On Saturday 01 December 2007 23:01:22 gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > ----- 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 FYI: Glove-based input interfaces http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=423 http://www.gizmag.com/go/1148/ ebay $59 http://cgi.ebay.com/Essential-Reality-P5-3D-Game-Controller-Virtual-Glove_W0QQitemZ330176465437QQcmdZViewItem Tom _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
