[sdiy] DIY Polysynths

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Colin,

> But building 6 DIY voice boards will cost you 6 times the cost of a single
> DIY voice board, plus there is the extra effort for the common circuitry to
> drive them all as one.

Ermmm <points to scotts FPGA Synth and Phoenix>
Not always

> Which brings me to the second reason.
> Only a subset of synth DIYers seem to be interested in processor-based
> control of their synths, which is pretty much essential for the dynamic
> allocation of multiple voice cards in a polysynth.

Hmmm, I think for at least voice assigner, I'd Agree. But you don't  
need to go nuts with micro control, get a polyDAC, build four voices  
and you're off.
With micro's getting smaller, cheaper and simpler, and coding them  
also gettign simpler, I really don't see why it's an issue.

My person issue with polysynths, is the repetition of building the  
same thing many many times... just plain boring!

> I've been working on a processor-based control system for an old analogue
> poly, which has reached the point where I could knock up a set of cloned
> voice cards to put my own together:

it's official, you're nuts!

Paul