Digital Synthesis

Digital Synthesis Workshop

Digital Synthesis is a form of electronic music that uses software algorithms to generate, control or modify sound. There are a number of software platforms which follow a historical timeline, which in turn originate from early analog/modular synthesis techniques.

An important distinction between digital synthesis and sound software in general is the sound creation process. Digital synthesis functions more like a contemporary analog modular rig, but modeled inside a computer, controlled by a programming language and without physical space constraints. this is not a workshop on plugins, softsynths for logic or ableton, or anything about multitrack recording/DAW. There is already a good Ableton workshop every Tuesday held by a group of working music producers.

I'm particularly interested in the class of digital synthesis that originated from the SuperCollider platform, released in 1996, open sourced in 2002 and currently under active development. There are many projects using the supercollider engine as the basis for new languages, platforms and performance environments. Let's talk about them!

There are some interesting small form computers like the Arduino Teensy that have a digital synthesis platform. I would like to begin with "old school" computers, like laptops or desktops then get into the specifics of embedded chips. Contact me via my user page --SteeleNivenson (talk) 19:02, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Tentative date: Mon Feb 22 19:00:00 PST 2016. I've joined the sound-hacks list and got some interest.