[sdiy] New dsPIC chips with on-chip audio DACs

[jbv]

Tom Wiltshire a *crit :

>
> In fact, if you followed it with a analogue filter and a VCA
> (SSM2045/47 spare anyone?), you could probably build an entire synth
> voice with it.
>

as I love to play the devil's advocate once in while, I'd like to ask if

building synth voices is really the only horizon that offer those new
& cheap & fast dsPIC chips ?
I really don't want to trigger any flame war, but I just wonder if it's
sufficient (if not a bit frustrating) to approach these chips only from
an analog synthesis point of view (MIDI -> DCO -> VCF -> VCA)...

I'm no dsp wizard, but well, a little bit of imagination never kills...
so why not ask how many osc can be run in parallel for additive
synthesis, if FFT/iFFT or NN or GA can be implemented, and how
it could paved the way for new kinds of music gear (affordable and
made by DIYers), and why not for new kinds of music ?

just a few questions for our friday morning...

Best,
JB