Yeah but mp3s always sound muddy to me... Martin
Andy Farnell wrote: > > I looked for some sounds that demonstrate the difference of oscillator > accuracy. All I could find are these two snips from tracks, but it's a > fair comparison because; > > 1) "Functions of Time" (1996) An all Csound composition. > http://www.obiwannabe.co.uk/sounds/FunctionsOfTime-track3.mp3 > > 2) "Look Ma, No hands!" (2005) An all Pd composition. > http://www.obiwannabe.co.uk/sounds/Nohands-short.mp3 > > Both use the same patch (the undulating diffraction effect). It's > comparable because I translated the Csound version directly to Pd, both > are 64 oscillator banks and it's clear that the Csound one sparkles while > the Pd one sounds a bit muddy. > > It would be good to do a Max vs Pd comparison of the same someday. > > a. > > > On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:02:00 -0500 > marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> what I experience sometimes when I do very basic stuff like using >> phasors, is that I hear weird comb filtering of my environment after I >> put down my headphones. similar as if you look into bright light and >> then close the eyes, and you still see a review-image. >> regarding the difference between pd and max: are you talking about the >> music that people produce or are you talking about the digital signal >> process? >> m. >> >> Damian Stewart wrote: >>> hey, >>> >>> i was talking to a Portuguese musician tonight (Miguel Cardoso is his name) >>> and he was saying that he thought that Pd sounded much better than Max - a >>> fuller sound with the oscillators, he said. >>> >>> i hadn't really thought about this before, but i do know that to my ears my >>> Pd patches sound a lot richer than most Max/MSP stuff that I've heard - not >>> sure whether that's my source material or patches or whether it's at a >>> deeper architectural level than that. >>> >>> anyone have any evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, to confirm this? reasons >>> why this might be the case? >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list