Digital DIY synths?

[BJ]

Ben Stuyts wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Barry L Klein wrote:
> 
> > I received the same kit after attending one of AD's seminars.  Do these
> > other synths you mention use this same 2181 chip?
> 
> They use all kinds of chips. I think the Nord's and/or Acces Virus use
> multiple Moto 563xx parts. My Zoom 1504 effect processes uses a TI TMS320
> derivative, 

Do you know exactly wich one used TMS320c5xx series??
Iiiiih i have to open upp my ZOOM 1202 to see whats in it!!

>and it can do pitch shifting, vocoding, plus the usual assorti of
> delays. I don't know of any synth that uses the 2181, but I happened to get my
> hands on the eval kit. That's why I was interested in using it for music.

The Novation Drumstation uses a 2181/83 DSP for the percussion
emulation.
And some people say that the new Superstation uses the same DSP but a
bounch
of them!!
Hmm, would be more apropriate to use a Sharc instead!
 
> >  At the seminar they
> > demo'd a SHARC-based synth, which is a much more powerful chip, but it
> > sounded pretty cheasy.
> 
> The demo 2181 board comes with a demo 'Stairway to heaven' song on a plucked
> guitar-like waveform. (Wayne's World?) It sounds pretty awful too.

Agree, sounded crap the karplus strong algorithm, lousy way to promote a
DSP.

> > I think most of us would love to hear of digital synth attempts.  I
> > haven't heard of any modular designs using that approach.
 
> The Nord Modular uses that approach, but it is commercial and very expensive.
> You draw patch leads on a winblows program. Cute.

uNerd is fairly cheap,approx 623USD!!Only four voices but patch 
compatible with the Nerd Modular.
 

BJ