DIN (DIN Is Noise) is a software musical instrument for the
Linux,
Mac OS X and
Windows operating systems. A DIN player either plays with a keyboard, or uses the
computer mouse to pick both the
pitch (by moving horizontally) and the
volume (by moving vertically) of a sound from an on-screen ''keyboard'' that displays the
notes of the current
scale
Scale or scales may refer to:
Mathematics
* Scale (descriptive set theory), an object defined on a set of points
* Scale (ratio), the ratio of a linear dimension of a model to the corresponding dimension of the original
* Scale factor, a number ...
and a number of
microtones in-between. By varying the mouse position, a player can simultaneously change the pitch & volume of their sound and improvise their music. Players can use
Bezier curves to create and sculpt
waveforms to change the
timbre of the instrument, provide
carrier
Carrier may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Carrier'' (album), a 2013 album by The Dodos
* ''Carrier'' (board game), a South Pacific World War II board game
* ''Carrier'' (TV series), a ten-part documentary miniseries that aired on PBS in April 20 ...
and
modulator waveforms for the
FM and
AM and control other parameters like stereo gater patterns,
Delay
Delay (from Latin: dilatio) may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Delay 1968'', a 1981 album by German experimental rock band Can
* ''The Delay'', a 2012 Uruguayan film
People
* B. H. DeLay (1891–1923), American aviator and acto ...
feedback & volume patterns and
Compressor
A compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. An air compressor is a specific type of gas compressor.
Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transp ...
patterns. Users can also create an unlimited number of
drones pitched on any microtone and edit them in real-time.
DIN uses
JACK to output audio on Linux and accepts input using
MIDI,
OSC
OSC may refer to:
Organizations
* ''Odborové sdružení československé,'' the Czechoslovak Trade Union Association
* Office of Special Counsel (in the United States of America)
* Ohio Supercomputer Center, a computing research facility in Col ...
&
IRC protocols.
DIN is free software on Linux and proprietary software on Windows and Mac OS X.
References
din feature article at Create Digital Music
External links
Din (Din is noise) website
Software synthesizers
Synthesizers
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