You are sending MIDI messages from the DAW to the instrument. The basic method is very similar to using an external hardware synth in your DAW. The basic idea is that your DAW should send MIDI to SuperCollider and receive audio from it.Īgain, here are some useful tips from the developer: How the routing works is beyond the scope of this article, but below you’ll find a handy diagram provided by the creator. I included a few modification examples with tutorials for beginners.Ĭonversely, SuperCollider needs to be routed to your DAW (and vice versa) externally as there’s no built-in VST support of any kind. Something like this wouldn’t be possible with any other virtual 808. That is, the users can access the SuperCollider code (which is also called the “Circuit”) and make their own custom 808 with ease. The modifiable and customizable feature by coding is the most iconic feature of the SC-808 and that is different from the original TR-808 and its software clones. Here’s how the developer describes this feature: If you’ve ever edited a Reaper plugin, you’ll know just how easy and intuitive it is to mess around with audio code.
I’m no coder by any means, but even I was able to understand the basic gist of it. SC-808’s source code can be freely edited, meaning that one could customize and fine-tune the emulation exactly as they would like it.
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The fact that the software is running on SuperCollider comes with a pro and a potential con.