Hey guys, forgive me if I’m posting in the wrong place, but I have a talent for understanding audio very well. I just finished implementing a sequencer and a synthesizer in C, just for fun. Now that I’m done, I feel pretty good about this project, and I feel like there’s no reason not to keep going, but I don’t know what to work on next. I love free software, so I’d love to fill in the gaps that may cause a person to prefer to buy a proprietary synthesizer over downloading a free one. Do you have any ideas?

Thanks.

  • lofenyy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Is the synth going to support the other scales? C is great but you’re gonna want the black keys.

    :3

    I’m currently fantasizing about making an old-school tracker program that supports VST-like plugins, where you can plug different software devices into one another. It’ll be mostly based on the UI of fami-tracker, as that was my favourite. I’d like the tracker to support as many virtual devices as possible. Sadly though, no IRL device support except midi input devices, like USB keyboards.

    what parts of audio you find interesting

    I like it when the sawtooth wave goes brrr.

    The VST ecosystem on Linux isn’t thriving, is my understanding. I’m hoping to maybe create my own open format, that’ll do exactly the same thing that VST’s do, but in a more programming language agnostic manner.

    Again, this is all my fantasy right now. I wont feel encouraged to put in the work if no one’s interested in it.

    • ianovic69@feddit.ukEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I like it when the sawtooth wave goes brrr.

      Wait, is this r/synthesizercirclejerk ?

      Now I’m starting to really feel at home!

      Programming stuff is way over my head so if I missed it I’m sorry, but just in case I thought I’d mention Max4Live.