[sdiy] Top Octave Modular

[Elain Klopke]

The Chord Organ does look like a good start. I'll poke and prod at things
to see how it goes. Thanks guys!

On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was gonna say the same about the Chord Organ!  I have one here, it will
> be the next Kit Review on my channel, up next week, which will coincide
> with Thonk having them back in stock.
> Easy way to do paraphonic organ-like polyphony :)
>
> Cheers
>
> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Kylee Kennedy <kmkennedy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sounds fun! You should try the Chord Organ firmware for Tom Whitwell's
>> (Music Thing Modular) Radio Music for some more inspiration.
>> Might be a good place to start to see how easy it works with arduino.
>> This ones Teensy based.
>> Cheers,
>> Kylee
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, April 1, 2017, Elain Klopke <functionofform at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think it could be done with an Arduino. It may need to be a Mega, but
>>> after seeing some of the LED matrix projects, some 74HC595s would work to
>>> control the switches, I'm sure.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 2:35 PM, bill bigrig <billbigrig at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This would certainly be a intriguing project. Could it be done on an
>>>> Arduino or 2? Or would one need to go to a higher system like
>>>> raspberry?
>>>> Rig.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, April 1, 2017 11:39 AM, Elain Klopke <
>>>> functionofform at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So this is another one of those instances where Ian/Elain has an idea
>>>> that combines several branches from various thoughts bouncing around and
>>>> kinda crashing together in a messy heap. I blame my tenure at Art School
>>>> for this design process.
>>>>
>>>> I've always wanted a modular since I first stumbled upon this hobby.
>>>> Lack of space, time, or money has always stopped me. I've also always
>>>> wanted an organ. Mostly a lack of consent from the significant other and
>>>> space has quashed that one.
>>>>
>>>> So here we go again. I have Tom Wiltshire's amazing little NoteDiv
>>>> chips and things keep not panning out for the stand alone paraphonic synth.
>>>>
>>>> I keep thinking about how the Hammond and the string synths have
>>>> discrete chunks that make up the whole thing. tone generator, filters,
>>>> vibrato, chorus, etc. So why isn't there a top octave tone generator module
>>>> yet?
>>>>
>>>> I think it would be interesting to have the 9 different "drawbars" on
>>>> separate outputs so each harmonic could be processed separately and a mixed
>>>> output for the slightly more traditional sound. Throw in a MIDI input to
>>>> simplify controlling the thing. Trigger and Gate outputs. Maybe something
>>>> to even select the harmonics that get switched to the outputs (more fifths,
>>>> higher/lower octaves). CV inputs to automate the "drawbars" that go to the
>>>> mixed output. Some sort of randomizing option would be cool too.
>>>>
>>>> As always, thoughts and criticisms welcome.
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> Quincas Moreira
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