Thursday, December 08, 2005
Sound Design Project - Part 2
Slow progress on the sound design so far. The sound
design "team" has received four new versions of the synthesizer
in question, two to deal with bug fixes, another to deal with fixes of
bugs that were caused by the bug fixes and another with some
refinements to the features. I say "team" because we are all
working independently and have no knowledge of each other's work
This does present the inevitable questions about duplication of efforts
and the desire to ensure that we stamp our individual mark without
making sounds which are not usable in practical applications No doubt
the answers to these questions will become apparent!
After spending some time learning the synthesizer (ie. reading the manual), I got to know the character and
features by playing around with it. I decided to approach the sound design by reproducing some
standard sounds to gain more familiarity before actually
sittting down and seriously programming. This included creating the kinds
of "bread and butter" sounds one would expect from a synth like this
(additive)
The programming has gone slowly so far, but I am sure it will pick up as the week
progresses (and the deadline approaches). So far I have a couple of interesting pad sounds,
some lead sounds for sequencing and some bass sounds. Perhaps I'm
a bit too much of a perfectionist, which is why it is going
slowly. But, if a job is worth doing etc. etc.
Still, this is a good challenge for me and I hope to meet it. In
due course, I will post some MP3s of some of the better presets in
use. I bet you cannot wait ;)
Posted by Jon at 12:17:37 AM in Muso-ing (9) | Comments (0)
