----- Original Message ----- From: thomas fisher <studio1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, December 1, 2007 9:27 pm Subject: Re: Hardware synths To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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. > > 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 Thanks. Still more than I can spend right now. David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
