[sdiy] older PC synth applications

[Ken Stone]

I'm using old PCs as keyscanners, and to drive DACs and DCOs etc. It's still
a work in progress, but you can see some of what I've done at :
http://198.164.142.50/~cgs/
Look under History, April 2000, June 2000 and November 2000

Ken

>On 2002-02-18 10:28 -0800, Nicholas Pelkey wrote:
>
>> hey i was just given an older packard bell computer.. early
>> ninties issue... its using either 3.11 for Windows.. or
>> something similar... I can confirm that later.
>> 
>> Main question.. Are there any fun synth applications for this
>> sort of computer?  Either programs.. or a way to use it as a
>> MIDI or CV brain?
>
>To generate sounds, I don't think it's worth it, but you turn it
>into a MIDI merger/matrix/processor. In the late eighties, I was
>sequencing MIDI with a 6502-based computer and a 386 has at least
>20 times the processing power.
>
>One application would be using it as the brain of a DIY master
>keyboard. You could use the monitor to display the split zones and
>save the floppy disk drive to save the patches. Add endless knobs
>made with stepper motors as someone suggested not long ago. Yum...
>
>-- 
>André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
>http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/
>
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