I'm excited about Squeak's new musical features. This is great news.

> We're going to keep working to improve Squeak's sound synthesis. In
> particular, we hope to find a better compromise between memory space
> and quality, either by finding ways to get good quality sound with shorter
> sample loops or by using the FM algorithm on wavetables taken from
> sampled sounds.

How about doing what the Roland D-50 introduced commercially (I've
forgotten the correct name): play a sample at the beginning of a note then
use a simpler, repetitive waveform for the rest of the note. It's the
complex wave in the first 100 to 300 ms that the ear uses to identify the
instrument.

Jim
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Jim Menard   jimm at io.com   http://www.io.com/~jimm/   BeOS developer #1283
"This looks like a job for Legal Tender!" -- The Tick