could you give examples of idealized input and output for cases 1-4? im not sure I understand what exactly you want...
interested greetings! Ludwig On 1 November 2010 13:09, brandon zeeb <zeeb.bran...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey All, > > I've been burning my brain over this issue lately and I can't seem to come > up with an elegant solution, and stay with me here as I attempt to explain > it best I can. For me and my needs, being able to quantize an arbitrary > signal to any arbitrary series is the Holy Grail (and I'm not talking about > simple table lookup!). > > I'm looking to quantize an incoming signal (or value) given a max and min > quantization value and an arbitrary curve. Think quantization of note > events to a series of note lengths or your standard bitcrush algorithm, it's > pretty much the same. The arbitrary curve should influence the degree to > which the bitcrush algorithm is applied to the signal such that one could > have less quantization at smaller values of the input signal, and greater > quantization and larger values (or vice versa). Simple table-lookup is > insufficient as it requires you to pre-define a maximum input signal > amount. I'm willing to waive this requirement if an implementation is not > possible without it. > > This will be used in the following circumstances: > > To quantize envelopes signals to any arbitrary series (say !, Fibonacci, > x^2, 2^x, etc) > To quantize signal loop length values to an arbitrary series of note values > (say 1/16, 1/8, 1/2, 1/1) > To apply non-linear bitcrushing to a signal such that higher values are > expressed with less of an effect than smaller values > To quantize pitch events to a pre-defined series > > > Is this making sense? > > My attempts thus far has extended the RjDj bitcrush abstraction with mild > success. I can recreate the effect but the output signal bears too many > artifacts from the input signal (ie: the curve retains part of it's original > slope from the input signal and is not flattened or held until the next > value). > > Thanks, > ~Brandon > > _______________________________________________ > 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