On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 00:22:14 +0100 Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As part of our quest for the best possible sound we are planning an > enhancement that passes bits through a grading process (the well > known 'Enharmonic Bit Comparator' - version 33)* thus ensuring that > any bit asymmetry is removed. He he. On the contrary, asymmetry would be Good IMHO. > Finally, there is the open-source BitShine engine (BS). This > 'clarifies' individual zeroes and ones passing through it, making > them sharper, ... There must be something behind coming up with 'rich' synth algorithms that is not so simple. I have yet to hear one Linux Open Source synth that sounds like a Linux commercial one. If it was only time, then give an Open Source project 5 years and the guys should come up progressively with something that starts sounding like Hive, at the same time making it possible for others to make sound patches easily by tweaking interface parameters. I do not pretend to know all Linux Open Source synths although I have tried a few. Nor do I know much about synth sound structures. While in their own genre, one like Yoshimi/Zynaddsubfx have their own niche, the multi-dimensional dare I say aspect of the sounds, the intricate weaving that caresses the ears that mainstream competes for, leaves to be desired. This is why I think that there's more to these algorithms than just throwing time at them (to state it simple). And that same reason might be why that when something is found, it goes closed source. If not, if it was relatively easy, there would be, for instance, serious Diva competitors in the Open Source. Or even the free Podolski or Zebralette. Cheers. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
