[Fpga-synth] PolyDaWG/8 Changes and a New Sound File

[Jay Vaughan]

On Aug 30, 2007, at 11:58 PM, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
> http://www.fpga.synth.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php? 
> n=FPGASynth.DigitalWaveguide

Wow, these are beautiful Scott!

> I changed the way pickup position is controlled.  The old version  
> had a
> static position from the mod wheel that applied to all strings  
> regardless
> of their length resulting in the sound of the first MP3.  The new code
> allows 8 selectable configurations, some with more keyboard follow,  
> some
> with less, some on the treble side, some on the bass side.  I  
> picked one in
> the middle and did the second MP3.  My opinion so far is that  
> having the
> pickup position follow the keyboard (actually follow waveguide length)
> seems to extend the range of pitches that sound like strings.  They  
> still
> become bells at the very top of the instrument's range.
> The new code also includes the old way of setting pickup position.
>


Should just be a switch, in my opinion.

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Jay Vaughan