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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Newbie questions

« on: March 21, 2016, 03:38:20 PM »

@SirPrimalform But sin and sin squared do not have exactly the same spectrum, even apart from the doubled octave. In the following link I have plotted sin(x) vs (sin(x))^2: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+sin+x+and+(sin+x)%5E2

As you can see their shapes differ subtly, meaning their spectra should differ (I guess you get a bunch of subtle overtones when you square the sin).

EDIT: Or wait, I actually thought of the difference between sin and its absolute value. Never mind me...

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Last firmware 1.05 : randomizer

« on: September 17, 2014, 05:48:46 PM »

Ah, ok. So I guess I thought you were setting your randomizer values with p1-p4, and then had to press button 7 to generate the  randomized instrument. I just misunderstood the procedure.

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Last firmware 1.05 : randomizer

« on: September 16, 2014, 10:31:43 PM »

Ok, so I am basically in love with the randomizer - I have created a number of useful patches without "polishing" the randomizer output at all

However, one small issue. If I just confirm my degrees of randomization by pressing button nbr 7, the screen says "Done", but no random patch is generated! However, if I press any of the buttons 1-5, and then 7, I get a random patch. This is slightly weird, isn't it?

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Patch Randomiser

« on: August 28, 2014, 09:23:25 AM »

Just a short suggestion:

The idea of choosing which parameters to randomize is very good, and could be supplemented with another function: For the operator frequencies, one might have the option to only produce random values which give rise to "nice" frequency ratios, in order to produce more "musical" sounds. (Easy to implement for one carrier-modulator pair, perhaps trickier when it comes to a higher number of operators, I have not really given this much thought.)

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Clarifing modulation indexes?

« on: July 27, 2014, 10:35:49 PM »

Great!

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / [Solved in 1.04] Clarifing modulation indexes?

« on: July 26, 2014, 10:37:11 PM »

Hi,

I really love the sound of my Preen, and also love the really userfriendly interface. However, one thing bugs me from time to time - finding out which modulation parameter (IMx) connects which pair of operators. Most of the time it is not such a big deal, and I can see that there is a hierarchy for naming the parameters, but sometimes I get confused, and either have to think things through a bit or set some of the parameters to zero in order to find out which parameter belongs to which operator pair. No big deal really, but it sort of interupts my work flow a bit. (Perhaps it is just me...?)

Right now I have a printout of the operator pdf in front of me when programming the Preen, but shouldn't there be some other way of doing this internally in the Preen? For instance, one could through some nifty button combo replace the third row in the mod param menu (IM1 v IM2 v) with something like "OP3->Op1 OP4->OP2". Or some better procedure which I haven't thought of.

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Hi + save tool settings?

« on: July 02, 2014, 10:39:45 AM »

Ah, yes, that worked. Thanks. In retrospect it seems rather obvious

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Hi + save tool settings?

« on: July 01, 2014, 09:12:11 PM »

Hi all,

I finished my PreenFM2 yesterday and after spending a few hours testing it today I must say I'm really impressed; it sounds much better than I had imagined. And it is very fun to use - much thought seems to have been given to the user interface.

A short question though: My encoders skip 2 values for each tick. This is sorted out when switching encoder drivers in the settings menu. However, each time I turn my Preen back on, I have to change drivers again; it seems like nothing is saved in the settings menu. Is this weird or perfectly normal or am I missing something?