DIY Synth Circuits
Some simple ideas and schematics
CS-80R
A VST synth simulating the design and type of sounds made famous by Yamaha's® CS-* series, as used in the CS-60, CS-80 and GX-1.
Neumixturtrautonium
A VST synth emulating Oskar Sala's Subharmonic Synthesis method, as used in his Trautonium synthesizers, which were developed and played from the 1930s to the 1990s: as used in the soundtrack for "The Birds" for example. Capable of eerie lines: are they chords or notes?
Ricko-3A
A homage to Roland's® idiosyncratic and unique SH-3A and the sounds of 70's monosynths.13 Jan. 2005: v. 1.1 released with improved GUI,
improved compatability, and 16 additional presets
VSTi plugin for Windows. Unlimited trial
See the three-part Series on the Ricko-3A
at O'Reilly Digital Media
Juicer
A complex phaser-like effect. Add funkiness and spaciness.
VSTi plugin for Windows. Unlimited trial
Impulsive
Generates sharp bursts of noise, with ten variable frequency bands, for creating impulse files for FIR reverb units. Results range from the lightest of upper thickening to impossible reverbs.
VSTi plugin for Windows. Unlimited trial
MixDouble
Four SoundFont players in a single VST, with individual ADSR and panning.VSTi plugin for Windows. Unlimited trial
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Custom SynthEdit Modules
Various custom modules for SynthEdit programmed in C++ are at the Yahoo syntheditusers group, in Files/Modules/RJ_Modules directory.
Modules include RJ_Filter2 (a module containing 55 different filters!), LARJ Quad Oscillator 2 (an improved version of the la_quad oscillator with soft and hard sync, different waveshapes, and slightly reduced aliasing), RJ_Graphic (draws rectangles in colours at XY coordinates), RJ_SSE_Detective (specifies whether the CPU says it has SSE), RJ_Voxno (tells the number of voices and which voice is active), RJ_Sleeper (helps put other modules to sleep), RJ_Temper (adjust scales and glissando), and several more.
Austronesian Projection
Current common world maps do not reflect how the world seems to me, especially as a traveller from Australia: they place undue importance on the equator, the compass, and accurate depiction of oceanic distances; they relate to the age of sea travel not air and land travel. Furthermore, their continentalist layouts disguise in particular existence of the island-based Austranesian region.My Austronesian Projection is a world map made by stitching projections of each continent from maps projected from above each continent including neighbouring islands: in the case of Australia, New Zealand and Austronesia the projection is from above the Arafura Sea. The main distortions are each side of the Indian subcontinent and the distances from Japan to North America.
The map also shows the reality of air travel times from Australia: East Asia is close, the Middle East and West-Coast North America are middle distance, Europe and East-Coast North America is far, Africa and South America are very far.
Large brown rendition
Small blue rendition
Large blue rendition with bottom corners darkened
Large blue rendition with Austronesian halo indicating Australian territories and neighbours
Permission granted for any use.