[sdiy] Simple MIDI-syncable LFO...?

[Rainer Buchty]

>The problem with synth hardware is that every synth had a different data
>structure, and reverse engineering it would be an interesting challenge.

Oh, that one I know. At least for the desired machine(s) which are ESQ1
and SQ80.

>From the sampled WAV file I already got the impression that this is
plain AFSK, but what strikes me is that I can't identify "packets" of
any sort. And no, it doesn't seem to be CUTS/KCS as I get individual 0s
and 1s.

>I think most of us use disks these days. :-)

Tell my old crap :)

>Actually I'm surprised how few synths have hard disks built in. They're
>incredibly cheap now and - if you were to build a synth round a tiny
>embedded PC board running Linux - fairly easy to use.

It doesn't even need to be a hard drive (which after all puts more
stress on the PSU and also adds noise to the studio), but it would be
nice if they came with a compact flash slot to slam in a dirt cheap CF.

Rainer