hrtlacek / Creating-VSTs-and-more-using-FAUST

Repository for the Music Hackspace course: "Creating VSTs and more using FAUST"

Music Hackspace Workshop: Creating VSTs and more using FAUST

Workshop Structure

introduction

• Motivation: Why FAUST
• my first FAUST program
• Getting Help:
  • The Manual
    • Especially the Syntax Section
  • Libraries Documentation
• Web IDE Overview
• a word about the FAUST Library
• Sequential Composition of effects
• Common Errors:
  • ERROR : syntax error, unexpected ....
  • ERROR : sequential composition ....
• Parallel Composition
• assigning variables to keep things simple
• Breakout session 01: Build a program that plays a 100 Hz sine-wave on the left channel and a high- passed noise on the right channel.
  • Solution: here

Language Fundamentals

• Basic Block Diagram Operations: :,,,_,<:,:>
  • sequence
  • parallel
  • _: a cable
  • splitting
  • combining
• Interactivity: A basic slider
• Avoid Jitter with sliders: si.smoo
• Context Management with with
• Breakout session 02: Make what we have interactive (add Sliders) and add an additional effect.
• Solution here
• Make large networks with one-liners: par and seq
• Difference Equations using letrec

Building Instruments

• Midi Enabled Instrument
• Base drum through guitar amp

Other Examples

• simple FM
• ParallelResonators
• additive Synthesis
• randomly spread partials
• feedback Delay with filter and distortion in fb path
• Old-School (1977) FM-Piano Sound