Some makes of keyboards do this, which is basically wrong. Cakewalk did it too which meant that I couldn't use it with my mixer. I've no idea whether it still does though. It's not wrong. It's in the MIDI spec. and can be used to reduce the MIDI traffic if running status is enabled. I know two ...

This is a bugfix release. If you have the current master you don't actually need this, as it is some way behind. However we would like people to try it out to make sure we haven't missed anything. P.S. master has some new features that aren't completely fixed, and still need further testing. Yoshimi ...

I remember that one
Have you still got it Hugh?

I'll prolly order a mug when I get back from my nor... Midlands trip.

Sounds very "authentic"

Being maybe a bit pedantic, it is definitely a synthesiser. The waveforms are created entirely electro-mechanically with fixed relationships. Some people think the tone wheels create sine waves. Some of them get near to that, but most don't. Some of the lower frequency ones are deliberately shaped ...

I'm finding this all rather confusing. What exactly is a 'synthesiser' to you Tony. Going to extremes, a Hammond B3 is a synth - an electromagnetic one. Many moons ago I not only played one, but did restoration work on it (it had been left unused in a damp church side room). Over a period of years I ...

Oh dear. What to do?

If I get one of these mugs I'm going to have to work out some sort of sharing system with my current fave? The New Forest Folk mug

Hmmm. Apparently I'm in the Taco Bell fast food, in Rochdale

ajay_m wrote: ↑Sat Sep 06, 2025 9:38 am I'd have thought half a day once a month would suffice, unless the environment is particularly cold or damp.

I'd agree with this, also once thoroughly warmed up hit every key, move every slider, twist every knob and press every switch/button.

Seems like a neat solution

There are synths, and there are synths . However people who complain the most are usually those that don't want to put the time and effort into finding out what any particular synth can do. Then you get those who have a fairly basic synth and complain it's too limited, but present them with a really ...

This is very well done

I can think of a {cough} synth {cough} that does that natively :lol: Say what now? Slow to pick this up - sorry. Also a bit concerned about hijacking the thread. However... For any individual part, Yoshimi has two 'humanise' controls. One adds an adjustable randomisation to incoming key pitch, and ...

I was looking for an old post of mine in the musician's lounge, but couldn't see any way to identify it, so in the end I had to keep scrolling till I found it - about 6 pages down

Two new features currently only in the 'master' branch, which self-builders can pick up. The first is a minor one. Tooltips now scale to the window size in the same way as all the embedded text. We may do more on this depending of feedback from users. The Biggie! The SubSynth engine now has a set of ...

Will, just been watching this video, the very first sound is excellent, definitely got potential, especially low down in the register, I can imagine it somewhere in my music, in fact, a lot of the sounds are interesting, gave me an idea of what Yoshimi is capable of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Fine here on a Zen account.

Neat and practical job. Does what it says on the tin

Not really for me, but a good effort. However, I'd have liked the vocal to be a bit clearer. Without the text I would have missed some of it.

Second attempt, this time without any envelope generators; this is closer to what I am hearing in my head. https://audio.com/don-music/audio/wind-synth-30-aug-25-2 Yes, I much prefer that one too - more weather-driven. Thanks, Martin! Yeah, it's quite dreamy sounding! That's a considerable ...

I think that's considerably better than I would be able to manage

I've only watched a few of his vids, and found them interesting, informative and well presented. He clearly puts a lot of time and effort into them.
Maybe the record companies should pay him for the free advertising.

Drew Stephenson wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 2:49 pm

Forum Admin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 1:41 pm When we resigned from Music Maker Publications in March 2025

Shome mishtake shurely?

Shhh! Nobody noticed they were still on the pay roll

My first sight of SOS was when a friend gave me a couple of copies, which I found very interesting. That was late 1990s or early 2000s (I don't think there was the website at that time). Since discovering and joining the forum I've learned a great deal (finding how much I didn't know), and also been ...