Re: [linux-audio-dev] Nord Modular instrument converter

From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Apr 22 2005 - 16:08:31 EEST

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 10:50:59PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-22-04 at 11:27 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 03:56:40PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2005-21-04 at 18:02 +0300, Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> > > > Hello.
> > > > I started working on a Nord Modular to PD converter.
> > > > ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/audio/devel/nordmodular/
> > > >
> > > > NM users have patched thousands of free instruments
> > > > (http://nordsynth.zevv.nl). It would be nice to be able to
> > > > use the user-made instruments elsewhere.
> > > >
> > > > I choosed PD but we should make the converter general enough
> > > > so that converters to other modular systems can be written.
> > > > I can work on them as well.
> > >
> > > Please do, I would /love/ to have a converter to Om.
> > >
> > > It would require writing some (many?) LADSPA plugs to fill in the gaps,
> > > but those would be really nice to have around anyway. I suppose if
> > > LADSPA plugins with the exact same ports/controls as the nord modules
> > > existed, the conversion would be almost trivial.
> >
> > Yeah, um, you may notice that some early ladspa plugings bear a subtle
> > resemblence to certain nord modules. *cough* Not in the same league of
> > implementation quality though, sadly.
> >
> > - Steve, Nord addict.
>
> Heh - I'll, ahem, 'take a look' *cough* at them. I wouldn't be too
> worried about sonic similarity at first, just getting things working.
>
> I never really thought of the idea before, but being able to convert
> nord patches would be really cool - people have made some incredibly
> awesome patches for that thing.
>
> Plus, the fact that Om can run on a headless/inputless machine with just
> audio inputs, and be edited via PC quite easily is tempting.. mini-ITX
> completely free software Nord Modular replacement, anyone? :)

A worthy goal, but I think it will be harder than you think. A lot of Nord
patches depend on very precise timing issues, and I dont think you will
get them to work how they should in software. The nord runs with single
sample blocks.

that said there is a software (windowsw :( ) emulator of the nord modular,
provided by the manufacturer, but I dont know how close it is.

- Steve
Received on Fri Apr 22 20:15:05 2005

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