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@H-man wrote:

Have since created a patch for a kick with Nucleum which I am very happy with but couldn’t be bothered working into this track.

Anyway, have a listen… 🙂

Hey excellent! Keep em coming. 🙂
I’ve been letting this ‘lil tune loop around winamp,…

Once I’ve finished tweaking presets I will knock up a demo too.

I initially struggled a bit to get some drums out of Nucleum, but finally got what I believe are some usable sounds.

Cheers

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Super! 🙂

I’ve been going through presets and correcting for the new panning feature and am pleased with the results of the new panning controls. The delay’s response also sounds a lot better.

Although some patches can be fairly demanding on CPU, it is possible to get some great sounds out using just 2 osc and 1 filter. There seem to be certain combinations of settings that push CPU demand, mainly for pad type sounds. Mostly I think performance is acceptable in terms of the quality of the sound which is great.

Thanks

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@H-man wrote:

The Shape dials only affect the LFOs (I think this is right?). So if you are using an LFO to modulate a parameter then you can use the Shape dials to tweak the LFO. Depending on the speed of the LFO, I thought this could have a substantial impact on the sound, especially at the start of a note.

Frits, can you confirm?

Yes, please confirm. I suppose I need to test this more attentively.

@Per Lichtman wrote:

Actually, I would replace the shape dials with the Master ADSR. The shape dials are a bit overkill here and most presets don’t use them so you would have space there. I haven’t found any of my own presets improved significantly by using the shape dials in combination with the mod matrix either. It would definitely keep the polyphony from getting eaten up as quickly.

Agreed. I have not noticed much if any result on the sound from the shape dials, so if these were to be replaced with Master ADSR or Panning dials as Per Lichtman suggests here, that would perhaps improve the synth.

Also as Per noted, the numerical readouts are excellent.

Please look at improving the delay, which as Per noted is perhaps too limited to keep in, however as limited as it is, it provides an essential sound shaping component and without it many presets would sound dull.
It is no problem for me too use external delays for my own purposes, however I am interested in contributing presets and demo tracks that make exclusive use of Podium and Nucleum, without having to resort to external tools.

Dang it, I noticed I’m still using v0.24, and have just tried v0.25. Indeed, quite a big difference in the response of the LFOs, also the additional mod sources and targets increase the scope for sound design. Sounds much better.

Gonna have to retweak eveything yet again… 😉

Would it be possible to include effects parameters as mod targets as well?

Cheers
🙂

you can create your own rinxai page under user pages, and upload your file there.

Thanks, will do. 🙂

I have uploaded a bank of 68 presets for Nucleum here.

It is a work in progress, with a full bank of 128 presets to be released as Nucleum progresses.

Many of the presets are best heard by playing and holding notes on a keyboard, since they evolve and change over time….

Imo, Nucleum is a promising generator, with good potential for sculpting impressive and usable sounds.

Performance needs to be optimized, although already improved, especially loading time.

More features I would like to see are lower speed capability for LFOs, and lag/delay for LFO start time, and host sync for LFO and Delay effect.

More waveforms, vintage squares and saws. Ideally would like the option to use external waveforms.

Cheers..

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Do you mean something like the audio/midi equivalent of OpenGL? An API for audio/midi widgets? Perhaps something like this available on the Linux platform. I’m not aware of anything thats cross platform or windows specific. Its a neat idea and will probably see the light of day in some years to come.