>For a recent surround project, I bought a $25 subharmonic plugin called >PhatProDX (not available for Mac, unfortunately) from Delay Dots, a >Ukrainian company. Although highly CPU inefficient, it sounds cool and >seems to work well. Since I have no experience with hardware subharmonic >synthesizers, however, I have nothing to compare it to. > >Anybody out there familiar with subharmonic synths who may also be >acquainted with this plugin? I'm very curious as to whether it does what >it's supposed to do, and how well. Thanks, Above you write "...it sounds cool and seems to work well". I guess that answers your question wether it does what it is supposed to do. The only HW subharmonic synth I'm aware of is the Doepfer Module for their analog modular system. There it is specifically created to build a Trautonium (which does sound quite nice, IMO). This PhatProDX thing seems to create a single subharmonic only, in particular either the 1. or the 3. (1 or 2 octaves below). Not sure what you expect from it but I'd compare this to a decent bass synth playing the same deep note. Or am I missing something ? Best, Michael -- Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: mgd@... Bang on the LEFT side of your computer to restart Windows. PGP-keys available on request or at public keyserver

>The only HW subharmonic synth I'm aware of is the Doepfer Module for >their analog modular system. There it is specifically created to build >a Trautonium (which does sound quite nice, IMO). What's a Trautonium? >This PhatProDX thing seems to create a single subharmonic only, in >particular either the 1. or the 3. (1 or 2 octaves below). Not sure >what you expect from it but I'd compare this to a decent bass synth >playing the same deep note. > >Or am I missing something ? Michael- My understanding of a subharmonic synthesizer (like the dbx 120) is that it adds deep bottom to existing signals. This can be used to fatten bass tracks in music mixes, but I'm mostly interested in getting that larger than life sound out of spoken voices. I've noticed that, in Disney films for example, big voices have an impossible amount of bottom coming from the subwoofer, and I'm assuming this was accomplished through use of a subharmonic synthesizer. Experienced film mixers feel free to chime in here! Sean McCoy