[sdiy] SpeakJet chips

[Oren Leavitt]

Hi Brice,
I listened to your samples - Sounds like fun!

Reminds me of the Mockingboard for the Apple II series computers.

Oren


-----Original Message-----
From: "Brice D. Hornback" <bdh at cyberbound.net>
Sent: Mar 16, 2004 3:02 AM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] SpeakJet chips

So, what do you all think of the SpeakJet chip?  It's a complete 5-channel
sound synthesizer complete with an envelope generator and mixers in an
18-pin DIP chip.  Plus... it does speech and sound effects too!  All it
takes is 5V, GND, and an output wire to your synth to get it going in demo
mode.  Of course, it is fully programmable and has a ton of features.  All
this for only $24.99!  It only takes about five minutes to get it babbling.
I would think this would be a DIY'ers dream come true!

Thoughts?  Comments?

http://www.synthmodules.com/speakjet.htm

- Brice

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brice D. Hornback" <bdh at cyberbound.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 6:49 PM
Subject: [sdiy] SpeakJet chips


> In case you've missed this....
>
> Introducing the new SpeakJet chip from Magnevation.  The SpeakJet is a
> completely self-contained, single-chip voice and complex sound synthesizer
> designed for multiple applications from commercial products to hobby
> projects. The SpeakJet uses a mathematical sound algorithm to control an
> internal 5 channel sound synthesizer to generate "on- the-fly"
> unlimited-vocabulary speech synthesis and complex sound generation. The
> SpeakJet is programmed with 72 speech sound elements called allophones, 43
> predefined sound effects and 12 DTMF touch Tones. Through the selection of
> these sounds and in combination with the control of the Pitch, Rate, Bend
> and Volume parameters, the user has the ability to produce unlimited
phrases
> and sound effect with thousands of variations at any time. The SpeakJet
can
> be controlled simultaneously by voltage changes on any one of its 8 input
> lines and by a single serial output line from a CPU such as the
SynthModules
> PSIM-1 allowing for both CPU-controlled and stand-alone operations. Other
> features include an internal 64 byte input buffer, internal programmable
> EEPROM, 3 programmable outputs and direct user access to the internal 5
> channel sound synthesizer.
>
> In stock and shipping now!
> http://www.synthmodules.com/speakjet.htm
>
> Take care,
> Brice
> http://www.SynthModules.com
>
> "We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams."
>  - Willy Wonka, 1971
>