Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA Hosting
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 21:35:57 EEST
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 12:06:12PM -0400, Nick Tsocanos wrote:
> Oh hey Steve! Those are your plugins! Many of them are real cool. I LOVE
> foldover distortion. I wanted to make one but couldn't find out how it
> works. Reason has foldover distortion, so I studied the knobs on it and
> tried to imagine the algorithm behind it.
It's very simple, just a polynomial sin aproximation used as a waveshaper.
> I also love Giant Flange. That box is wacko!
Good :) it was an accident, I was trying to implement the dj flanger from a
description and misunderstood. I left it in there as I'd allready built
it.
> How did you learn all those algorithms? Before I discovered these
Most of the tricks come from papers, but much of it is pretty obvious,
once you know the basics. Oh, and a lot of trial and error :/
The music-dsp mailing list is a good source of expert advice.
- Steve
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