Off topic digital help needed

[Paul Perry]

At 10:38 AM 18/07/97 +0100, Colin Fraser wrote:
>I plan to build a delay similar to this except it will sync to DIN Sync.
>No CPU should be required - all you need to do is replace the clock
>generator in your delay with the oscillator output of a phase-lock loop

do people have strong opinions on whether to use a uart or a pic for this
kind of thing? at the prices I see for the uarts in the Penfold designs etc
it might be cheaper to use a small micro though not as simple overall with
the programming.....are there any cheap easy useful digital serial to
parallel doodads that I have missed in the last 15 years?
Certainly I know many people who want a very cheap lfo locked to clock

Using the sync pulses or even a click loop running concurrently with the
main track it should be possible to make a frequency to voltage convertor to
give a tempo-dependent control voltage. This could be used to drive a linear
vco to drive a delay line clock for either a MN bucket brigade or perhaps
even a HT8955 codec (with some hacking).......using a click would mean no
need to decode the midi string....don't throw away any of those d*gital drum
machines

paul perry melb aust