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TUOB ·
This example is now removed but thanks to those who provided feedback & hope any who downloaded the OSM find it useful for a beginners try at VST design. As for the VSTi i wouldn't bother with it as the amplifier distortion made it a nightmare to play! However, I have fixed that distortion behaviour now as well as a few other bugs and I am be looking to work with a friend & SynthMaker user on future design builds. Until then... KG
Jay ·
TUOB Hi and Welcome to the forum!
not a bad first attempt you have there! the distortion thing, i got it to happen on routing the lfo to the amp output.
Now i am no expert here but is sounds like the signal is being over driven by the lfo taking the output value over and above the normal 0 - 1 ratio! could be that, but it could be a number of things!
best thing to do is upload your osm and one of the many fine ppl here will take a little look for you and give you some pointers!
Best regards
trogluddite ·
Welcome TUOB, That's a good start in synthmaker - you already have a good grasp of synth architecture. I think Jay's on the right track with the distortion - the modulation is summed with the envelope, plus you have 3 oscillators all summed so it's amazing how quickly you can run out of headroom. The best approach I've found is to use the 'scope module from the analysis toolbox - just patch it into your signal at the various summing points and you'll soon see where your waveforms are getting clipped or if you're getting DC offsets. The VST window size is easy to sort out - it will always get exported at the current zoom level in the SM editing window, so you can just resize it there and export again to have any size you'e comfortable with (the CTRL-Home shortcut to hide the tooboxes can be useful here)
TUOB ·
Thanks for those pointers trogluddite. I've been into synths for a good few years now but as this is my first attempt at a VST design i appreciate i have much still to learn re.Synthmaker. I will try the scope tool which seems obvious now you mention it to actually see where my signal is distorting, though i'm sure i've isolated it to the matrix output to the amplifer amount. Actually in writing that now i think i may have realised where i've gone wrong...
Note to others also that a dual labelling in the matrix meant that Osc 3 was not routed to the Matrix, which is now corrected. Osc 2 was labelled twice... 🙁
Also, thanks for the VST zoom trick- shows how much of a novice i am that i missed that as when a collague did a usability test of the VST he was squinting to see the GUI... 😕
Cheers, KG.
trogluddite ·
No problem - I actually only learned the Zoom trick a few weeks ago - after 2 years of using SM! 😕
nix ·
It's neat man(I didn't look under the hood hehe), it's cooler than my first. Maybe you can give me a couple of pointers on mod matrix? It is essentially a selector? All success and enjoyment in SM!
TUOB ·
Hi Nix. Thanks for the compliment. Looks OK for a first try, though i know i just stuck with the analog kit module GUI's as was spending most of my time inside the design emulating the architecture of the M3X. The Modulation Matrix was a big part of that and is essentially just a modified version of the stock toolbox routing matrix which uses 4 pairs of source/target selectors. Got plenty more ideas for future VST's with customised modules now i understand the program better. Cheers, KG.
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