Guest Contribution by Graham Gatheral Let's be honest: code can be daunting. All those words and numbers and operators and punctuation errors... For a start, there's no GUI. How are you supposed to make anything without a GUI?! Well, as we'll see later we can make a GUI-based synth in SuperCollider with just a few dozen lines of code! But let's put GUIs to one side for now, … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
Pure Data Wavetable Synth – Part 8
Despite all of this, I’m still relatively new at Pure Data and the Max language. To those who chime in with corrections or clarifications in the comments, you are most appreciated! If you’re new to PD, make sure you check the comments section for clarifying info provided by generous souls. We're picking up steam here. The synthesizer is essentially done. What we're doing in … [Read more...]
Sonographic Sound Processing
Guest Post by Tadej Droljc Introduction The purpose of this article is to introduce the reader to the subject of Real-Time Sonographic Sound Processing. Since sonographic sound processing is based on windowed analysis it belongs to the digital world. Hence we will be leaning against digital concepts of audio and image or video throughout this article. Sonographic Sound … [Read more...]
DSP Environment Learning Resources
So far this month; Shaun Farley's Pure Data Wavetable Synth series and Varun Nair's pep talk An Intimidating Start have been great introductions into the word of Max/MSP and Pure Data (I wish I had those articles when I got started!). I am still quite a beginner myself with Pure Data (and moreso with Max/MSP) so what I thought I would do is share some links that have helped me … [Read more...]
Epic Sound’s Guide to SFX Relaunched
A wonderful resource for budding and veteran sound designers is the list of ways to make certain sounds that Epic Sound has been hosting for many years. Recently it got an update which is worth checking out. Epic Sound was nice enough to send us over a nice Q & A about the relaunch: David Filskov's Guide To Sound Effects Relaunched Sound designer … [Read more...]
Pure Data Wavetable Synth – Part 7
Despite all of this, I’m still relatively new at Pure Data and the Max language. To those who chime in with corrections or clarifications in the comments, you are most appreciated! If you’re new to PD, make sure you check the comments section for clarifying info provided by generous souls. Today is "amplitude" day in our wavetable synthesizer series. We're going to be … [Read more...]
3 Deaf Mice: A sound-music game
David Sonnenschein, the author of Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice, and Sound Effects in Cinema and founder of SoundDesignForPros.com, has a new project. 3 Deaf Mice is an audio-music discovery game (initially targeted for PCs and Macs) where the mice need help in designing their next hit song. It aims to enhance listening skills and creativity with sonic … [Read more...]