[sdiy] Timbreon and firmware synth

ASSI Stromeko at compuserve.de
Wed Mar 9 21:01:50 CET 2005


On Mittwoch, 9. März 2005 02:14, Batz Goodfortune wrote:
> Has anyone done, or even tried to build a synth at firmware level
> using old computer hardware. In theory, even an old 486 board should
> lend it self to this task. Running directly from ROM with no bloated
> OS and minimal hardware support, something like this should fly.

An old Sun SparcStation (2 or IPX) would be the ideal candidate. It has 
the audio codec built-in and can run and network from OpenBoot (a FORTH 
system with the occasional extension) without any help from an 
operating system.


Achim.
-- 
+<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk sonic heaven]>+

SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1:
http://Stromeko.Synth.net/#WaldorfSDada





More information about the Synth-diy mailing list