[MMM] Re: lets support Midicode synth!

Hi Jacky --

> This does look really neat, however I was unable to detect if it
> allows one to export performances as .WAV data. One would hope that
> this could be done digitaly - and easily.

Apparently it doesn't. However, on Windows I have always had marvelous
luck just hooking CoolEdit up to record the "Stereo Mixer" output to a WAV
file -- works for any sound output, and I use it with all kinds of apps
that don't support making WAV files. I'll ask the author about the WAV file
feature...

> Wonder if it has pitch envelopes for the harmonics?

It doesn't have separate pitch envelopes for each harmonic. The author
also mentioned how nice that feature would be, but it also starts to be a
UI problem as well as a problem for processing power.

The other thing that I wonder about is non-harmonic partials; or at least
non-harmonic modulators to apply to the carrier in the FM synthesis
section.

Re the FM7 Jacky wrote:

> I was able to faithfully import my TX81Z and TX802 patches,
> and it worked wonderfully [...] I learned that it didn't work
> with full retuning. Sadness filled the room. Hard to believe
> that NI missed this detail.

Oh, that's a bummer! I was excited when I first saw the FM7, but without
multi-timbral capability and full keyboard retuning, it just can't replace
the TX802. I sorta lost my enthusiasm.

> For folks using the VSTi/DXi paradigm, check out VAZ 2001.
> Full retuning, sampling, multi-timbral, FX, etc... Very cool synth.
> And now our beloved Manuel has programmed Scala to export the .TUN

Oh, I'll have to go check it out...

Cheers,
Rick