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How to write a Synthesiser?

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Started by Dhufish August 29, 2001 08:24 PM

2 comments, last by Dhufish 22 years, 7 months ago

Dhufish

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August 29, 2001 08:24 PM

Hi, I''ve been wanting to learn how to write a simple sound synthesiser in software, but wasn''t sure where to get started. I just wanted to generate my own square, sine, triangle waves, that sorta thing. Does anybody have any pointers on where to learn this stuff from? Currently, I''m having a read at the DirectMusic/DirectSound help files, am I looking in the right place or are there better things to be reading? Thanks! Gurce

Anonymous

October 01, 2001 01:56 AM

get a nord lead. it comes with software that lets you do anything you want.

Colin Barry

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October 01, 2001 10:47 AM

Theres a lot of good code at the DSP source code archive. Try www.smartelectronix.com/musicdsp

Learning DirectSound is the way to go, and once you''ve got the basic waveforms adding a time-varying envelope and filter will be fairly simple. Good Luck!