I feel alone ;)

jorge · 23 Aug 2004

Hi Lalo

Work was quite slow during the summer but its speeding up as the weather is cooling down. The code for the future Version 1.0 ended up starting as a new application although using a lot of the old code. Like everything there's a good side and a bad side about starting new. The bad side is that there is a gap until it catches up with the old version. The good side is that the code is a lot cleaner, easier to change/mantain and the whole application will hopefully be more well thought out and more user friendly.

I hope to get the forum going again and to start making the latest version available here in the forum.

bManic · 26 Aug 2004

Hi Lalo, Jorge and the whole team!

Summer vacation's over and I'm moving the studio back to the city. I'll be available for beta testing/help/whatever in about a weeks time. I've recently upgraded my monitors to the new genelec range so if anybody needs some critical listening done or similar then let me know. Jorge, I'm also fully commited to try to persuade our department in school to take a look at synthmaker once it's ready. I find this kind of software invaluable as a learning tool for out school as Max/MSP is pretty cryptic and not very userfriendly and has a high price so it's hard for students to buy a copy for home use. Also, have you guys thought of maybe re-thinking the name of synthmaker as I find the name quite limiting.. You can do so much more with the current beta already!

Cheers! bManic

jorge · 29 Aug 2004

Hi bManic, its great to see you back.

bManic wrote: I'll be available for beta testing/help/whatever in about a weeks time.

That's really great, I'll get the latest version to you when you're ready.

bManic wrote: I've recently upgraded my monitors to the new genelec range so if anybody needs some critical listening done or similar then let me know.

I'm currently working on a fast sawtooth oscillator, I'm considering using interpolation to make it better quality. I can look at the quality with an FFT graph but I'd be interested in knowing the quality when listening to it.

bManic wrote: Jorge, I'm also fully commited to try to persuade our department in school to take a look at synthmaker once it's ready.

If there is anything I can do to help convince them let me know. I think the best would be for them to use the new version which still needs a couple of weeks to start being useful.

bManic wrote: Also, have you guys thought of maybe re-thinking the name of synthmaker as I find the name quite limiting.. You can do so much more with the current beta already!

That's a good point. The idea is for synthmaker to eventually become a general RAD tool. If you have suggestions for a name let me know, preferably a name that finds very few webpages on a google search. It would be good to have a name that applies to FilterMaking, VSTMaking, EffectMaking, SynthMaking etc.

take care

cbit · 20 Sept 2004

re. a new name for synthmaker: i think that what all synthmakers possible applications have in common is DSP.. so perhaps it would be good to include 'DSP' in the new name.

lalo · 21 Sept 2004

cbit wrote: so perhaps it would be good to include 'DSP' in the new name.

agree bro 😉 lalo