[sdiy] Timbreon and firmware synth

[phillip m gallo]

I have a variety of single board PC's (TEKNOR), 386sx, 486slc, and 486DX.
I haven't done more than do a std. phase/inc table lookup oscillator and
output thru a companion Media Vision DAC.  Was easy to write as it had
nothing more than a "pick a number interface" with 32bit phase/inc.  There
was plenty of processor freeboard to spare and the form factor is quite
small.  It's funny you mention this as i thought again of this, this morning
on the way in to work.

regards,
p


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From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of ASSI
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:02 PM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Timbreon and firmware synth


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.
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