Just downloaded the new beta. Epic update guys, well done.
With the new features of the sampler it is perfectly possible to emulate synths natively. This is very useful for those of us who use Linux where VSTi’s are lacking.
To do this import a couple of single cycle waveforms (see here and here for some download links) into the same instrument.
Map both across the entire keyboard range so they play together (don’t forget to loop them!).
Then modify the sample parameters for one of them as you would with a multiple oscillator synth (add a pitch offset, a bit of detune etc).
Set the NNA to something appropriate (cut/note off would make a monosynth, continue for a polysynth etc)
Then add an appropriate volume envelope (emulating the ADSR on a synth, although you can be much more advanced in Renoise).
Then add a filter envelope if you wish.
Finally maybe a little LFO or follower on volume/cutoff/resonance to add movement. [There is a limitation here for which I am opening a bug report for]
Feel free to include them if you wish, they were only something I knocked up one Saturday afternoon! They may need a little tidying up beforehand but nothing major.
I’m still learning synthesis but I’ll have a look at making some more sometime.
Don’t want to hijack the thread but if you manage to squeeze this change into 2.7 before release then we can do much more velocity → filter modulation funkyness.
Nice, simple, appropriate application of the new features.
mxb, just a minor suggestion for your examples: I’d make the bass synths use no interpolation, or at least the Acid Bass. It’s just my preference, but it sounds more crisp that way.
This may have been obvious to some others, but by using the pitch and volume envelopes in points mode, you can create gated and/or arpeggiated ‘riffs’ which fire from a single key.
You can also mimic some glide functionality with carefull programming.
Please have a play around with the instruments in this thread to (hopefully) learn a few tips how to make your own instruments and the full power of the new Renoise sampler.
