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diff --git a/advantages.txt b/advantages.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..702c549 --- /dev/null +++ b/advantages.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +This is a list of things I see people trying to do with other systems that are natural in Nyquist: + +1. computing wavetables from mathematical functions: Nyquist tables are just sounds; +anything you can synthesize works as a wavetable + +2. generating "events" from within "instruments": Nyquist has no separation between +scores and instruments, so this restriction does not exist. + +3. parameterize sounds with complex control functions: rather than defining an +instrument with its one envelope generator, limiting envelopes to a few parameters, +in Nyquist it is easy to make the envelope a parameter so that you can pass in +any desired envelope shape. This flexibility actually makes instrument definitions +simpler while at the same time making them more powerful. + +4. synthesizing control functions: In Nyquist, you can use the full power of the +synthesis capabilities to generate control parameters. For example, you can use +a low-pass filter to smooth an amplitude envelope. + +5. routing instrument sounds to further processing: Nyquist instruments are +functions that can be combined to any level of hierarchy, so you do not need to +employ tricks like assigning sounds to global variables or defining reverb as +an "instrument" that reads from a special global buffer. + +6. inspecting sounds at the sample level: Nyquist is a complete language, so you +can examine and process sounds down to the sample level if necessary. (This is +too slow for production synthesis, but the flexibility is there and useful.) + |