SeeSaw: a hybrid synthesizer balancing between analog motion and a digital sound: SeeSaw: a hybrid synthesizer balancing between analog motion and a digital sound
Translated title
SeeSaw: a hybrid synthesizer balancing between analog motion and a digital sound
Author
Vasileiou, Archelaos
Term
4. Term
Education
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-10-08
Pages
58
Abstract
SeeSaw explores how to build a hybrid synthesizer that combines a digital core with analog hardware. We use a compact embedded digital platform that allows sound-processing (DSP) algorithms to be edited in real time, and we create several instrument patches (sound setups) with the Max/gen visual programming language. Analog circuits are added as modulation effects to enrich the digital sound engine. The project also examines how electro-mechanical components - parts that have both electrical and moving elements - affect both the resulting sound and the design of the user interface. Because many digital synthesizers rely on simple knob-and-button layouts that can limit expressiveness, we propose a new hybrid interface, supported by analog circuits and mechanisms, to enable more intuitive, expressive, and multi-sensory human-machine interaction.
SeeSaw undersøger, hvordan man bygger en hybrid-synthesizer, der kombinerer en digital kerne med analogt hardware. Vi bruger en kompakt indlejret digital platform, der gør det muligt at ændre lydbehandlingsalgoritmer (DSP) i realtid, og vi udvikler flere instrument patches (lydopsætninger) med det visuelle programmeringssprog Max/gen. Analoge kredsløb tilføjes som modulationseffekter for at berige den digitale lydmotor. Projektet undersøger også, hvordan elektromekaniske komponenter - dele der både er elektriske og har bevægelige elementer - påvirker både lyden og udformningen af brugergrænsefladen. Da mange digitale synthesizere bygger på simple knap- og drejeknap-interfaces, som kan begrænse udtryksmulighederne, foreslår vi et nyt hybridt interface, understøttet af analoge kredsløb og mekanismer, der giver mere intuitiv, udtryksfuld og multisensorisk menneske-maskine-interaktion.
[This apstract has been rewritten with the help of AI based on the project's original abstract]
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