Interesting thread regarding TI Wavetables

[Merlot]

Found this at the HC forum. Looks like the ex waldorf employees working for access are not making the wavetables according to this source.

Wavetable Thread

[Timo]

My own opinion entirely, but I couldn't say I was all that impressed with the sound of the wavetables in the demo @ Namm. Reminded me of the kind of 'tones' that came as standard on a cheap Yamaha PSS-470 home-keyboard 20yrs ago!

...I don't tend to touch the waveshapes on the Virus B either, because of the same thing, even when they're filtered and drastically modulated in at an attempt to make them sound less dull.

Select a nice patch, and exchange one of the basic waveforms for a digital waveshape and hey presto it instantly turns it into "Casio home-keyboard" mode.

eww.

However, if you could import your own PCM wavetables.... I'd import proper waves (like saws, squares with different characters, etc.).

How do wavetables work, exactly? Are they multi-sampled, single-cycle PCM waves? Or vectors, taken from a high-definiton "fingerprint" waveform which is programmed to be re-created at whatever pitch/note is pressed?

[ben crosland]

Originally Posted by Timo

My own opinion entirely, but I couldn't say I was all that impressed with the sound of the wavetables in the demo @ Namm. Reminded me of the kind of 'tones' that came as standard on a cheap Yamaha PSS-470 home-keyboard 20yrs ago! [

Must be the way I played 'em

There are all sorts of different tables in the TI already - some simulate filter sweeps, some are deliberately harsh and digital. All sorts of different timbres can be created by just taking one table and modulating it in different ways. Starting at different index points, modulating with envelopes and/or LFOs by different amounts and polarities all produce completely different patches, and that's before we even get to the filters.

Anyway, thinking about it, I reckon even a Yamaha PSS-470 would probably sound pretty damn cool through the Virus' Analog filter model

[EnjoyRC]

Originally Posted by ben crosland

Must be the way I played 'em

Were you playin' um, or was the LFO?

[blay]

Originally Posted by EnjoyRC

Were you playin' um, or was the LFO?