----- Original Message ----- From: thomas fisher <studio1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, December 1, 2007 6:55 pm Subject: Re: Hardware synths To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Saturday 01 December 2007 01:35:30 david wrote: > > David Griffith wrote: > > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote: > > >> Well, I think that Yamaha's sound patches in their hardware > synthesizers> >> sound much better than any soundfont I've heard. > ---------------------------How much of Yamaha's sound is influenced > by the > 400+ patents developed by Stanford's digital musical department > over about 15 > years. I believe the project was known as "Sondius." > http://otl.stanford.edu/tech/sondius.html Interesting. Looks like some of the patents have expired - some were filed in 1986, that's over 20 years, yes? > Beyond this I cannot elaborate. Probably someone from CCRMA can > illuminate > the way. > > -------------clipped----------< > > > I do want to try my Wacom tablet as a control surface sometime. > Even a > > Smartboard would be an interesting way to do music. > Digital gloves. A little more costly than I'm ready to spend. I already have two Wacom tablets. David authenticity, honesty, community gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
