That’s really very good to hear, thanks for the heads-up!
Having a brass model and comb filter on the Phi will really open-up possibilities in ways imaginable and unimaginable. For me it’s the best news ever to hear this stuff is coming to the Phi. It makes all the difference on a synth like this and I cannot wait to get my hands on one!
Only interested in the Phi form factor personally, but great to see this stuff being developed!
I understand the frustration, but how many models are you mixing to do that?
I don’t have one at the moment but the module list alone tells me that it’s an insanely powerful effects processor, one that’s capable of truly otherworldly effects processing. Ultimately (other than CPU) the only limit has got to be the user’s imagination and understanding of module interaction.
Looking forward to that and maybe that’s what Hurolura was referring to by “very soon”.
I don’t know if we’ve got official confirmation of this, but it would be surprising if these weren’t made available for both devices, given how they’ve talked about them.
I thought/hope he was talking about the Phi, but you got me wondering now.
He never mentioned the Phi specifically, but it was in reply to me and I was discussing this in a Phi thread. He referred to the “Anyma Roadmap” so hopefully he’s referring to all devices that fall under the Anyma series of synths (which of course the Phi does).
Thanks for the link although it does state “Omega” and it makes me wonder why if it were for all Anyma series, because it would be exactly the same on the Phi.
I’ll just have to wait and see what happens. I want the Phi, in fact I might buy multiple but only if they’re treating all Anyma series synths to the same sound generating models etc. I suppose they would do that anyway, but I need to be sure before I buy.
I really like that ‘Cathmandu sitar speech’ patch by the way. Sounds right up my street that does, like it belongs on some vintage detective show soundtrack or something!
Anyma Phi got a big firmware update right before the news about the omega broke. (Nov 3rd - Oct 28th)
That seems to me highly suggestive that there’s a shared core of code between the two (either it was extended for the omega, and back-ported to the Phi, or, even better, development may be Phi-first ?)
Would definitely make sense to develop for the Phi first since it guarantees it would run on the Omega too. Not so if they do it the other way around due to the difference in CPU power.
@Hurolura, Not wanting to push my luck here, but is there any chance you could explain the plan regards updates? Can we assume that any update made available for the Anyma series of synthesizers will also include the Phi?
I’m assuming that’s the idea but I don’t know for sure.
@Helland That’s indeed the idea, at least regarding the synth modules (you wouldn’t get Omega specific features like advanced sequencer and multi-part or anything using specific hardware part of the Omega). We would like to keep compatibility and patch exchange among all models.
Thanks again for the heads-up, that’s great to hear
I’ll be buying a Phi very soon and possibly more later on. I’m so pleased to see a company doing physical modeling synthesizers. It’s the ultimate form of synthesis IMHO.
I bought a brand new Korg Z1 back in the day. And although it was a bit more interesting than everything else available at the time, it wasn’t quite what I was expecting.
Just one read through the Phi user manual though and that is what I was expecting. I could never get bored with that lot or anything the future holds for these Anyma series synths!
Anyma Phi will be the best synth I’ve ever owned, I know that before I even buy it
Sorry, I was just thinking out loud because squeak is a good model to have in physical modeling. Think of a huge, creaking old wooden door being closed slowly and eventually coming to a halt, or some rusty old iron swings out in the park, swaying in the wind.
A Squeak model would handle that and it’s similar to other modules in some respects since it involves friction, and it’s cool to feed other modules, it’s capable of some seriously eerie stuff when fed into resonators for example.
No doubt you could get something that approximates a Squeak model, but I doubt it would be as convincing and CPU efficient as a dedicated Squeak model would be.
You have to model the material as well as the friction, and I believe the math involved in modeling the transfer between the member generating the friction (a metal hinge for example) and the attached structure that is resonating (a wooden door for example) is different to that used for modeling the transfer for strings etc.
If I recall, a Squeak model is also great for impulses and generators that can have very favourable results in driving strings. Everything from short impulses to bowed instruments can benefit from it, so it can be thought of as much a utilitarian module as a model.
A generalized system that allowed entering a mathematical simulation equations/method could permit other models. But that would not be as easy for users to create, and might not be well behaved when run.
Other physical modellers do have that capability though. We need a new topic for that discussion. Perhaps – “Other Physical Modelled Sounds”.
I prefer to leave the model design to the developers, and maths was never my strong point anyway. I much prefer the building-block approach they have with Anyma.
One of the reed based oscillators, or perhaps a bowed string, or the two mixed, fed into the modal resonator.
Then the fun starts deciding what to control and how.
Then sometime later you can do a chorus of squeaks, with the Omega. A squeakus ?
