APPENDIX: Synthesis languages and softsynths
Reasons to do it the hard way
Modular synthesis. Digital implementation of unit generators.
‐machine vs. instrument construction: control routing thru grouping
Softsynths and similar concepts in commercial synthesizers
‐KORG OaSys, Nord modular and counterparts, Kyma
Synthesis languages. Sound manipulation embedded in conventional programming languages.
‐the latter is oldskool…
Synthesis environments and language front‐ends
‐again, Kyma
Pitfalls—non‐realtime operation, incompatibility, complexity, unintuitive operation
‐the numerous implementations out there do not interface gracefully