The Sample Drum Synth

hello (again),

After working some time with the Minidrumplayer, i found out, that's not enough !
I started to design a new version with more voices and a couple of synthesis features, 
filters and LFO's for example. And now after a long time of experimenting it's finished.

The SDS 

First the bad news :

	- Pulsar version 1.2 is required. The device does not work with lower versions.
	- no Stereo WAV support

And now the good ones :

	- 12 Voices
	- Every voice and most of the synthesis features are switchable. This means, 
	  if you switch off a single feature or a complete voice, the curcuit is kicked out 
	  of the DSP and doesn't use any Sync/Async-cycles. So there is no need to waste
	  DSP Power for unused features. Use the numerous on/off buttons and watch the
	  DSP-Load display !
	- Enhanced timing ( in comparision to Minidrumplayer ), tested with Logic 4.02 and Cubase 2.81
	- Lower DSP usage while providing more voices ( in comparision to Minidrumplayer )
	- Exclusice ("Hihat") Mode for voices 7+9

Features (per voice):

	- Full control of Amp-Envelope
	- Switchable 12/24 DB Resonant Filters with envelope
	- Filtersaturation
	- LoFi curcuit ( Bitrate and Samplerate reduction )
	- Clock-syncable LFO's for Pitch and Filter

Warning !!!!!
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	To protect your speakers don't touch any on/off Switches while playing the sounds. 
	There may be some awful noises. Also don't use full resonance. The best way to kill 
	your boxes would be to raise resonance to full level, the same with saturation and just 
	playing a single sound ! Please test it first with lowered loudness !
	The author will not take any response for any defects based on the usage of this device !

Many thanks to Joachim Soppe for testing and giving helpful hints.


Volker Dietz (firstep@gmx.net)				16.08.1999, cologne, germany

