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Thanks for the lovely comments! I'm the creator of picoSYNTH and it was a really fun project to work on. I don't have much experience in synths so it was a big

Thanks for the lovely comments! I'm the creator of picoSYNTH and it was a really fun project to work on. I don't have much experience in synths so it was a big learning project for me. If there are any questions around the program, just let me know!

radiKal07 4y ago
what were some of the biggest challenges when making a synth?
- johanpeitz 4y ago
  Weirdly, this project started not from the audio end, but with the physics simulation of the cables. Building a synth came later when I needed something to do with the cables. :) Biggest challenge was that I basically don’t know anything about how synths work in real life, and made up my own way as I went along. This lead to unnecessary rewrites as I needed to sometimes change assumptions that stopped me from progressing.
johanpeitz 4y ago
If you like the picoSYNTH aesthetics I've also made a 3D modeller with similar looks that might be interesting to check out: https://johanpeitz.itch.io/picocad https://johanpeitz.itch.io/picocad Nothing I've made has ended up on Hacker News before so I'll also take the opportunity to shamelessly plug my Patreon if someone want to support my work. :D https://www.patreon.com/johanpeitz https://www.patreon.com/johanpeitz
jacquesm 4y ago
That is a gorgeous little project! Lots of fun just to try to figure out how it all goes together.
jefurii 4y ago
This is like VCVrack meets Hainbach in Pico8!
pkphilip 4y ago
Very nicely done! cool!
woolion 4y ago
Really impressed! I'll recommend it at once to my musician friends. Good idea to recommend PicoCAD at the same time, my first thought was, "he does it again!".
olele 4y ago
Hello Johan! Beautiful program. I'd love to be able to set different sequence length in the sequencers. then its a great ambient generator. Really cute!
- johanpeitz 4y ago
  Thanks! Yeah that’d be nice. It’s a challenge to balance flexibility vs simplicity and I tend to go for the latter. You can always change the speed and make some notes longer to get some of the same effects I guess

radiKal07 4y ago

what were some of the biggest challenges when making a synth?

johanpeitz 4y ago
Weirdly, this project started not from the audio end, but with the physics simulation of the cables. Building a synth came later when I needed something to do with the cables. :) Biggest challenge was that I basically don’t know anything about how synths work in real life, and made up my own way as I went along. This lead to unnecessary rewrites as I needed to sometimes change assumptions that stopped me from progressing.

johanpeitz 4y ago

If you like the picoSYNTH aesthetics I've also made a 3D modeller with similar looks that might be interesting to check out: https://johanpeitz.itch.io/picocad https://johanpeitz.itch.io/picocad Nothing I've made has ended up on Hacker News before so I'll also take the opportunity to shamelessly plug my Patreon if someone want to support my work. :D https://www.patreon.com/johanpeitz https://www.patreon.com/johanpeitz

jacquesm 4y ago

That is a gorgeous little project! Lots of fun just to try to figure out how it all goes together.

jefurii 4y ago

This is like VCVrack meets Hainbach in Pico8!

pkphilip 4y ago

Very nicely done! cool!

woolion 4y ago

Really impressed! I'll recommend it at once to my musician friends. Good idea to recommend PicoCAD at the same time, my first thought was, "he does it again!".

olele 4y ago

Hello Johan! Beautiful program. I'd love to be able to set different sequence length in the sequencers. then its a great ambient generator. Really cute!

johanpeitz 4y ago
Thanks! Yeah that’d be nice. It’s a challenge to balance flexibility vs simplicity and I tend to go for the latter. You can always change the speed and make some notes longer to get some of the same effects I guess