Overview

The PAF-POPR firmware offers exploration of Phase Aligned Formant synthesis, using the POPR approach to ML.

PAF

Phase Aligned Formant synthesis was developed my Miller Pucklette in the mid 90s. It offers methods for creating complex spectra that avoid common issues with subtractive and FM. The synth runs 3 PAF operators and a delay effect. 19 sound generation parameters are controlled by the three axes of the joystick.

Inputs

The PAF synth is controlled by MIDI. It listens for note on messages on channel 1. These control the frequency of the first operator; the other two operators are detuned from this frequency. The amplitude is also controlled by these messages.

Outputs

Mono sound is output to both channels of the line out and headphone sockets.

POPR approach

Use the POPR controls to try and build a new instrument: a joystick that controls sound by interpolating between the position-sound pairs that are contained in the training data.

Files

Code

https://github.com/MusicallyEmbodiedML/MEMLNaut-PAF-POPR

Firmware Download

https://github.com/MusicallyEmbodiedML/MEMLNaut-PAF-POPR/releases/tag/V1.0