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Monowave II is a great example of the kind of thing that only the Chameleon can bring about.
You take one open DSP platform, a load of well written source code and help files, one analog/digital hardware designer and early Chameleon enthusiast, throw in a load of sleepless nights and you get a growing open-source DSP project that anyone can add to.
It is a fat and dirty monosynth based upon the simple synth example code bundled free with the Chameleon Software Development Kit.
About the developer:
Despite being a hardware hacker and creator of the respected MonoWave hardware synth, Paul Maddox was convinced of the power of DSP synthesis after playing around with one of the top of the range DSP synths. He realised that DSP based synths could sound really great in the right hands. As the Chameleon uses the exact same technology but with an open development kit, he found the perfect tool to learn all about it himself.
As Paul says: "The MonowaveII builds on the success of its hardware predecessor, offering increased functionality, improved modulation routing, patch memory and some exciting new features".
For those of you who are coders, you will be interested to know that it is now an open-source project (as of Jan 2004). Paul adds "This is to encourage others to modify it to their own taste, but also to show that you don't have a DSP/Maths guru to write skins for the Chameleon!"
MonoWaveII V1.20 ;-
The MonoWaveII User guide (V1.0) is available seperatly.
Developer resource
If you want to download the source code with annotations for the monowave II, go to the next link to download from Paul Maddox' site directly: MonoWave II Downloads
Paul's website is here - www.vacoloco.net
- 3 Oscillators, each with 256 waveforms and a unique 'de-res' function for lo-fi sound
- 5 input mixer, three oscillators, noise and external input for filtering
- 4 pole 24dB resonating filter with the unique option to 'sweep' between 4 pole, bandpass and 1 pole modes seamlessly
- 3 assignable Realtime Controllers with 'show' function to remind you what it is assigned to
- Comprehensive MIDI CC control for internal parameters
- 128 Patch memory
- Stereo delay line
- 2 LFOs with 64 classic and complex waveforms
- 3 ADSR envelope generators
- Unique routing modulation capabilities such as velocity to osc waveform, or EG to Resonance, for highly expressive sounds
The following sound samples demonstrate some of the capabilities of MonoWaveII. These clips were recorded straight from the output of the Chameleon into a computer for compressing to mp3 format, no multitracking or exeternal effects was used.
- Antimatter (1.2Mb, MP3)
Ambient Drone, with extensive After touch routing (remember this is just a monsynth, and .
- Army of Dark Rez (504Kb, .MP3)
Dirty synth bass sound, uses LFO2 controlled via the modwheel to give psuedo FM effects.
- Jungle Massive (380Kb, .MP3)
A superb, BIG sound.
- Cheeky Monkey (288Kb, .MP3)
A truly cutting sound.
- Cluster Bombs (480Kb, .MP3)
Use of velocity to filter cutoff and oscillator waveforms.
- Bass arpeggio (920Kb .MP3)
Big sounding bass arpeggio.
- Mid range arpeggio (3.2Mb, .MP3)
Demonstrates ability to route EG(filter and/or third EG) to filter resonance.
- MIDI CC arpeggio (424Kb, .MP3)
Arpeggio with extensive MIDI CC control.
- Velocity to Wave (1.8Mb, .MP3)
A sequencer, playing a sequence with the velocity being routed to oscillator waveform.
- 4-pole Filter sweep (468Kb, .MP3)
Big sound of the four pole filter being swept, with various levels of resonance.
- LFO Shapes (612Kb, .MP3)
Filter in bandpass mode with LFO controlling cut off, this demonstrates a few of the LFO waveforms available.
- External Audio (1Mb, .MP3)
External audio (drum loop) processed through the MonowaveII filter.
