Folderol wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 01:01:18 -0500 (EST)
> Larry Troxler <lt@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Ken Restivo wrote:
>>> Wish there were a way to approach all the talented hackers who are unfortunately wasting their time working on trying to crack it, and instead get them a copy of the Zyn source, to revamp it from scratch and make it RT-safe.
>> Zyn isn't RT safe? Could you elaborate or point to a link? I remember
>> reading something about this, and was hoping to use it for live
>> performance.
>>
>> Larry Troxler
>
> I have heard several comments to this effect, and also that the code
> in Zyn is 'a nightmare' however I have not heard anything specific that
> one can really get a handle on.
>
> While I agree the GUI is poor and could do with quite a lot of work, I
> don't know about the rest, although there are changes I would like in
> the way voice banks are managed.
>
> This all causes me quite a lot of concern. I find that Zyn gives
> unparallelled results, and conceptually most closely matches my grasp
> of sound. I am concerned about talk of unspecified jack problems, and
> also the lack of any visible development by the originator.
>
> I, personally, would be willing to expend a great deal of effort to
> help revive Zyn, and would be quite happy to put my hand in my
> pocket as well.
>
What would be nice for me if there was an export feature for the source
waveforms it produces (the ones that are made by constructing a spectrum
with a bandwidth for each of the harmnonics). Then I could use them in
PD or Csound or ??? .
Anyone else here have this thought (or alternatives)?
Larry Troxler
Received on Sat Feb 3 20:15:03 2007
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