[sdiy] How much is a Chameleon ?

[Paul Maddox]

Tom,

> I think what Paul was referring to (and correct me if I'm wrong,
> Paul) was an idea that he'd had about getting some similar new
> hardware together, perhaps based on the Symphony Soundbite dev board.

Correct, the idea is to use the same chips and use the dev boards as a way
of getting the software right, and sorting out what bits of hardware are
most usefull.

> That'd provide the ADC/DAC (and even has optical in/out) and the DSP,
> and we'd have to design a MIDI interface and a generalised front
> panel of some type. An LCD, some buttons and as many rotary encoders
> as would fit.

A panel with knobs, and MIDI, is part of the plan for QiX.

> I think Paul's original idea was to standardise the
> panel interface so that people could fairly easily design project-
> specific front panels, once they'd got a design working.

Yes, it'll be based on an open serial communication protocol.
Something that will allow people to do whatever they want :-)

> It's a good idea, but everyone has tons to do already.

It's keeping me busy, but it's an interesting challenge.

Paul