Subject:Milk and cookies keeping me up....

Posted by: jlo

Date:4/20/1999 10:40:36 PM

Here's my latest 1,000,000 dollar idea:

You know all those effects, processes and plug-ins with the line
graphs? e.g. Graphic fade, Wah Wah, Pitch bend. What if you could save
and retrieve these interchangeably among them? And what if there was an
analysis tool that created these line graphs for, say, envelope (with
various RMS and peak modifiers) or pitch (defined 20 different obscure
ways as Sonic Foundry loves to do) or envelope of a given frequency
band? And what if there was an editor tool for these line graphs where
you could flip them about horizontal or vertical poles and generally
futz about with them systematically?

It seems to me you could then use it/them to create: background track
duckers for voice overs, generalized multi-element FM synthesizers,
compressors with side chain inputs, velocity crossfade, Bootsy Collins
style wah wah envelope followers, vocoders, the list goes on and on.
OK, maybe not vocoders, but it's still a good idea, no?

Please send check or money order to.....

James Lo ;)

Subject:Re: Milk and cookies keeping me up....

Reply by: jlo

Date:4/20/1999 10:51:35 PM

Oops, never mind about the wah wah, and there goes the Boosty Collins
effect, but what if wah wah had a line graph?