Nonlinear Labs synthesizers will not only be performance instruments, but also highly versatile and powerful sound design tools Instruments with vast sound design potential: We are not interested in emulating vintage gear, but in moving the culture of sound forward
Instead of trying to imitate natural instruments, we aim to create nature-like qualities resulting from the complex behavior of synthesis structures We aim to make instruments capable of both dramatic changes and very fine nuances Our central focus is on both musical expressivity and real-time playability, not pre-programmed “sequencing” Our aim at Nonlinear Labs is to give musicians an alternative to this “automated music” and to provide them with true, musically playable instruments. Instead, the market is flooded with pre-programmable sequence-based systems which often don’t require any performer at all, other than for pushing a “start” button, turning some knobs or selecting and triggering sample clips. In recent years, much of the musical instrument industry has moved away from manufacturing durable instruments that are made for practicing musicians. This way we benefit from many years of experience creating Reaktor instruments, as well as the support from excellent Reaktor instrument builders. The synth engine is specially tailored to our hardware, but large parts of it can be developed and tested in the Reaktor application on standard computers (Mac OSX and Windows). The audio signals are generated by a TCD-controlled synth engine that is implemented in Reaktor running on an embedded PC.
#Reaktor instrument software
It’s now time to talk about synthesis and sound – after all, at Nonlinear Labs we have set out to build musical instruments.Īlthough our instruments are self-contained hardware units, the sound is defined and generated by software running on internal processors.Īs specified in our TCD protocol, all time-variant control signals are generated by a an ARM microprocessor that is closely connected to the player interface (in our first instrument the keyboard, wheels, and pedals). In recent posts, we have written about computer technology, systems, and protocols.
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