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A new programming language, again?

Assampler is a sound processing program which introduces some interesting new techniques. It holds its sounds in a directory like structure allowing the user to start a process on a whole set of sounds. It is absolutely object oriented which makes it possible for you to connect several sound processes to build complex sound algorithms. Interesting for physicists: The program uses the metric unit system, while unit dimensions are not fixed, e.g. time and voltage, but you can choose them according the usage of the sound object, e.g. Hz->V for a spectrum, V->V for diode characteristic or s->m for a description of a cinematic process. Last but not least Assampler uses MUI and AHI which gives you an optimal GUI respectively sound output from low end up to high end systems.

The plain enumeration of all integrated object classes is not very spectacular, because the power of the program comes from the ability to connect multiple sound processes. This opens new doors but if you want to be creative it requires basic knowledge, too, this is partly given in the guide (currently only German :-(, and it requires abstract thinking, too. You will not find any complex process in the program, they are layed out to example algorithms. - Some of them will show you how complex processes could really be, where you always thought, they are atomic.

Connecting processes is like programming, but the differences to an ARexx interface are, that it can be used some more intuitive, that it is integrated into the GUI, since you can collect all relevant values of a complex algorithm in one window and that the interleaved calculation method is faster especially if you work on sample sounds directly on disk. Except of the fourier transformation of whole sounds Assampler can't offer you any new function compared to other programs, but I want to claim that I generated a environment which allows you to actually do all these things that are possible with sound processing software in principle.

Sound classes

• Data based
  • sample sound stored in memory or left on disk (only raw formats)
  • splines - ideally for control curves, wave forms, distortion functions
  • spectrum - divided into time blocks
• Groups
  • list - container for multiple sounds
  • stereo - container for sounds considered as channels of a stereo, surround, quadro, octa and what know I sound
  • algorithm - container for connected processes
• Processes
  • Tools: data flow control, virtual cut (without visualisation)
  • Producer
    • Wave generators: oscillator, fm operator
    • Random sources: white noise, random pulses
    • Control curves: linear, exponential, rational fractions
  • Modifier
    • X modulation: phase modulation, frequency modulation, backward, quantization
    • Y values: amplifier (ring modulator), mixer, raise offset, quantization, other special distortions, custom distortion
    • Filter: low, high, band passes, band limit, with custom filter response (convolution), echo, derivation, integration
    • spectral: filter, transfer noise progress
  • Analysis
    • detectors: zero frequency, threshold trigger (Schmitt's trigger)
    • spectrum: fourier transformation, conversion polar coordinates <-> cartesian coordinates

Examples

• Producer
  • Control curves: ADSR
  • Synthetic instruments: Drums, filtered basses, strings, percussive instruments, blow instruments
  • Noise: plane, helicopter, echo sounder, fly, heart beat, steps, breath, plop, wind, game boy noises
  • Sequences: some tone sequences - Assampler goes sequencing
• Modifier
  • Analysis: frequency progress, envelope, wave form
  • Clean up: dynamic volume adjustment, suppress pause noise, remove hum, bass boost
  • Effects: vocoder, phaser, reverberation, wobble echo, transpose, vibrato, chopper, mix chords, filter chords

Links

Of course you can download Assampler here.	Download Assampler
Some sound examples in AIFF format	Example directory
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Created:	1999.07 Henning Thielemann
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Last modified:	2002.09.30, 12:24
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