Hi, I’m new to making sounds with SuperCollider and synths. I have watched some tutorials but haven’t grasped the whole range of parameters for tweaking a sound in the direction I want it to go. For that reason I try to use chatGPT for generating some initial code to then tweak. I was curious about making something like a didgeridoo but I haven’t gotten to a point where the warbling and overlapping sounds sort of pulse and “drone” somewhat. So what’s is a good approach for generating something that sounds like a didgeridoo in SuperCollider?
I have the following code that I adapted from something that sounded like the whining sound in Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Blow Your Head. I changed some of the frequencies, values in the adsr envelope and durations. The sound seems too flat and the tone still feels very off. I think I also lack the vocabulary to describe all the other things that also sound off. For now it just sounds too metallic and alien where as a didgeridoo is somehow “earthy” and soulful.
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SynthDef(\didgeridoo, {
| ffreq = 100, duration = 15 |
var freq = LFNoise2.kr(1) * ffreq + 100;
var env = EnvGen.kr(Env.adsr(0.1, 0.01, 0.63, 0.5), doneAction:2);
var filt = LPF.ar(Saw.ar(freq, 0.2), 250, 0.2);
var amp = env * Line.kr(1, 0, duration, doneAction:2);
var sig = filt * amp * 0.9; //0.8 reduces overall volume
var panned = Pan2.ar(sig, [-1,1]);
panned = Limiter.ar(panned);
Out.ar(0, panned);
}).add;
)
Synth(\didgeridoo);
(
g = fork {
16 do: { arg i, j;
Synth(\didgeridoo, [ \ffreq, 200+i*1.2, \duration, 15]);
((i+1).reciprocal).wait;
}
};
)
Thanks for any orientation and direction on what path to explore or online resources to refer to.