From Lorne Hammond Sent Mon, Jul 29th 2019, 02:31
I think people are visually mesmerized. Its great design.=20 It has "cool" and "look what I got on stage", but I=20 have yet to hear a stop me in my tracks demo. Or to go what is that new sound? I must know. Lorne -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Dohman <xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx>=20 Sent: July-28-19 7:10 PM To: Mark Griffiths via analogue <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Subject: Re: [AH] Gamechanger Audio MOTOR Synth The sound is reminiscent of some of the minimal noise & drones = I=E2=80=99ve heard from Shanghai & Beijing ; ) In my opinion the game = changer is an effort to eschew existing methods of synthesis & perhaps = update synthesis in a way that is currently not accepted. Regards Patrick > On Jul 28, 2019, at 8:42 PM, Ben Bradley <xxx.xx.xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> = wrote: >=20 > Each of the wheels on this thing is pretty equivalent to a VCO that=20 > can make at least a sawtooth wave (and you can easily generate a=20 > square/PWM wave from that). Each motor's speed goes up and down to=20 > make the wheel make different pitches. It's basically a VCO for an=20 > analog synth. >=20 > Hammond uses a bunch of tonewheels that are all fixed speed and each=20 > outputs a sine wave only. Different sounds are made by mixing together = > up to 10 or so harmonically-related sine waves for a note. The=20 > relative levels of these waves make for the timbre. It's kinda-sorta=20 > similar, but has a lot of differences. The motor thing is for=20 > subtractive synthesis (generate a bright waveform and then filter out=20 > some stuff) whereas a Hammond is additive synthesis (add up a bunch of = > sine waves to make the tone you want). >=20 > On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 9:20 PM mark c <xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> = wrote: >>=20 >> Sorry to sound negative but what about Hammond tone wheels? >>=20 >> Hammond's efforts don't look too different and they seem to sound a = lot better. >>=20 >> On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 10:24 PM M V <xx_xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >>>=20 >>> This is a very cool looking and original synth. Looking forward to = when they hit the market. >>>=20 >>> Also worth noting that this is not the first attempt at this kind of = thing: Jon Sonnenberg (aka Travelogue) built something very similar a = few years back (including variable waveshapes cut out of metal discs) as = a one-off. Jon's was monophonic, however, and didn't have any filtering. = Some folks might remember it from at least one AHMW meeting. >>>=20 >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Patrick Dohman <xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> >>> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2019 7:03 PM >>> To: Mark Griffiths via analogue <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> >>> Subject: [AH] Gamechanger Audio MOTOR Synth >>>=20 >>> A belated =E2=80=98postcard=E2=80=99 from superbooth. >>>=20 >>> My current understanding is that the MOTOR synth is an electro = mechanical synth. >>>=20 >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBbqgSNqWQys >>>=20 >>> I also understand that the Motor is being crowd funded on indiegogo >>>=20 >>> Regards >>> Patrick