[sdiy] Interesting article on top octave generators.

[Roman Sowa]

My friend recently used super fancy microcontroller on a small submodule 
in a polysynth project, only for the timers. Because the module cost 6 
EUR and contains eight 16-bit timers. And that is actually cheaper than 
8253 which contains only 3 timers.

Nevertheless I can understand the joy of making TOG with about 50 of 
common logic ICs. I'm actually one of those guys who would rather do 
that than employ any modern micro for the task. Especially now when you 
can buy almost any logic IC in tiny 2x3mm package.

Roman

W dniu 2024-12-31 o 16:22, Gordonjcp pisze:
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 04:23:24PM -0800, Donald Tillman wrote:
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>> Strategically it would make a lot of sense to build a 12 oscillator board that cables into the IC sockets, sell off the working TOG chip, and then either sell boards to other Hammond X5 hackers, or just publish the schematic, parts list, and Gerber files.
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> Why would you make such a comically overcomplicated device with so many fiddly adjustments, when you can just spend a couple of quid on an inexpensive multi-channel programmable divider?
> 
> It makes no sense, and having twelve oscillators that all drift randomly in and out of tune would drastically affect the character of the instrument. Also, a board with twelve oscillators is far more of a redesign than a simple single-chip divider replacement.
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