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Roland TB-303 Emu in Flash!

sascha — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:05:10 +0000

… Ok, a bit of exaggeration here but it comes pretty close! In case you missed it, Andre Michelle has written a RealTime Synth with ActionScript 3.0 that immitates an analogue synth not unlike the famous 303. The Userinterface is slick and the knobs are turning linear when dragged with the mouse. The sound is very good for that it is calculated! Try playing around with the Filter, Cutoff and ADSR curves and you will see (hear) that it sounds pretty much like a real synth. Heads up to Andre for being such an Innovator!

First Realtime Synthesizer in Flash

sascha — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 09:03:34 +0000

The creator over at e-phonic.com seemingly has created the first realtime synth in Flash with AS3.0. Realtime in the meaning that it creates the produced sound completely by itself and not relying on predefined samples. He used the ByteArray and the Loader class (Loader.loadBytes) based on an idea and first experiment from David at Robots /w Lasers.
The synth consists of a simple, white emptyness in where you have to click with the mouse and it plays generated sounds depending on the coordinates. The sounds might be still a bit awkward but hey, it’s a milestone in Flash history, isn’t it?!

Sound Object for future Flash Player

sascha — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:37:28 +0000

If you’re one of the users who would like to see something done about Flash’s neglected sound situation in future then I recommend you to visit the Adobe Labs forum for Flash Player 8.5! there is a thread going on about a sound object request in Flash 8.5+.
Wouldn’t it be cool to really program audio in Flash instead of just using lifeless MP3 or Wav/Aiff streams?!