Synful LLC

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I have been using music synthesizers for 34 years beginning with a large analog MOOG in 1970. I have been designing electronic music machines since 1981. For most of this time I found electronic music to be boring and inexpressive. My experience with samplers goes back to around 1983 and my first large sampler design was for a company called Waveframe in 1986. At that time I was already frustrated with the limitations of samplers. In 1987-88 I experimented for a while with physical modeling (some might know this type of technology as waveguides) but I abandoned that approach in 1988. I came back to the problem of music synthesis around 1996-1997 with a determination to do something about what I saw as the limitations of samplers and sample libraries. Synful Orchestra is the result. After 34 years, I believe it is the first music synthesizer with real expressive power. Synful Orchestra is not a sampler or a sample library. Synful Orchestra is not a physical modeling synthesizer. I call the Synful technology Reconstructive Phrase Modeling (RPM) . This is not a hype marketing term. Synful Orchestra with RPM really is new and different in the way it generates sounds. I want to be able to play natural instrument sounds from a MIDI keyboard (or other controller or sequencer) using standard controls (Volume, Mod, Pitch-Wheel, Velocity) in a convincing expressive manner. I want this to be a musical experience without a lot of editing, pushing of special buttons, program changes, pushing special keys, applying special phrasing tools, etc (programming as we call it). When I play legato I want it to sound legato as it would on the instrument I am simulating. When I play staccato I want it to sound staccato. Synful Orchestra is focused on imitating orchestral instruments. Future Synful products will focus on jazz, R+B, rock instruments and roll-your-own new instrument creation. I hope musicians and composers will enjoy using Synful Orchestra as much as I've enjoyed developing it. see Future Developments Eric Lindemann

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