ZynewaveI don’t know what’s going wrong. I’m using the Windows File Explorer on Vista, and not IE7. How do you upload files using IE7?
ZynewaveZynewaveZynewaveNucleum 0.27 is uploaded.
Added a panner dial to each filter, next to the osc level dials. The panners are also available in the mod target menus.
Removed one of the shape dials and replaced it with a “Mod Glide” dial. This can be used to set a glide time for a modulator. It’s a cheap way of creating a slower responding output of e.g. an LFO, or to create different parameter responses to modwheel action. The one remaining shape dial has been renamed to “Mod Warp”.
The delay effect has been redesigned to have separate delays for L/R channels to allow for proper processing of the pannable filter outputs. Also added a lowpass to the delay feedback, to immitate a more natural decay.
ZynewaveYou should use punch in/out to restrict the timeline you want to record on.
There are keyboard shortcuts for controlling punch in/out. You can see those by enabling popup help and hover over the punch in/out buttons and the punch range field next to them. The shortcuts you are most likely looking for are:
Press I to toggle punch in mode.
Press Shift+I to set punch in at the cursor.
ZynewaveI have set up FTP access to zynewave.com. I think it is a good idea to reserve this service for VIP members. Another reason to purchase a Podium license, in case you’re using the CM version or the demo.
There’s a new sticky topic in the VIP Lounge that lists FTP instructions and password. Let me know if you encounter any problems, and if you have suggestions for further guidelines to the FTP access.
Since the files in the FTP site are VIP password protected, I don’t think there is any harm in discussing the collaboration projects here in the general chat forum.
ZynewaveIt will be easier for me to detect the problem, if you could please email me a simple project file with the tracks set up as you explained.
Zynewave@UncleAge wrote:
Frits, would it be possible to move this thread into the VIP Lounge or should we just start a new one?
I can do that easily. But I can’t see why it should be confined to the VIP lounge?
As well, just in case it doesn’t work out on Frits’ end, I checked on my end and I have 2gb that I can donate to this type of endeavor. And there are no limits on bandwidth for me.
My hosting plan allows me 1500 gigs storage, and 15000 gigs traffic per month. That should be plenty of space, even for 32 bit wav files. Only reason to limit the wav files to 16/24 bit would be for people with slow internet connections.
ZynewaveThe two shape dials works as two independent busses. You need to route a modulator into a shape, and then route the shape to a target. When the shape dial is at the default center position, the modulator is routed straight thru. With the shape dial you can twist the modulator curve. Turning the shape down produces a curve like (sorry for the crude gfx):
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*So the shape dial controls the offset of the center point of the transformation curve.
My main intention with the shapes were to make it possible to control how keyboard velocity would affect a parameter. Like in other synths where you can select different keyboard response curves from a predefined set of choices. The shape busses can of course be used for other things such as modwheel response, or warping the curve of an LFO output.
ZynewaveIn the preferences dialog you can set the folder where you want to save your projects. What needs to remain in the “My DocumentsZynewave Podium Projects” folder is the Library folder. I’ll consider adding an option to move this folder in a future update.
ZynewaveI think it is a good idea.
When I created the zynewave.com wiki area, project collaboration was one of the things I thought it could be used for. Although, I seem to remember that the wiki had a limit on the size of files that could be uploaded, so this will be a problem with large wav files. Otherwise, I should be able to open up for public ftp access to zynewave.com. I have tons of unused storage space, so there will be no limits there.
Hmm, if this thing gets off the ground, I could implement features in Podium that will allow you to browse collaboration projects online and download/upload updated project and sound files etc. 🙂
Zynewave@Mike G wrote:
But… I haven’t yet found out exactly what I was doing in UI that made it break because I can’t consistently repeat it. As far as I can remember it happens when I am dragging tracks around while Podium is running.
This is most likely the same problem that Conquistador reported. When I have this fixed (hopefully in 1.99), please report back if you still have problems.
Zynewave@Conquistador wrote:
A. Crash when using the “Move Effect Track” command.
I managed to reproduce a crash. I’ll look into this.
B. Deleting tracks and strange behavior.
If you have an instrument mapping on track it appears you cannot delete the track. Certainly I cannot use the Delete Track command it just does not work but the Eraser tool works.
I can’t reproduce this. I have no problems deleting a track with an instrument on it. Please give more details.
C. Dragging mappings within a track panel will create a copy. Unless I missed the implementation of drag and drop support within a track panel (in compact mode), I will have to assume this behavior is not as intended?
Support for drag-reordering tracks within a group panel is not yet implemented.
Zynewave@corazon wrote:
Hello.
Sampletank and Synth1 have various options to change colors and hue of various gui elements, does anyone know if Synthmaker supports anything
like this? I like the layout, colours are OK, but options are good things 🙂
Keep up this new hobby, you are at it! 8)
With a bit of coding, you can do those things in SM. I don’t intend to put this into Nucleum though. The colored dials requires a dark background to stand out.
Zynewave@Per Lichtman wrote:
Would it be possible to extend the maximum ADR times (say to 20 seconds or at least to 10) without losing the recently acquired detail in the early part of the knob?
I can’t make this change without affecting all existing presets, so I think I prefer to let it stay at 8 seconds max.
-Master Level (Volume) ADSR: I know, there are already several envelopes but here is an issue as I see it. If I am going to tweak the release times of the different oscillators to use them to change the sound of the release, then sometimes I need to have them be longer than the length of the sound itself. If I use them with such long release times while playing a pad right now, then all voices are rapidly eaten up. Also, I can tell you from my early experience with synths that having a master ADSR makes it much easier to design your first patch if you are a newbie, even if you aren’t worrying about the complexities I mentioned. Depending on what is easiest to deal with, it might also be made to only attenuate relative to the current level position just so that the level won’t blast your ears if something goes wrong in the modulation, but that really isn’t necessary.
I assume you mean the case where you use an osc as a pure modulator, and set the release to longer than the actual sound output. I see your point, but it would require a rework of the synth design to fit in an extra amp envelope. One of the challenges I set myself with this synth was to find a ballance between flexibility and using as few parameters as possible.
As far as the chorus, is the pre-delay currently in ms? If so, labeling it would be helpful. Ditto for LFO 1 and 2 speed and the rate on chorus.
I’ve added real value readouts in v0.26. The chorus effect is the default component that comes with SM. I had a look in the chorus code and it turns out the values for delay and depth were in “samples”. The equivalent ms times are less than 5 ms, which is way too low for a proper chorus. I’ll spend some time improving the chorus in the coming days.
In terms of pad sounds, what would help a lot (given the fact that you already helped a lot with the last update) would really be if you could set a panning dial below each of the oscillators for filter 1 and 2 so that the oscillators could be panned right before they hit each filter. That’s assuming that each filter has a stereo input. If each filter has a mono input, I suppose that the best that could be done would be to pan the output of each of the mono filters. Right now, Nucleum is really starting to gain strength in creating the timbral evolution of a pad or atmosphere but it can’t create the space of one (at least not without external effects).
The filters are mono, but I could add two panners for the two filter outputs. Those should of course be modulatable as well. From one of your previous recommendations, I was considering removing the delay, and add the two panner dials instead. But I see that a lot of the user-made presets are already using the delay, so I’m afraid we’re stuck with the delay. I’ll look at ways to improve the delay later on.