Single Cell Software

I wanted to have a look at the subsynth pack you posted earlier...

It'll probably be a couple of weeks, but I'll try and give it a go :)

The challenge could be made more specific if we have to use the presets of your pack (?)

Hmmmmm.......

heres my subsynth challenge track,...all subsyths except one pcmsynth for drums.

thanks 

I was messin around, playing with pan presets, then I found something I liked, and then swapped a sub for a pcm to add a voice sample. Can I do that, use a voice? Rest is all subsynths. Promise :)

I'm not using a bb, or drumkit pcm. Trying to go for a groove, sense of rhythm without using a beat. The vox gives a creepy vibe, gonna keep it in :)

It's minimal industrial, kind of like early Dive and Sonar. Hope I can sequence it decently, find some auto. One sub left I havent used yet.

that was so fun to listen to...love those synthesized vocal souds.

Here's my entry, "Subtractive Force":

Hope you enjoy it!

Thank your Mr P! ;o)

Thanks! I love the versatility of the subsynth, even using the preset waveforms gives you so many possibilities. This had some new tricks in like overloading the bass and compressing it to get that throbbing effect which I was pleased with.

Well then, here's my entry. No, it's not a song, but it's subsynth related.

Plus, I don't like making big announcements for little things, I prefer sneaking them into threads like this! 

Here's what your next subsynth will look like. Not much is new but what is, is very cool:

New things are:

1- High quality (band-limited) versions of the sawtooth and squarewaves. If you don't know what that means, try selecting a single sawtooth and then pressing the sequential notes from C6 to C7. Notice the weird, ugly tones produced that pollute the note and makes it sound harsh and out of place. That's aliasing and it's caused by using wavetables that aren't band-limited. So the new version will give you the choice between the two wavetable types, at a small extra CPU cost for the HQ version.

2- New modulation modes. The original frequency modulation in the subsynth is technically correct, but it's not what most synths use when they do "FM" (I learned a lot while making the modular!). In reality most synths do phase modulation which gives similar results, but allows for a lot more flexibility and range. For example you'll notice FM doesn't do much if Osc2 is higher pitch than Osc1. PM allows you to get those clanky sounds with higher frequencies. It also lets you get a lot more "growliness" from lower pitch modulation because you can effectively "crank it to 11" without breaking things. I also threw in AM (amplitude modulation) because why not! Oh, and LFO control over the modulation amount too.

3- Unison mode for Osc2 fine tuning. Right now if you pitch Osc2 down a few cents to get some cool phasing between your two Oscs, you're pitching the average tone of the note down too, which means it's hard to use this sound with other synths that ARE tuned correctly. If you select unison mode and move the knob, Osc1 will automatically get tuned the opposite direction from Osc2, giving you that unison sound without affecting overall pitch.

4- Two custom waveforms. You can draw two waveforms and use them in either Osc. There is also a setting to copy waveforms within the editor so that if you want to start from Custom1 and modify it, you can do that. I also ported the little "single cycle importer" utility I wrote a while back so you can import small WAVs directly from the waveform editor.

That's great Rej! Anything which gives greater flexibility and capability to an already great machine gets my vote!

The stereo effect is two identical subsynths panned left and right with slightly different phaser settings and independently automated filter cutoff and res. Gives a nice effect but does use up two machines.

reverse saw should be possible, but for random ... don't you need smoothing control for it to be useful? How abrupt should the value changes be?

In the modular, I added the random waveform because you can always route the output through a lag processor to smooth it out, but not here.

Oh yeah,  Bend needs to turn into Portempto.....  I personally hate the Bend feature, makes no sense, I have absolutely no idea how to use it for anything.   Portempto knob can "click" On and adjust the Portempto Glide Speed.... as opposed to using Glide Feature in Pattern Editor.....   just my quick thought on that, since we kinda sidetracked the thread a little.