Sound synthesis (mac)

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Sound synthesis (mac)

We often speak of a virtual synthesizer to distinguish a software program manufacturing sounds from a material synthesizer. The latter can have a keyboard, not have a keyboard (an expander), or be housed in an electronic chip on the sound card. A synthesis program actually makes the sound in digital form and then sends it to another program or converts it to computer output through the sound card. MIDI commands can be used.

CSound
08 Jan 2004 - CSound is a successor to the legendary Music V. Like the latter, it requires some patience to learn the various commands. In fact, to produce a sound, you have to start by programming two pure text files in lines of code.
Skill level: Advanced

Le Synthé
08 Jan 2004 - Le Synthé is a processing software programme whose interface is built after the model of the legendary AKS of EMS. It contains a set of synthesis and sound transformation modules that can be connected by means of a matrix.
Skill level: Advanced

Cloud Generator
19 Dec 2003 - This software enables you to synthesise (generate) sound clouds with the help of a granular synthesiser. It does not work in real time, so the compilation of sound may take several minutes depending on the settings.
Skill level: Average

Syd
15 Nov 2003 - Syd is a synthesiser in which the various modules (oscillator, envelope, etc.) are linked up by Syd is a synthesiser in which the various modules (oscillator, envelope, etc.) are linked up by algorythms) by placing the modules in the centre space, and then link up the different modules by using connection cords.
Skill level: Basic

Sandbox
15 Nov 2003 - This software is used to generate modulated sounds (frequency modulation) from external sound files and/or sinusoidal sounds. The synthesis or processing modules come in twos in order to create rich sound textures. Moreover, various settings are generated automatically in a random way.
Skill level: Advanced

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