[sdiy] Taking a Step towards - - --((FUTURE-PREDICTIONS))-- - -

[Glen]

At 09:27 PM 1/8/04 , James Patchell wrote:

>         Well, I can easily see the XC3S400 being able to "emulate" at 
>least 256 oscillators and 256 multi mode filters and 512 envelope 
>generators (VCAs too), all at one time...in fact, if anything, I am 
>probably underestimating.  The part seems to be capable of clocking at 
>200MHz,  the part should be able to do all that in about 1.3 micro 
>seconds....kinda gives you an idea of the power we are talking about.

It sounds like you could build a nice additive synth on a single chip, at
least an additive monosynth. Is that about right?

later,
Glen Berry