Phase Distortion Synth
Currently this synth doesn't seem to be working with Live 1...
- Type
- Instrument
- Author
- pechmann
- Version
- 1.1
- License
- AttributionNonCommercialShareAlike
- Live version
- 9.0.6
- Max version
- 6.1.6
- Downloads
- 18,561
- Updated
- 2019-06-06
Description
Currently this synth doesn't seem to be working with Live 10. Please back up your project if you decide to try it out in that version. Using the synth in Live 9 shouldn't be a problem.
This is my (first, finished) synthesizer. It is a polyphonic wavetable synthesizer using various techniques of phase distortion in a feedback loop. It's got some virtual analog filters and a 5x8 modulation matrix, as well.
To see what each control element does, refer to Live's info view; the device is fully annotated. I've also included a diagram to explain the signal flow. (The sections in the "Oscillator" and "Filter/Pitch" tabs are more or less signal-path-explicit.)
As a starting point, I would suggest turning up the "Post-Filter" knob in the "Phase Feedback" section, then maybe play with the filter settings.
I used various bits and pieces from the gen~ examples included with Max and from the forums. In particular, the filters are not my work but were created by Andrew Simper, the ICST and Dominique Wurtz, and ported to Gen by stkr, Peter McCulloch and Oli Larkin.
The device takes a while to load, especially with greater polyphony. There is, I guess, hope this will change with a future Max update.
The device is free. If you'd like to reward me financially, that would of course be greatly appreciated; you can do so here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XNDYJ5LA2PAHY
Version 1.1 contains fixes for dropping audio files to the Phase Transfer and Waveform buffers.
Comments (44)
I'm discovering your synth, and I'm quite excited, awesome work !
I guess in a few hours I'll take some time to understand some of its concept but for the moment I'm just having great fun.
Well done!
let me know if there is anything I can explain or clarify.
But, here's one question I didn't explored and like the answer without head scratching:
I find that I can save my wavetables if I "draw" them with "instructions", great. But, is there a way to save a pencil-drawn wavetable ?
Congratulation, those envelopes! the modulation tab! the layout, the feedback routines... huge !!!!
Cheers
thanks! Exporting a pencil-drawn waveform works fine for me in that the audio file does contain the waveform. But there was a bug where dropped audio files would be applied incorrectly. Maybe that made it seem like it didn't export properly? Should be fixed now (version 1.1)
thanks! Exporting a pencil-drawn waveform works fine for me in that the audio file does contain the waveform. But there was a bug where dropped audio files would be applied incorrectly. Maybe that made it seem like it didn't export properly? Should be fixed now (version 1.1)
Exporting the wavetable did already work. But of course I didn't thought about just dropping the file to load it :-)
BTW, so now I guess that it's the only way toward it. No way to save a (pencil-drawn) user wavetable in the device itself as part of a preset ? If you use a custom waveform, save a preset of the synth, you have to drag the saved (exported) waveform each time you load this preset (I mean ableton device preset here, inside the browser). That is not the most convenient thing, but...
Don't know if I'll test the 1.1 version tonight, I might need to go to sleep at some point.
I'm totally blown away by your synth ! Noise machine from hell !!!
So much control, a love to work and play with.
Major thank you for this unique synth.
I LOVE it
Just trying to understand why no one seems to be using the ratings feature on this site but it's a popular feature of every other site.
Under Live 10 there is an issue: Live crashes immediately when removing an instance of the device from a midi track.
Also when opening the device in the Max 8 Editor and unfreezing it, Max crashes.
unfortunately I can't reproduce the crash on my system. It sounds like a Live/Max problem with your configuration. It's probably best to contact Ableton support about it. (Maybe check out the Live beta 10.0.2b2, there seem to be some M4L-related fixes in the changelog.) Hope this helps.
The same with problem with me in Live 10.
Please fix! This is such a fantastic synth.
thanks in advance!! will it work properly in Live 10?
kind regards.
the crash happens also with Live 10.0.2b8 (the latest beta). Is there a way to rebuild the synth using live 10 and max8? I have contacted Ableton support, but they asked to contact You. So: no solution.
if you are experiencing crashes with the device in Live 10, please try with the repacked version at https://www.dropbox.com/s/6tzxtr2rdjay5xx/Phase%20Distortion%20Synth%201.1.1.amxd?dl=0
Does this version still produce the crashes?
Thanks for your help,
Martin
I still experience the crash in Live 10.0.02 with the repacked version.
Any updates regarding the crash in Live 10?
I still experience the crash you see.
Best regards
there's a new version of the synth that I'm slowly getting ready for posting on here. Hopefully that version doesn't produce the crashes -- I don't have any other idea what the cause of the crash might be. You could also try asking Ableton support about it, saying I can't the reproduce the crash in order to debug. (After all, using Max for Live for building synths shouldn't be something that crashes Live at all.) Sorry I can't help more at this point.
Hopefully it will fix the bug :)
I sent a crash report to Ableton, with the 1.1.1 version and the way to reproduce the crash (simply load the Prepared Piani.adv for example).
Hope it will help.
I'm currently run the 10.0.4 version of Live.
How is the updated version of the synth coming along?
I can't wait to be able to use it you see!
Best regards
I tried to load a preset and it crashed out the project. Problem is now I can't even delete the instrument off of the project without crashing. So the project is borked.
Best regards!