Another WebSynth - DarkSide
September 24th, 2009
An MS-20 / StarWars inspired semi-modular synthesizer. It sounds ok, but still not great. It is really quite hard to get something that is simple and sounds fantastic. I was quite happy with the look and spent quite a while agonizing over a minimalistic set of controls.
I made this: http://www.angryoctopus.co.nz/synth5/synth.php?patch=0002013f00076c013f3f4c403f3f0005080040403e3f0200000372001a68
kind of a neat synth because of the patch system in the middle.
Comment by nihilocrat — September 26, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
fun little synth - reminds me of the korg ms10/20. if you want any feedback - the more complex my patch got, the more glitchy the sound. adding pwm and more notes/polyphony made the glitches even more apparent. they’re very cyclical sounding - similar to a clicky loop point on a sample and speed up with more complexity.
keep up the good work!
if it helps, i used the latest safari and firefox running on an imac core 2 duo 2.16 GHz with OSX 10.4.11
Comment by calyx93 — March 4, 2010 @ 2:04 pm
Yeah, I tried an experimental synthesis method for this one that didn’t pan out too well. It sounds terrible and is VERY processor hungry. I like the basic design and am planning to revisit this one next and convert it to a sensible engine.
Comment by admin — March 4, 2010 @ 2:22 pm