[sdiy] My (polyphonic) problem child

[Paul Maddox]

Olivier,

  That's just awesome, you are a genius... put me down for one when
they're available!

  Looking forward to seeing you at Synth DIY :)

Paul

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Olivier Gillet <ol.gillet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Last year I set myself to build a polyphonic hybrid synth under "DIY
> friendly" constraints: only through-hole parts, 8-bit AVRs (=
> through-hole + open source toolchain), no exotic parts, and easy to
> reproduce for other people. It was a long battle, foolish from its
> premises ; that is now fortunately over! On the way it branched into 3
> different variants of the voicecard and got many new features... The
> result is on par with hybrid polys like the Microwave 1 or the ESQ-1,
> with the added unusual digital oscillator algorithms (CZ-like direct
> synthesis of filtered waveforms, VOSIM-like vowel synthesis,
> band-limited saw/square) and more flexibility in the voice allocation
> and routing!
>
> Some sounds:
> http://mutable-instruments.net/ambika/demos
>
> You can know more about the beast here:
> http://mutable-instruments.net/ambika
>
> Documentation (in progress):
> http://mutable-instruments.net/ambika/build
>
> Source code and Eagle files are available here:
> http://github.com/pichenettes/ambika
>
> I'll bring one at SDIY UK - and Mutable Instruments will sell soon
> PCBs and kits (probably without passives).
>
> Thanks to the few members of this list (esp. Neil Johnson) who helped
> me with some PCB routing problems in january!
>
> Olivier
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