[sdiy] Another take at the AVR as a synth

[john mahoney]

I don't think it's such a minor issue. Audio FM it's a powerful feature to
have, especially (IMHO) in a DCO synth where you can rely on precise tuning
(the saving grace of DCOs, also IMHO).

I do think that it's beyond the li'l Atmel's power.

The synth has a good feature set, yes. It's just that I would be eager to
try cross-modulation with wavetable oscs. (Hey -- maybe "it ain't all that",
after all?)
--
john


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.QinetiQ.com>
To: "SynthDIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Another take at the AVR as a synth


> John,
>
> >I hate to nitpick (aw, no I don't), but this is a "big nit":  No VCO
> > Cross-Modulation, i.e. you can't FM one DCO with the other. :-(
>
> Huh?
> IMHO, thats a minor issue, the inclusion of 2 8 step sequencers,
waveshapers
> (ontop of 256 waveforms) and hard sync, makes thing damned impressive in
my
> mind.
> FWIW, I think the only thing that lets it down is the user interface.
>
> > Is this due to CPU limitations?
>
> quite probably, there's a lot going on in there, handling midi, LCD,
buttons
> scanning, plus two lfos, 2 8 step sequencers, 3 egs and two oscillators...
> there's some impressive coding gone on in there!
>
> Paul
>