bluelost

hi thorsten, im so impressed by all the stuff youve got here, particularly the sid and fm synths... about the fm synth..... on the main page it says detuning between the operators isnt possible. this confused me. isnt that a core element of what makes fm able to synthesize the way it does? each operator being able to have an independent pitch? also after, it says there are frequency multipliers 0.5 and upwards, isnt that essentially the operator's pitch shift? each oscillator can have its own pitch with the frequency multiplier right? also, i couldnt really figure it out from the page but, how many parts multitibral is it? and how much polyphony? how do the drums fit into that? do the cc parameters change live? like turn a knob and it changes as it turns as opposed to when its done turning or the next note-on? i know that some older synths that people try to mod, its just not possible for say the pitch or mod level to change in real time for morphy type changes. one more thing, for now i just want to make a core and opl3 module. are all the voice editing parameters editable thru cc#? i dont really know anything about sysex. ive been long awaiting a synth where every (ok at least the operator mod levels, pitches, algorythm, and envelope) parameters could be accessed all at once in real time (assuming i have enough knobs on my controller to do it) . i could do that on each voice with cc#'s with this? like, edit one voice live, and switch to another, editing that, back n forth etc, while i have a multitimbral sequence going? just all live without a computer. thanks thorsten, again awesome work! you do the best diy stuff out there! -Corey

Hi Thorsten, i posted here about a month ago. i guess no-one posted anything since then. anyway iwas just wondering how the isa bridge was coming along (and the OPL interfacing ;) ). and like i asked before....if you could point me in the direction of learning about this stuff too ;D thanks Thorsten, bluelost

Hi Thorsten, i posted here about a month ago. i guess no-one posted anything since then. anyway iwas just wondering how the isa bridge was coming along (and the OPL interfacing ;) ). and like i asked before....if you could point me in the direction of learning about this stuff too ;D thanks Thorsten, bluelost

(continued) i guess i need to know the fundamentals....so i can build my own stuff.....it sucks having to depend on someone else to build things...or just wait hoping a manufacturer or something will just someday make what i want...i want to be creative.... i wanna build things myself...but i know *almost* nothing about digital electronics and how to use it to make the things i wanna make.....so if you could point me in the direction of where i could learn these things it would be great. (sorry for such long posts, i'll try to cut down the size in the future) thank for any of your help thorsten.

(continued) i guess i need to know the fundamentals....so i can build my own stuff.....it sucks having to depend on someone else to build things...or just wait hoping a manufacturer or something will just someday make what i want...i want to be creative.... i wanna build things myself...but i know *almost* nothing about digital electronics and how to use it to make the things i wanna make.....so if you could point me in the direction of where i could learn these things it would be great. (sorry for such long posts, i'll try to cut down the size in the future) thank for any of your help thorsten.

Hello Thorsten.....i was just gonna come into the forum to suggest the possibility of using OPL chips like you use the SID...and whattya know?? its already here. the idea of using the 64 pot midibox on FM is a dream come true.....even the dx200 was very flawed in the real time editing department...too many shift key changes and the individual operators we're only accessable thru software. :'( condtrolling FM synthesis with the midibox 64 would be the epitomy of FM power...better than ANY synth yamaha ever built (although we WOULD be using their chips of course ;) hee hee) i can already imagine tweaking the FM depth levels of one operator while at the same time.....changing the frequency of another...making crazy changing warping clashing sounds. where can i get an ISA bridge? i didnt find it in the MBHP pages Thorsten could you tell me where a newbie could find info on programming hardware? i want to build synths and/or controllers...i know its not simple but that all the more reason to hurry and get started if i have a project in mind i just have no idea how to get started..what hardware is nessacary..what the specs on the hard ware mean to me as synth/controller creater.....what makes certain hardware compatible with others or what makes them not. how to integrate parts of hardware (chips, etc.) so that they work together. any and all information on where to look to learn these things would be very apprectiated by me. Thanks ....Corey

Hello Thorsten.....i was just gonna come into the forum to suggest the possibility of using OPL chips like you use the SID...and whattya know?? its already here. the idea of using the 64 pot midibox on FM is a dream come true.....even the dx200 was very flawed in the real time editing department...too many shift key changes and the individual operators we're only accessable thru software. :'( condtrolling FM synthesis with the midibox 64 would be the epitomy of FM power...better than ANY synth yamaha ever built (although we WOULD be using their chips of course ;) hee hee) i can already imagine tweaking the FM depth levels of one operator while at the same time.....changing the frequency of another...making crazy changing warping clashing sounds. where can i get an ISA bridge? i didnt find it in the MBHP pages Thorsten could you tell me where a newbie could find info on programming hardware? i want to build synths and/or controllers...i know its not simple but that all the more reason to hurry and get started if i have a project in mind i just have no idea how to get started..what hardware is nessacary..what the specs on the hard ware mean to me as synth/controller creater.....what makes certain hardware compatible with others or what makes them not. how to integrate parts of hardware (chips, etc.) so that they work together. any and all information on where to look to learn these things would be very apprectiated by me. Thanks ....Corey