[musictlk] Making a sound synthesis guide

[Ken Downey]

As I said, I do not have a mac yet, so I can't help you with its version of 
Garage band, though I do have an in-depth podcast fgor the iOS version up on 
Applevis.
The first guide is at www.blindlabyrinth.com/SoundSynthesis1.mp3
right now, and lersson two is coming up soon, in which I'll be covering a 
relatively new kind of synthesis, granular synthesis. I'll be using a 
program called Granulab for this project, but its sliders are not labelled 
well. Therefore I made JFW scripts which take you to the right sliders. If 
you're interested but are not using JFW, I'll just have to take the extra 
time to go through, slider by slider, and explain what each does and 
apologize for the dev's poor labelling over and over lol.
So for the PC side of things, we have Goldwave, Audacity, and Granulab for 
sound synthesis. For the iOS platform, the promary sound creation/synthesis 
tools are Thumbjam, (sampling not synthesis,) and Alchemy Studio, with a 
bunch of other smaller additive synthesizers which, though not very good, 
can give us a few extra sounds. Fortunately, the number of music generation 
and composition apps that are accessible on iOS are quite numerous, and 
range from things like Garage Band, which is directly based on user input, 
to Noatikl, which uses a set of rules to generate its own music. The variety 
is, in other words, quite stunning. Therefore, I can say quite confidently 
that if all you have at home is a PC and a keyboard, you've got a decent 
studio, while if all you have is an iPhone you have a very good one. Put 
them together and you have something better still: the ability to produce 
just about any sound you want, and the ability to play those sounds 
musically or incorporate them into music or audio drama. Once I get a mac, 
there will be yet again new worlds to explore, but that door has not yet 
opened for me.
For a fresh perspective on Christianity, visit my blog at
longing4god.wordpress.com .
For electroacoustic music that's out of this world, visit
www.BlindLabyrinth.com today!
 If you want to reach me, you can friend me on Skype and Facebook, 
(KenWDowney,) or write me at kenWDowney at BlindLabyrinth.com .
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Crouch k8tvv via musictlk" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Making a sound synthesis guide


> Hi,
> I use mac and windows, and I would be interested in taking a look at your 
> guide.
>
> I am farely good with goldwave, and still need some help with garage band.
>
> thanks
>
> On 9/2/14, Ken Downey via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I am currently making a very comprehensive and detailed guide about sound
>> synthesis for the blind. Since, whenever i talk to people and ask if they
>> know anything, and they can only tell me about software synthesis, that 
>> is,
>> VST instruments, I have concluded, hopefully wrongly, that i am the only 
>> one
>> who is using techniques to create and design sounds from the ground up.
>> Later lessons in the guide will deal with music synthesis too. I am,
>> therefore, wondering if any of you are interested. The first lesson is an
>> hour long. The reason I am not just posting the link is because I want to
>> gauge feedback so that I can know how many are interested in, and 
>> hopefully
>> what your skill levels alreadfy are. Do you, for example, need guidance 
>> in
>> more simple sound editing--cutting, pasting, mixing, and effects, with
>> programs like Goldwave and Audacity? Please let me know what you know and
>> what you want to learn.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> For a fresh perspective on Christianity, visit my blog at
>> longing4god.wordpress.com .
>> For electroacoustic music that's out of this world, visit
>> www.BlindLabyrinth.com today! If you want to reach me, you can call
>> 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at
>> kenWDowney at BlindLabyrinth.com .
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