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Cantus Firmus
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synthetic



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:31 pm    Post subject: Cantus Firmus Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Masterful program. If you don't have it, seek it out. It's an absolute error that this isn't in the presets. I would rather have this one program than the entire Preset 1 bank. I remember that everyone was so jazzed about that sound during the beta then, it was cut?

I spent a while breaking it down last night. It starts with a PWM oscillator that I can't duplicate on my own, something makes it so buzzy that I haven't figured out yet. Two VCOs doing PWM, of course. Square wave at 20% and negative saw, plus pitch modulation, it gets a vocal sound from that. I still can't find the buzziness, maybe that's just the character of the instrument.

Then a pair of resonant LP filters which give the sound format vocal sound. What's happening with the resonance of F1 controlled by the tracking generator? I assume it's to make the middle range of the keyboard the most resonant, very interesting use of that feature. Come to think of it, I can't think of another preset that uses that feature.

Anyhoo, one of the best A6 programs ever. I think Peake did this one?
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Numina



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Yep, this is an amazing patch. One of my favorites too.

I find the arpeggiations on the A6 to be amazingly superb.

J.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I agree. This is an amazing program. I think a lot of what's in the presets don't really show off what the instrument can do.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I did that one in one of the extremely early test revs, long before patch compatability. Arnd Kaiser resurrected it, and should probably take full credit for it.
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