[sdiy] JOMOX

[cheater cheater]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 13:41, Thomas Strathmann <thomas at pdp7.org> wrote:
> On 10/21/10 10:50 , Gergo Palatinszky wrote:
>>
>> All the time when I see this kind of projects/synths I'm really wondering
>> that we cannot develop an open HW+SW platform basically a synth motherboard
>> where everybody can develop an own module ... digitally controlled
>> switching/routing matrix for audio/control voltages ...several
>> controller(encoder) which can be assigned to a module(for a time being to
>> set and save parameters there) a bus system where 16-24-32-... independent
>> module can be plugged in - can be changed easily (different modular config
>> can be set very fastly)
>> Each module have a digital part for controllers assignment and for storing
>> control parameters ...
>
>>
>>
>> At least it would be nice to start a specification round to see that this
>> kind of community could be able to do it or not.... might comercial modular
>> manufacturer can join to it ...
>
> The main problem with specifications for very abstract and general things is
> that people can and will go wild adding feature after feature and not only
> does realizability suffer, but you also won't arrive at a well-rounded
> design which could be interesting to manufacturers because it is interesting
> to consumers.
>
> Instead of just building a complete platform, I would rather collect
> different circuits and idioms of building certain things like modulation
> matrices, interfaces between digital control and analog sound generation,
> etc. This should include mechanical details so a person with reasonable
> skills and some free time on his hands could mix and match the different
> parts to come up with a basic design suitable for the synth of processor he
> wants to build. Kind of like the libraries for VLSI design. This should be
> an attainable goal as it "only" requires that people take the time to
> identify re-usable parts of their designs, extract them, write a little in
> the way of documentation (a name, a few words on what it does and maybe how
> if it's not easily deduced from the schematics, and some hints on how to use
> it, again only if there are some "special things" to consider), and publish
> them.

> But I guess this is not the case for most (if not all) people here who
> could contribute any meaningful bits, so this endeavour will probably never
> take off.

What makes you think so?

Cheers,
D.