The Quilcom SIM-REED: No need to blow at all!
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:53 pm
Hello fellow addicts!
I started this project with the idea of simulating a Shawm. But as I progressed I realised I had an engine that was quite flexible and could do a wide range of reed-woodwind type sounds. So rather than being very focussed and targeted it’s more of a “general” reed woodwind synth. As such it doesn’t feature the more detailed sculpting I would normally go for and the authenticity of the presets suffers somewhat as a result. On the other hand it does have a very wide range of timbres. I may be tempted to do more targeted instruments at some point…
Much of the available literature for such synths involves the use of waveguide oscillators so I spent some time on this but I never got the range of sounds I was hoping for. The main issue is the effect of varying the reflection filter(s) on tuning, due to alteration of the delay line length. So if you look inside the schematic you’ll see what I went for in the end.
The download includes what you’ve come to expect:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5ahk2zydl4ac ... 0.zip?dl=0
Here’s my video:
https://youtu.be/BsPavu1RDak
I started this project with the idea of simulating a Shawm. But as I progressed I realised I had an engine that was quite flexible and could do a wide range of reed-woodwind type sounds. So rather than being very focussed and targeted it’s more of a “general” reed woodwind synth. As such it doesn’t feature the more detailed sculpting I would normally go for and the authenticity of the presets suffers somewhat as a result. On the other hand it does have a very wide range of timbres. I may be tempted to do more targeted instruments at some point…
Much of the available literature for such synths involves the use of waveguide oscillators so I spent some time on this but I never got the range of sounds I was hoping for. The main issue is the effect of varying the reflection filter(s) on tuning, due to alteration of the delay line length. So if you look inside the schematic you’ll see what I went for in the end.
The download includes what you’ve come to expect:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5ahk2zydl4ac ... 0.zip?dl=0
Here’s my video:
https://youtu.be/BsPavu1RDak