fun.
I find this page helpful:
http://www.kebby.org/articles.html
check out the 4 part article of fr-08's softsynth. The source code for this synth is available, it has been made into a buzz machine, a vst plugin, a standalone program, and a library for insertion into other programs.
Another article I would try searching for is called "DSP for the complete idiot" it starts with the basics and ends with the creation of a simple softsynth. There is also a tutorial floating around the net for creating a gate effect VST plugin. |
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| Tech0rz |
Can tell you're a programmer |
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| Thois |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tech0rz
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| Tech0rz |
| binary finary? :conf: |
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| don_q |
nice page Unworldly
thanks
I have studied DSP, and I have programmed in C so I know some about it. I'm actually looking for an excuse to do it again and not completely forget it, given I'm not in college anymore. So in some aspect its not all about the music.
We could actually create some stuff if anybody is interested. No pressure or deadlines. |
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| DigiNut |
Feel free to keep me in the loop if you actually decide to code something and need help with the processing. I'm a full-time developer and took Elec Eng (including signal processing) in university.
It will be tedious, though. I think you'll spend more time struggling with the VST standard than actually writing synth or DSP code. The math in synthesizing isn't all that hard really, since there are hundreds of libraries already around that will do FFTs, modulation, convolutions, etc. for you. It's just a matter of finding them, picking the best ones, putting them all together and designing a nice interface around it. |
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| Dj Pyster |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Trust me, you're wasting your time trying to write a VSTi. The standard itself is ridiculous, and even if you could come up with something that's compatible across all hosts, there are already SO many instruments out there, you'd just be duplicating somebody else's work.
If you're really interested in designing your own synths, I'd suggest getting yourself a demo of Reaktor. It's one of the few packages I think NI actually did a good job on, and toys like Synthedit aren't even in the same league. It's stable, fairly light on memory and CPU, and you won't have to worry about compatibility issues. |
I agree, Reaktor is alot better then synthedit, I would read a few tutorials on how to get started but onec you have the idea of how to use it, it could be one of the most powerful tools out there. |
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| don_q |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
It will be tedious, though. I think you'll spend more time struggling with the VST standard |
yeah..that was the purpose of this thread. Like you said the rest is do-able if you know the basics; I've done a couple of audio effects and different equalizers in software and hardware dsps. But I remember having a hard time dealing with the .wav standard for different bit sizes was a pain in the @$$, so my worries were with the vst standard. I'm still reading, but if its as bad as you'all say, I may look for some other project to do :crazy: |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by don_q
yeah..that was the purpose of this thread. Like you said the rest is do-able if you know the basics; I've done a couple of audio effects and different equalizers in software and hardware dsps. But I remember having a hard time dealing with the .wav standard for different bit sizes was a pain in the @$$, so my worries were with the vst standard. I'm still reading, but if its as bad as you'all say, I may look for some other project to do :crazy: |
If it's information you're looking for, I'd suggest having a glance at the MusicDspWiki if you haven't already - it's kinda disorganized but has some good information on plugins. They've got lots of test platforms, a link to the VST SDK, etc... |
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