SynthMakerwyndham ·
Hello, a green newbie here. I have seen some free vst synths and wondered if I can use them to learn how to put my own synth together. Can I decompile a synth into synth maker free and learn how it was made? Thanks Wyndham
reverse coding
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adamszabo ·
you cant do that, its almost imposible.
trogluddite ·
Hi, welcome to SM land,
Sadly, what you want to do is not possible - most VSTs would be compiled to assembly language from C++ or similar, and learning how to reverse engineer that would be harder than learning DSP from square 1. Also, the designers of commercial VSTs protect their intellectual property in order to keep their 'secret ingredients'.
However, there are many good examples of synths (and their component parts) to learn from here on the forum, and there are plenty of knowlegable users who are happy to pass on what they know.
wyndham ·
I was not looking at the commercial VST's but some of the free ones that might have been made by SM. Thanks for the heads ups. It's been many years since I even thought about putting anything together so this is a new game for me. I looked at the pdf manual and my eyes glazed over so it will take a bit to wrap my head around this. Is there a tutorial that has a simple project that fits a newbie like me, that's what I was hoping for in the first post. Thanks and a Merry Christmas, Wyndham
trogluddite ·
Ooops, I forgot to mention the Wiki - there's a nice work through of a basic synth on the tutorials page (LINK) There are many other handy things there too...
wyndham ·
I found the WIKI right after I posted and followed the tutorial, That Was FUN. I really like this. This has got me thinking in several directions at once and that might be bad. Anyway I can see a lot of whats going on and also stumbled onto the sister program Flowstone and here's where I fall off the trolley because I also saw Wii control modules in the Sm tools. I'll digress here for a moment to say that I've also been trying to see how a Moog theremin can be made effectively as a VST. Can the Wii mote modules be used as an input the same as a midi input( I haven't gotten that far in reading yet), is this how it's done. There are several other hardware ways in like the I=Cube=x analog sensor to midi but as long as you get a midi signal in I guess that's all that SM is waiting for, am i correct on this. I know I'm stepping way beyond my understanding right now and i maybe missing some important points but a midiTheremin synth controller by either wiimotes or I-Cube-x looks very possible if the SM can read Midi CC input messages. Thanks Trog
infuzion ·
Welcome to SM wyndham! [old link]
MichaelBenjamin ·
for the wiimote you need a bluetooth usb stick, a software blue soleil (usually comes with the stick). i tried it out last summer with glovepie to translate to midi, and you can build some really fun wireless music toy setups with this, and the latency was lower than i initially thought.
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