ANASYN3 - Advanced Gravis Ultrasound patch set (C) 1993 Copyright IdMEDIA and Francois Dion Description =========== ANASYN3 is the third patch set of the ANASYN serie. ANASYN stands for ANAlog SYNthesiser, and so, this entire serie of patch set are computer generated or sampled waveforms of analog synths. This archive (ANASYN3) contains 12 patches that you have to put in the same directory as the patches you already have (normally \ultrasnd\midi) but you could also put them in a custom patches directory (ex: ultrasnd\custom) if you type the path in the .cfg. In the ANASYN3.ZIP archive you should have: Directory of B:\ ANASYN10 PAT 3535 08-10-93 12:03a ANASYN11 PAT 641 08-12-93 7:18p ANASYN12 PAT 641 08-12-93 7:19p ANASYN13 PAT 641 08-12-93 7:23p ANASYN14 PAT 9425 08-12-93 7:26p ARP_RESO PAT 64087 08-10-93 6:41p ODYSSEY1 PAT 64781 08-12-93 5:36p PROPHET1 PAT 41551 08-12-93 5:36p PROPHET2 PAT 121247 08-12-93 9:43p PROPHET3 PAT 64721 08-12-93 10:28p SOLINA1 PAT 55399 08-12-93 10:56p TUBULAR PAT 14463 08-12-93 10:14p 12 file(s) plus the text you are presently reading, called ANASYN1.TXT. If a file is missing or is not of this length, please ask the person you got it from to erase the archive and get the correct version from one of the official distribution points (see end of file). ANASYN10.PAT is a straight sawtooth waveform from a Roland HS-60, distorted a little from unmatched impedences. This would benefit from multi-layering... ANASYN11.PAT is a computer generated waveform which is very similar to what one can make on a Roland HS-60 or Juno-106. It is ANASYN1.PAT corrected and updated to the patch format 1.10. It vaguely ressembles an harpsicord. ANASYN12.PAT is the same waveform as in ANASYN11.PAT but a vibrato (with LFO) is added for that "glider" effect. It is ANASYN2.PAT corrected and updated to the patch format 1.10. ANASYN13.PAT is again the same waveform as in the two others, but the enveloppe, loop points and LFO rate are modified. This sounds quite different from the other two. It is ANASYN3.PAT corrected and updated to the patch format 1.10. It has a synth cut-bass feeling. ANASYN11-13 are to demonstrate some basic effects that can be achieved with a very small sample. Since they only take 641 bytes each, they are quite useful, even if they have inconsistencies. They are however available from C0 to B8 in case one of these notes would be needed. (There are some very special effects created in the high octaves). ANASYN14.PAT is a more complex instrument made from a sampled ARP Odissey. Again, C0-B6 available, but the useful range is smaller, and the really techno sound is in the lower range. It is ANASYN4.PAT corrected and updated to the patch format 1.10. ARP_RESO.PAT is a beautiful arpegged sound, with resonance to the filter. It has a feeling of an Odyssey, but is in fact generated with Csound, based on the "musical orgs" (preset 84) on the SCI Six-trak. ODISSEY1.PAT is a better version of ANASYN14.PAT. It is based on the same sample of the ARP Odissey analog synth. PROPHET1.PAT is the "brass" sound of the SCI Prophet 5. It is similar to the Six-trak "brass 1" also. I found this on an EPS disk, and was named Mess prft (sic). Also on this disk was the "wool strings" sound of the SCI Prophet 5 (PROPHET2.PAT) and the "sweep" sound too (PROPHET3.PAT). These patches feature complex envelopes, multisamples and vibrato. I have tried to ameliorate the loop points, but with these samples it is hard to do a better job. When i get my hands on a real Prophet, i will probably redo these. SOLINA1.PAT is a "string sound" from the ARP Solina IV String ensemble analog synth. It is not looped and has a very limited range, but still better than nothing, right? > 64Kb wavesample would have helped A LOT. TUBULAR.PAT is a weird "wind tube" sound that i just cant put a name on. I was told that this comes from a vintage analog synth, but i have a hard time believing it... However since it could be analog, i have put it in the ANASYN serie. What's next =========== ANASYN4 is already under way. I'll stop the ANASYN serie when people will be feed up with analog synths, or when i'll be feed up of making them. In parallel i'll be doing a PERCS patch serie (percussive sounds) and a REAL patch serie (real instruments). Legalities ========== Ultrasound is a registered trademark of Advanced Gravis Computer Technology. Six-trak and Prophet 5 are registered trademarks of Sequential Circuits. HS-60 and Juno-106 are registered trademarks of Roland Corporation. Odissey and Solina IV are registered trademarks of ARP, Inc. Even if the files are not that big, a lot of work went into creating them. This is why i have put a copyright on them. What this means is that they are provided for a personnal use. Any public performance, recording or commercial use is forbidden unless an written agreement is signed between me (Francois Dion) and the user of these patches. You can redistribute this archive provided that you keep all the files in the archive. You cannot rename the archive to anything else than: ANASYN3.ext, where ext is the extension of the archiver. You cannot modify the patches (including the name) without my permission. No fees can be charged to distribute this archive except for the direct cost of the media on which it is distributed, limited to 3$ in Canadian funds. For CDROM, contact me. By using or distributing the patches you agree to these conditions. The future ========== This patch set is released to the GUS community to try out and is free. You can however send me any contributions ( postcards, money, floppies, beers, cars =) ) to keep me motivated in developping new patches (and applications) for the GUS community. A big THANK YOU to people who have sent me notes of appreciation (be it for patches, tutorials, articles, programs, etc...) and also a special thanks to the beta testers: Edmund E. Tsai Dan Nicholson Stuart Yoshida How to contact me ================= Snail mail: IdMEDIA c/o Francois Dion P.O. Box 312 St-Lambert, QC Canada J4P 3P8 Phone: 514-671-4933 or 514-343-7511 Internet: dionf@ere.umontreal.ca or cism@ere.umontreal.ca Fidonet: Francois Dion 1:167/228 Where to get the goodies ======================== By FTP: archive.epas.utoronto.ca in /pub/pc/ultrasound wuarchive.wustl.edu in systems/msdos/ultrasound archive.orst.edu in pub/packages/gravis By email: mail-server@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de subject: help (you can also use an email-ftp to get the files from archive.epas.utoronto.ca) By Mail: the address of IdMEDIA in the previous section. By BBS: Check your favorite BBS, it'll get there... Thanks, Francois Dion '