LFO can be routed to the AMP of the individual waveforms?
Yes, envelopes would be pretty much necessary for FM. Maybe single cycle LFOs or triggered LFOs could be useful as well as a free running LFO mode? That could also be used as poor man’s Envelope.
Individual AMP values can be written/programmed directly as parameters by the Nerdseq sequencer?
The Nerdseq internal FM is pretty cool, though a bit hard to set up, because it is stretching across the voices and tracks. For me it is rather a choice of using pure samples or do FM. I did not mix it yet (e.g. 2 operator FM and the other 2 for normal sample playing) and as sample tracks are limited it would be cool to “outsource” FM to a module with tight Nerdseq integration of the parameters. Especially as FM shines when modulated. Downside would be that the module has no samples to do FM with.
With FMs complexity it is good to have sound patch storage for individual FM sounds. With Nerdseq constructing a 4OP FM sound and storing and reloading just this sound, I don’t know how to do this efficiently. So it is more like patching a FM sounds which is across multiple tracks and voices and its setup every time from scratch. Maybe I should RTFM again..
I’m a bit spoiled though from the Essence FM which has a very good FM programming interface and workflow. The Nerdseq has a nice crunchy sound though.
Another Idea would be to enable AMP modulation using other waveforms as inputs, to utilize what’s already in there and to get a vast array of wave shapes out of it as an oscillator module.
Maybe it would be a good idea to have a slope parameter in the inputs that’s configurable to smooth the parameter changes (similar to glide which is used for pitch) from the Nerdseq going directly to the waveforms? Then the parameter changes would result in small “Envelope” sections in the transition phase. For doing chord type evolving sounds this would also be nice to do changes smoothly in the sequencer synched to the tempo in a more linear fashion than LFOs or piecing LFO sections together.
Just sharing my thoughts.
Yes, envelopes would be pretty much necessary for FM. Maybe single cycle LFOs or triggered LFOs could be useful as well as a free running LFO mode? That could also be used as poor man’s Envelope.
Individual AMP values can be written/programmed directly as parameters by the Nerdseq sequencer?
The Nerdseq internal FM is pretty cool, though a bit hard to set up, because it is stretching across the voices and tracks. For me it is rather a choice of using pure samples or do FM. I did not mix it yet (e.g. 2 operator FM and the other 2 for normal sample playing) and as sample tracks are limited it would be cool to “outsource” FM to a module with tight Nerdseq integration of the parameters. Especially as FM shines when modulated. Downside would be that the module has no samples to do FM with.
With FMs complexity it is good to have sound patch storage for individual FM sounds. With Nerdseq constructing a 4OP FM sound and storing and reloading just this sound, I don’t know how to do this efficiently. So it is more like patching a FM sounds which is across multiple tracks and voices and its setup every time from scratch. Maybe I should RTFM again..
I’m a bit spoiled though from the Essence FM which has a very good FM programming interface and workflow. The Nerdseq has a nice crunchy sound though.
Another Idea would be to enable AMP modulation using other waveforms as inputs, to utilize what’s already in there and to get a vast array of wave shapes out of it as an oscillator module.
Maybe it would be a good idea to have a slope parameter in the inputs that’s configurable to smooth the parameter changes (similar to glide which is used for pitch) from the Nerdseq going directly to the waveforms? Then the parameter changes would result in small “Envelope” sections in the transition phase. For doing chord type evolving sounds this would also be nice to do changes smoothly in the sequencer synched to the tempo in a more linear fashion than LFOs or piecing LFO sections together.
Just sharing my thoughts.