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The Workings of FR-08's Sound System by KB / Farbrausch

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I know that these articles are quite old by now, but reread them recently and they were certainly some of the most interesting articles I've read for quite a while now!

So The Workings of FR-08's Sound System by KB / Farbrausch articles in part order for others who probably missed them or want to read them again :)

The Workings of FR-08's Sound System - Part 1 - The concept

The Workings of FR-08's Sound System - Part 2 - Why are SMF files smaller?

The Workings of FR-08's Sound System - Part 3 - The basic system

The Workings of FR-08's Sound System - Part 4 - Let's talk about synthesizers

Enjoy! :)
added on the 2015-04-22 11:25:47 by Defiance Defiance
If you read it, skip the technical parts; CPUs have gotten way faster and more parallel in the last 15 years, and eg. doing everything sample exact is absolutely possible today. Most of the high level "soft skills" stuff in there is still pretty valid tho, so have fun. Even if my writing proficency embarrassingly reminds me of 50 Shades of Grey or worse nowadays ;)

Also, check out the stuff other people wrote. You would miss out if you didn't follow people like Revival, Ferris and Gopher at least. (And Blueberry and Puryx. And Gargaj. And so many others)
added on the 2015-04-22 13:22:59 by kb_ kb_
You actually read 50 Shades of Grey?
added on the 2015-04-22 13:42:10 by trc_wm trc_wm
can someone compile links for others writing kb mentioned please?
what is this 50 Shades of Grey everyone is talking about? The newest Farbrausch demo, which I have missed?
added on the 2015-04-22 16:00:32 by merkur merkur
Don't be silly, that would contradict the group's name!
fr-050: shades of grey
added on the 2015-04-22 16:06:58 by D.Fox D.Fox
The sad thing about the tutorials is that they stop before really any of the DSP comes in :-) But they're useful to get the basics in. I do agree that the “update stuff only once per buffer” idea is a bit outdated, though (it was a bit extreme to me even at the time).
added on the 2015-04-22 16:20:19 by Sesse Sesse
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can someone compile links for others writing kb mentioned please?

I don't think I ever wrote anything in article form but I can sum up my experience succinctly thus:

"Coders! One you wrote your synth, USE IT A BIT, otherwise you'll never find out why musicians hate it."
added on the 2015-04-22 16:29:24 by Gargaj Gargaj
Quote:
If you really think about it, tracked music sucks anyway


:/
added on the 2015-04-22 16:54:32 by djh0ffman djh0ffman
Just try not to think about it.

:]
added on the 2015-04-22 17:13:20 by ham ham
I also haven't really written much on the subject, but I gave a couple talks; this one is most relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLX156OVFTA
added on the 2015-04-22 17:18:47 by ferris ferris
also these original articles really did rule back in the day :)
added on the 2015-04-22 17:23:02 by ferris ferris
Revival's series, Art of Softsynth Development.
added on the 2015-04-22 18:04:05 by Zavie Zavie
ferris: Just FWIW, the (Min)BLEP things seemingly don't come out all that well in actual sound quality. (I can probably dig up the paper at some point.)

Gargaj: Actually, the problem with musicians that I've had isn't largely hate, it's indifference. It seems the number of musicians interested in using a 64k synth _at all_ is rather meager (of course this is much easier when the musician and the coder is the same person :-) ).
added on the 2015-04-22 18:45:05 by Sesse Sesse
Don't you think that's the effect and not the cause? :)
added on the 2015-04-22 18:50:25 by Gargaj Gargaj
I think it´s nice to be limited as musician. So you can push those limits ;)
added on the 2015-04-22 19:14:40 by Virgill Virgill
added on the 2015-04-22 19:16:57 by Virgill Virgill
Sesse, hmm, that's odd, minbleps have worked really well for me.
added on the 2015-04-22 19:45:57 by revival revival
added on the 2015-04-22 21:33:49 by trc_wm trc_wm

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