Any roadmap-like plan for the future of KarmaFX Synth ?
Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:38
Hi
I know this may seem an awkward request (disguised as a question), but is there and can we know what direction any future updates or even the next version (2.0 ?) of KarmaFX Synth will have ?
I'm not talking about more modules (ok, I may be talking about new modules) but I'm also asking about any changes or improvements planned on some of the basic philosophy of how the modules are presented to us in the GUI and what's possible to do.
As an example (already mentioned here sometimes) is the GUI itself and the way we connect/construct the audio path as well as the modulation "web".
(...now entering, what I think, is a new feature request, basically...)
Another example that relates to modulation: Will there be an improvement on what's possible to modulate, besides knobs, will KarmaFX Synth go the next step and allow modulation of what's inside the expanded screens available (Osc: Sampler, Additive, Pad; Modulators: Envelope, Step, ...) ?
To clarify this, a simple example would be to change through modulation one or a specific group of notes on a Step sequencer.
Another more complex example that may better illustrate what I'm thinking here, and that might need a redesign/improvement on the way we modulate (including DAW automation) stuff today on KarmaFX synth:
Imagine if we could pick one or a group of steps, envelope points, additive harmonic magnitude or phase, wave amplitude regions, whatever and be able to assign a modulator source to that group or region ?
To go a bit further on this, each assignment would include an algorithm that would define the shape of how the modulation would propagate on that region/group, something like a simple Flat algorithm, where every value of that group would have the same value, or a bell shaped control of the center of the region with adjustable influence width (I know there's a technical name for what I'm describing but it escapes me atm, sorry), etc... odd/even filtering of the elements of that group (so when using Odd, the mod value would only propagate to 1st, 3rd, 5th, ... values of that group, etc).
I'll stop here, before I start rambling about envelope-like timelines for each harmonic automatically extracted from imported samples... erm, allowing for some resynthesys techniques...
...aaaaanyway, erm...
Why am I asking this ? Well... first and foremost, it looks like KarmaFX is quite stable for quite a while in terms of GUI and paradigms so I'm curious if the future of this will keep the original paradigm or will there be an evolution on that too, besides new modules and incremental improvements on existing ones.
Another reason is that I was looking at the Additive generator while watching the new Native Instruments Razor and thinking that we could do some interesting stuff along those lines if we were able to modulate sections of whats inside those graphical displays some modules have (usually generators and modulators).
ok, sorry for the long (and maybe boring) post, but, I just had to make these questions and suggestions to feel good with myself
For those that got this far, thank you!
I know this may seem an awkward request (disguised as a question), but is there and can we know what direction any future updates or even the next version (2.0 ?) of KarmaFX Synth will have ?
I'm not talking about more modules (ok, I may be talking about new modules) but I'm also asking about any changes or improvements planned on some of the basic philosophy of how the modules are presented to us in the GUI and what's possible to do.
As an example (already mentioned here sometimes) is the GUI itself and the way we connect/construct the audio path as well as the modulation "web".
(...now entering, what I think, is a new feature request, basically...)
Another example that relates to modulation: Will there be an improvement on what's possible to modulate, besides knobs, will KarmaFX Synth go the next step and allow modulation of what's inside the expanded screens available (Osc: Sampler, Additive, Pad; Modulators: Envelope, Step, ...) ?
To clarify this, a simple example would be to change through modulation one or a specific group of notes on a Step sequencer.
Another more complex example that may better illustrate what I'm thinking here, and that might need a redesign/improvement on the way we modulate (including DAW automation) stuff today on KarmaFX synth:
Imagine if we could pick one or a group of steps, envelope points, additive harmonic magnitude or phase, wave amplitude regions, whatever and be able to assign a modulator source to that group or region ?
To go a bit further on this, each assignment would include an algorithm that would define the shape of how the modulation would propagate on that region/group, something like a simple Flat algorithm, where every value of that group would have the same value, or a bell shaped control of the center of the region with adjustable influence width (I know there's a technical name for what I'm describing but it escapes me atm, sorry), etc... odd/even filtering of the elements of that group (so when using Odd, the mod value would only propagate to 1st, 3rd, 5th, ... values of that group, etc).
I'll stop here, before I start rambling about envelope-like timelines for each harmonic automatically extracted from imported samples... erm, allowing for some resynthesys techniques...
...aaaaanyway, erm...
Why am I asking this ? Well... first and foremost, it looks like KarmaFX is quite stable for quite a while in terms of GUI and paradigms so I'm curious if the future of this will keep the original paradigm or will there be an evolution on that too, besides new modules and incremental improvements on existing ones.
Another reason is that I was looking at the Additive generator while watching the new Native Instruments Razor and thinking that we could do some interesting stuff along those lines if we were able to modulate sections of whats inside those graphical displays some modules have (usually generators and modulators).
ok, sorry for the long (and maybe boring) post, but, I just had to make these questions and suggestions to feel good with myself
For those that got this far, thank you!