«Detuned Synth Pad» by coreyker
on 13 May'15 22:56 inA SuperCollider implementation of the synth sound described here: "http://www.attackmagazine.com/technique/synth-secrets/detuned-pad/"
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/* A SuperCollider implementation of the synth sound described here: "http://www.attackmagazine.com/technique/synth-secrets/detuned-pad/" */ // Chord seq: // 1. (E1, E2, B3, D4, G4) // 2. (G1, G2, B3, D4, F#4, A4) // 3. (G1, G2, B3, D4, F#4, A4, B4) // 4. (A1, A2, C4, E4, G4) // 5. (C1, C2, G3, E4, G4) ( // sequence ~crdStr = [["E1", "E2", "B3", "D4", "G4"], ["G1", "G2", "B3", "D4", "F#4", "A4"], ["B4"], ["A1", "A2", "C4", "E4", "G4"], ["C1", "C2", "G3", "E4", "G4"] ]; // Map from chord names to midi notes ~noteToMidi = { arg noteStr; var notes = Dictionary[ "C" -> 0, "C#" -> 1, "D" -> 2, "D#" -> 3, "E" -> 4, "F" -> 5, "F#" -> 6, "G" -> 7, "G#" -> 8, "A" -> 9, "A#" -> 10, "B" -> 11]; var octave = noteStr.last.digit; var degree = notes[noteStr[..noteStr.size-2].postln]; octave*12 + degree; }; ~crdArray = ~crdStr.collect{ arg crd; crd.collect{|c| ~noteToMidi.(c)}; }; ) // STEP 1: a simple synth ( // Init synth SynthDef(\simpSaw1, {|freq, gate=1| var env = EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(0.01,0.3,0.5,0.1), gate, doneAction:2); var snd = Saw.ar(freq!2); Out.ar(0, env*snd); }).add; ) // Play chord seq ( Pbind( \instrument, \simpSaw1, \freq, Pseq(~crdArray + 24, inf).midicps, \dur, 2.5*Pseq([1, 0.375, 0.625, 1, 1], 1), \sustain, 2.55*Pseq([1, 1, 0.625, 1, 1], 1) ).play; ) // STEP2: add voices/detune/de-phase ( SynthDef(\simpSaw2, {|freq, gate=1| var adsr = EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(0.25,0.01,0.75,0.25), gate, doneAction:2); var nvoices1 = 5, nvoices2 = 7; var detune1 = 10, detune2 = 5; var osc1 = { var m = 2**(detune1/1200).rand2; var saw = LFSaw.ar(m * freq/2); DelayC.ar(saw, 0.02, freq.reciprocal.rand); }.dup(nvoices1); var osc2 = { var m = 2**(detune2/1200).rand2; var saw = LFSaw.ar(m * freq); DelayC.ar(saw, 0.02, freq.reciprocal.rand); }.dup(nvoices2); Out.ar(0, Splay.ar(osc1 + osc2 * adsr)/4); }).add; ) // Play chord seq ( Pbind( \instrument, \simpSaw2, \freq, Pseq(~crdArray+24, inf).midicps, \dur, 2.5*Pseq([1, 0.375, 0.625, 1, 1], 1), \sustain, 2.5*Pseq([1, 1, 0.625, 1, 1], 1) ).play; ) // STEP3: add LFO ( SynthDef(\simpSaw3, {|freq, gate=1| var adsr = EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(0.25,0.01,0.75,0.25), gate, doneAction:2); var nvoices1 = 5, nvoices2 = 7; var detune1 = 10, detune2 = 5; var osc1 = { var m = 2**(detune1/1200).rand2; var lfo = SinOsc.ar(3.rand).range(0,1); DelayC.ar(Saw.ar(m * freq/2), 0.02, freq.reciprocal.rand * lfo); }.dup(nvoices1); var osc2 = { var m = 2**(detune2/1200).rand2; var lfo = SinOsc.ar(3.rand).range(0,1); DelayC.ar(Saw.ar(m * freq), 0.02, freq.reciprocal.rand * lfo); }.dup(nvoices2); Out.ar(0, Splay.ar(osc1 + osc2 * adsr)/4); }).add; ) // Play chord seq ( Pbind( \instrument, \simpSaw3, \freq, Pseq(~crdArray+24, inf).midicps, \dur, 2.5*Pseq([1, 0.375, 0.625, 1, 1], 1), \sustain, 2.5*Pseq([1, 1, 0.625, 1, 1], 1) ).play; ) // STEP4: add filter ( SynthDef(\simpSaw4, {|freq, gate=1| var adsr = EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(1e-8,1e-6,0.75,0.125), gate, doneAction:2); var nvoices1 = 5, nvoices2 = 7; var detune1 = 12, detune2 = 8; var osc1 = { var m = 2**(detune1/1200).rand2; var lfo = SinOsc.ar(3.rand).range(0,1); DelayC.ar(LFSaw.ar(m * freq/2), 0.02, freq.reciprocal.rand * lfo); }.dup(nvoices1); var osc2 = { var m = 2**(detune2/1200).rand2; var lfo = SinOsc.ar(3.rand).range(0,1); DelayC.ar(LFSaw.ar(m * freq), 0.02, freq.reciprocal.rand * lfo); }.dup(nvoices2); var snd = BLowPass4.ar(osc1, 800, 0.5) + osc2 / 4; Out.ar(0, Splay.ar(snd*adsr)); }).add; ) // Play chord seq ( Pbind( \instrument, \simpSaw4, \freq, Pseq(~crdArray+24, inf).midicps, \dur, 2.5*Pseq([1, 0.375, 0.625, 1, 1], 1), \sustain, 2.5*Pseq([1, 1, 0.625, 1, 1], 1) ).play(quant: 1); ) // Now Let's hear each version one at a time: ( { ~list = [\simpSaw1, \simpSaw2, \simpSaw3, \simpSaw4]; 4.do{ arg i; Pbind( \instrument, ~list[i], \freq, Pseq(~crdArray+24, inf).midicps, \dur, 2.5*Pseq([1, 0.375, 0.625, 1, 1], 1), \sustain, 2.5*Pseq([1, 1, 0.625, 1, 1], 1) ).play(quant: 1); (2.5*[1, 0.375, 0.625, 1, 1].sum + 0.125).wait; }; }.fork; )
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«Re: Detuned Synth Pad» by mutedial (private)
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wow, just got into this, it's SUPER useful, thanks!
This is so clutch.