John Bowen Synth Design

Make sure and check out the sound link at the bottom of part #2 of that plughugger blog. Some wickedly cool sound in there...

Nice!

BTW, I just noticed you could even get a SEM again? I've not been paying attention. Check it out:

http://www.audiomidi.com/Synthesizer-Ex ... 12455.aspx

http://www.tomoberheim.com/

OK. Here's a last one, with some of the lines cleaned up a bit. I'll go back and delete some of the previous ones.

Thanks. I'll do 1 more with a bit of clean-up and add a text box. It's actually easier to explain than it is to draw. Something like: Any output is routable to any input in the signal path, including feedback. The only exceptions are the pre-or-post FX and AMPs; inputs to these must be from the loca...

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Thought I would make a general query to clear up some questions I have on feedback posibilities in the synth. (Asking about mixer/filter/amp direct feedbacks here, not oscillator modulation.) 1. So I can feedback Filter1 output as in input sound source for Mixer1. If that's possible, how is that der...

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I tried to show direct input in the latest diagram. That was what that extra line at the start above the Mixer was for. But clearly even that might not suggest the full flexibility here.. I suspect you can have 4 inputs into Mixer-1, and still select a direct source at Filter-1, and then select Mixe...

Same here.

I'll probably do one more version, merging the PRE/POST FX blocks into the filter blocks, adding the 2nd AM source, and then numbering correctly.

For the "simple examples": seems like the obvious top 3 might be: Filters in Parallel, Filters in Series, Filters with Feedback.

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Thanks for the clarifications. One question came up: is it the case that at Mixer1 there will not be an input for Mixer1 and not be an input for Filter1? (I assume it would be that way to avoid any possibility of infinite loops...) Other one, I'm assuming that will be: SPDIF-L and SPDIF-R inputs? Th...

Just thinking about it, a page of even block-ier setups just showing potential "common setups" might be a good approach. Say maybe things like: Example 1: 4 oscillators, 4 filters Example 2: 4 oscillators, 1 filter Example 3: 4 oscillators, 2 filters in series Example 4: 4 oscillators, 4 f...

The clarification helped, and makes the path link points much clearer. Outputs can be taken from any locations in a single path. Input locations are mixer inputs and filter intputs. I'm working on a diagram as well. But it isn't ready for prime time yet. Now that we have the paths clear, we can work...

Ditto. Mea culpa. Just trying to give people a feeling for the breadth of tools that are inside the beast.