Bynar

I'm interested in any ideas besides using a selector~ object attached to various operator configurations to create a Yamaha FM Synth like voice in Max. I guess I'm looking for ways to conserve cpu resources while still having loads of algorithms to select from. I'd like to use 16-32 voices(so efficiency is important). Of course with Max it's always fun to start with an idea like this and take it to a strange new place. I'm not going for a hardcore emulation of the DX 7. I just kind of want to start there and build from that if that makes sense. Any ideas or previous experience attempting this would be much appreciated if shared.

multi-algorithm-fm-synth-voice-with-poly

send~/receive~ and matrix~ are how I did this when I made my DX-7-esque patch.

Perhaps try making each operator configuration as a separate poly~ subpatcher and use the message to [poly~] to dynamically load a patch for a given configuration. I don't have much experience dynamically loading patches into [poly~] with DSP running, but as I understand this shouldn't present a problem in Max5 and the quick test I did seems to work.

Perhaps try making each operator configuration as a separate poly~ subpatcher and use the  message to [poly~] to dynamically load a patch for a given configuration. I don't have much experience dynamically loading patches into [poly~] with DSP running, but as I understand this shouldn't present a problem in Max5 and the quick test I did seems to work.


Perhaps try making each operator configuration as a separate poly~ subpatcher

i would recommend this too. i have a half finished dx7 patch that works like this, with a poly patch for each algorithm. you can also implement feedback by setting the sigvs of the poly quite low and using send~ and receive~, and do some oversampling too. Of course doing this you will use a lot of cpu, but if you have a lot of cores poly~'s multithreading should help.

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Thanks for the suggestions. I am going to try loading the poly~s dynamically. I hope I can do it within a poly~. I have never tried that before.

I already tried something like this. The result was interesting but not quite what I was looking for. However I might do a combination of this when loading poly~s. That could be really interesting!

Thanks for the suggestions. I am going to try loading the poly~s dynamically. I hope I can do it within a poly~. I have never tried that before. 

@mzed
I already tried something like this. The result was interesting but not quite what I was looking for. However I might do a combination of this when loading poly~s. That could be really interesting!


Multi Algorithm FM Synth Voice With Poly~