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

[jbv]

Tom,

I hope it is clear that I didn't mean any personal attack nor criticism
in my previous post... it's just that I've always felt that there might be

other possibilities beyond a regular synth voice...
I agree that the old vco-vcf-vca paradigm is rather powerful &
attractive, but after all it's only 1 possible  synthesis technique
(substractive synthesis)... probably the most  widespread because it
was the easier & cheaper to implement 30/40 years ago.
But as new DSPs & uCs become cheaper & more powerful everyday,
that "should" pave the way for new musical / technical undertakings...
For instance I wish I had time to take a closer look (and of course
play with) the Propeller by Parallas...
Of course high end math skills might help a lot when it comes to
DSPs and other similar beasts, but I'm also convinced that a bit of
imagination can also help, as long as one can write code...

>
> If someone would like to try, I'm sure you could write a 6 or 8
> operator FM synth voice with one too.

yep, that crossed my mind too... I must confess I haven't got the time
to follow the present thread closely, nor to browse any data sheet for
those dsPIC chips, but I was wondering : once a 6 or 8 parameters FM voice

is impleted, is there enough horse power left for a few others, and (if
yes)
some granular control via MIDI ?
I know that's a rough description, but you get the idea...
 Another question : is there a way to chain those dsPICs so that they
might
interact somehow, and can they share external resources (RAM etc) ?

Best,
JB