Hello there,
I’m starting this thread under the guise of answering @wyleu 's questions here
I’d love if this will become a place to share experiences and ideas with the great Helm synth.
So, to answer your questions: I’m using a 2 octaves and 8 knobs midi controller. That sound is the preset SF Arp 2 and the parameters I’ve mapped are: volume, cutoff (lp filter), arp_gate (with arp_pattern set to random, which is 1 in zynthian gui), sub_volume, noise_volume, and the three reverb controls which are reverb_feedback, reverb_dry_wet and reverb_damping.
Actually I was kind of improvising so I’m not sure I can tell you what I was doing and when. Basically I think I was playing C3 and C4, while tweaking those controls.
If you’re interested, here’s some records I’ve made in ubuntu studio …helm is almost everywhere I can’t wait to use the zynthian in my experiments, actually the fact that it runs helm is what made me discover the project!
well, to explain it in modern breathless style, I’ll bring you quickly up to date without all the tedious special effects . . .
Two BBC ragamuffins one from the Colourful Elysian fields of Television, and the other from the rank decaying world of wireless ( but not in secure way) were discussing the relative merits of line up tone, ignoring their petty squabbles about whether or not the frequency should be 1000Hz ( or not)., they did both agree that having each zynthian engine generate a continuous sine wave at the correct level, would allow standardization and consistency to emerge, thus avoiding confusion and delay.
So we are looking to you, with a mission, should you choose to accept it.
Produce a Helm preset that simply generates a continuous sine wave of the proper amplitude and the correct frequency…?
If this task is completed you will be either:
stripped, covered in honey, and thrown into the weekend residential tent of the Dagenham girl pipers.
ah-ha! thanks for the detailed explanation, now I see…
since the reward seems interesting I will think about it
I don’t have too much time to play with the zynth lately, and when I do I have other priorities like…learn the basic usage but for sure I will share the so-coveted preset here soon or later
I never got such a reward for my huge efforts with Zynthian, but i could achieve to understand that generating PURE SINE WAVE patches is something almost divine and should deserve the higher merit in this community.
I spent many years attending the Barking and Dagenham Town Show at which these were a star attraction. A misspent childhood turned me into the man I am today! I can’t taste honey without flintching…
I can’t wait to use the zynthian in my experiments, actually the fact that it runs helm is what made me discover the project!
are you one of “those”?
