From the original SynthMaker forum (2004–2014), with its members’ names and dates.
bManic ·
Hi synthmaker gods!
I'm finally done renovating my room and will have my studio up and running in about 4 days. Then I can help you guys do some critical listening tests on my brand new Genelec 8030a+7050a monitoring system 😀 .
My DSP/C++ course has also begun so I'm reading maths now like crazy. Maybe I can finally start to understand filter design? Reading about complex numbers right now, trying to understand that 'i' 😉 .
Anyways, basically what I wanted to say is that I'm back in business. Vacation is completely over, school has started and I can again start answering emails etc.
Also, the weekly seminars at the university (Center for Music & Technology, cmt.siba.fi for info) have also begun and I'm planning to have mine (each pupil needs to do one seminar / year) about synthmaker and the possibilities this kind of software can give a university like ours. We need to plan this thing together though, like making examples, pictures, tutorial things and have a demo that runs as stable as possible (or atleast know of the bugs that cause it to crash! can't have it crashing in the middle of a presentation). I really think that if you guys design synthmaker (you definately need a new name) properly and market it for schools also you can get a quite nice niche of a market. The cycling74 guys basically live on their Max/msp software licenses to schools and universities.
Happy coding guys!
bManic
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malc ·
Hi bManic,
Good to hear that you're back in business. Jorge has taken a short (and well earned) holiday. He should be back online in a week's time.
I only just registered on the forum recently. So let me first say hello to you and all the others.
We've been very busy with the new version and so we haven't done much posting. Apologies if it looked like nothing was happening. As Jorge has already said, SM is definitely alive and kicking and we'll be back with a bang very soon.
Your assistance with testing will be much appreciated. We'll do all we can to support you with the seminar. When is it by the way?
The new version is much more stable than those that went previously so hopefully all your crash worries should be a thing of the past.
So what of the new version? Well, we should have something ready to show you all within the next week or two.
We've been concentrating on the framework and the sound engine. This means that there are fewer components at the moment. But don't be disheartened by this, we have a killer new interface with a host of features that we know you're going to love.
The sound engine is now extremey fast. With a bit more tweaking we'll have it even faster. It's also much simpler and as I said before it's very stable too.
The framework and the engine form the foundations of the application. Once this is there, new components will come thick and fast.
Your point about the product name is an interesting one. I think this issue has been raised before. It's not something we've talked much about, but we are aware of it. If you (or anybody else) has any more thoughts please let us know.
Good luck with the Maths,
Malc.
lalo ·
Hi guys!
@bManic....best wishes for your course!
what kind of resources/books are you studing?
i'd like to study some serious dsp/c++ ....
@malc
nice to know you man!!!
i use to talk with jorgen about the 2nd (not in order of importance but in order of time 😉 )possible SM team member months ago..
i'm very happy to know you 😉
and i can't stan in my pants for the new SM version 😉
love
lalo
bManic ·
Hi Lalo, hi Malc!
Lalo: The course started last week so we have no books recommended to us yet. We are just going trough basic maths the first few weeks just to refresh the memory and check what each student of the course knows (I'm one of the worst! 🙁 ). It's also a really small group so it's nearly private lessons from a really talented guy that is also a student at our music university! I think the course will first concentrate on DSP and then later in the spring switch over to practical use of the DSP using C++.
Malc: The seminar I can choose when to have. I think it would be wise to have it sometime during spring as this gives me plenty of time to get used to SM again. Also it would be cool to show as much a complete product as possible. There really is a good chance that the school might get interested and buy a couple of licenses from you.
About the name. I think it was me who first wrote that 'synthmaker' is a too limited name for describing what your software can do. What I understood from jorge is that the application really could work more as a visual programming language optimized for audio. That is, you can make FX, Synths, Live applications, Tutorials/examples (this is why it's so darn good for schools!) etc.
Cheers!
bManic
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malc ·
Gents, thanks for your patience and your continued interest.
bManic, I take your point completely about the product name. It is something we've been meaning to talk about but it's been on the back burner while we concentrate on product development.
Naming a product is not easy. The most obvious tactic would be to find a name that sums up exactly what the product is all about in one or two words. So if SM was all about making synths the name would fit perfectly.
However, if the applications of the product are extremely broad then you can't really do this. So what do you do?
One alternative is to go in the opposite direction and pick a name that is completely arbitrary. There are plenty of examples around. As far as I can see names like Reaktor, Ableton Live, Cubase and Logic say very little about the products that bear their names.
Even outside the music industry there are examples of this kind of naming policy. Excel, DreamWeaver and Acrobat are good examples.
When Jorge is back I'm sure we'll have some discussion about this. If you have any more thoughts or suggestions then please let us know.
Also apologies if any of this has already been said. Still haven't had time to go through all the posts that have gone before on this issue.
Malc.
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