[sdiy] Invent a new module with me?

[Florian Anwander]

Your module exists, but it doesn' cost only $50....

http://www.thomann.de/gb/allenheath_ice_16.htm



Florian

Am 11.08.2014 17:09, schrieb Henry Birdseye:
> Let me pose this question for all you electronic architects.
>
> Of the hundreds of different modules built by several dozen
> manufacturers, there is one module that I have never seen available.
>
> There is no synthesizer module (mine is Eurorack) that records high
> quality audio in long clips. Of course, you can record outputs into your
> PC or on an external device and save it, but I'm envisioning a module
> with, say, 8 inputs via 3mm jack (or banana or 1/4"), it has a simple 5
> button jog control and a recording triggered by pullse. When all is
> recorded, it dumps audio recorded upwards of 96k 24-bit, or less wave,
> ogg, mp3, whatever to a flash card and from there to computer. It would
> play back from the card too. Simple operation and control.
>
> Eurorack modules range in price from $50 to a couple thousand bucks. I
> think this would be an extremely popular thing to own. It honestly has
> never been sold.
>
> There are tens of thousands of synthesizer people now, and the market is
> absolutely churning with new modules and a growing base. Next time you
> have nothing else to think about, ponder how one of these could be built
> into a 3u panel, 2 inches deep as wide as necessary, and how much it
> would cost. I will owe you beers if you can help me conceptualize this
> thing. The forums on MuffWiggler are screaming for a module that
> records. I know it would sell big time.
>
> Thoughts?
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