On 23 Apr 2003, Nick Tsocanos wrote: > Hi, > I dunno if ALSA modular has it's own forum? Yes, see http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net > What do some of these things in the program do? I like this program alot > so far, but I never played with a real Modular system, so I don't know > much about making cool sounds with it. I made a cool wah-wah bass sound > that I saved. http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net/alsamodularsynth_doc.html provides an introduction. Many modules are quite similiar to real analogue modules of the Doepfer A-100 system. The manuals of the Doepfer modules are online at http://www.doepfer.de/a100e.htm > What does quantizer do? I doesn't seem to anything. I can't figure out > how to trigger it either, nothing but Quantizer makes a trigger signal > it seems. I looked at some examples but didn't figure out how it worked. See http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net/alsamodularsynth_doc.html#sect10 > How do use CVS? What do you put them into? The CVS module creates constant control voltages. This is sometimes useful to control other modules. > Can you play it polyphonic? LADSPA says Create Poly, but I don't know > what it does. See http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net/alsamodularsynth_doc.html#sect05 about mono/poly LADSPA plugins. Dependend on your CPU power and the patch size, ams can be played polyphonically. Use the --poly parameter when you start ams. > Where can I learn to make sounds with a modular synthesizer? I can make There are several good books on that topic, but many of them are out of print. Therefore I hope that my ams-documentation and the examples provide a good starting point. Perhaps we should add more sample patches on the ams project page. Have fun ! Matthias -- Dr. Matthias Nagorni SuSE Linux AG Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 phone: +49 911 74053375 D - 90429 Nuernberg fax : +49 911 74053483
