Sound synthesis with multiple parameters...

madmaxmsp@hotmail.com's icon

Hello forum users,

I'm trying to demonstrate some of the MSP features within the Cycling 74 product to a friend of mine. I'm hoping to find a patch that displays sound synthesis and multiple parameters for control over the synth.

I have browsed through the demo patches available, from the general ones to internet posted patches. I can't find a single patch for a synth that has more than 10 controllable features.

Does anyone know of such a patch that is available to view and learn from? Most of the synths I can find have only controls for frequency and modulation but little else!

Thanks,

Max.

vade's icon

How about showing your friend how easy it is to modify one of those
patches right before his eyes.

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Matthew Aidekman's icon

short answer
check out percolates gen10 or gen9. it'll do additive stuff, you
can control all the harmonics. as many as you want.
-matt

Andrew Benson's icon

If you're looking for something readymade, check out Jitter Recipe 35:
Paramination in Jitter Recipe Book 3 in the In-Depth section of the
website. The synth-module in that patch requires 10 parameters (all in
the range 0.-1.). If you need more than 10, throw a comb-filter or
something in there.

Happy Patching!
Andrew B.

madmaxmsp@hotmail.com's icon

Thanks for the suggestion Andrew

I've downloaded paramination but it appears that I can not open the .zip folder it is contained within. Do you have any suggestions here? I've tried everything to unzip the download but nothing seems to do it!

Thanks,

Max.

Andrew Benson's icon

Hi Max,
It's just a standard .zip file. If it won't unzip using stuffit or the
OS, you may have a corrupted download. Maybe try using a different
browser...

Andrew B.

Here's the patch:

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

madmaxmsp@hotmail.com's icon

Hello Andrew,

I see now that you're the author! May I just ask of your thinking behind this patch and how each of the components work and work together? I don't believe that I will incorporate the jitter elements of this patch into the demo for my friend, just the MSP components.

I see the synth module section at the end. What are the parameters for each of these inputs? Would it be possible to simply copy this last section and incorporate it into a patch that aleady has controllers creating 10 parameter numbers (10 sections of this synth object).

Thanks,

Max.

madmaxmsp@hotmail.com's icon

Andrew, just one more thing! I've copied and pasted this last section of your patch into mine and on some of the parameters the sound just cuts out. With the others it appears to not make much of a difference to the sound. I'm sure i'm doing something wrong!

Look forward to your reply...

Thanks,

Max.

Andrew Benson's icon

Hi Max,
Based on your recent posts, it sounds like it is time for you to read
the tutorials. The synthesis module in this patch is a pretty
straightforward example of FM synthesis with a filter and some delay
modulation. There is nothing particularly tricky about it. If you want
to learn more about building synthesizers, I highly recommend the MaxMSP
tutorials at www.creativesynth.com

Happy Patching!
Andrew B.