[sdiy] AI code generation

[drheqx]

I have a degree in computer science, and I'm smart enough to know that I
can't write GUI apps in 30 seconds. Chat GPT gave me a compiled python
executable in under a minute with embedded demo data to illustrate future
functionality. In the mean time I've got the head EE ,who is ten years
older than me working out complex algorithms for a big FPGA using Claude.
He uses Gemini for the easy stuff. He's kicking ass!! I love it!! We're
saving so much time and money, it's astonishing.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 7:47 AM Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:

> Yes, exactly this. It's very easy to "turn up the speed" a bit for the
> communications with the voices while keeping the basic MIDI protocol or
> something very similar to it. You can have "external MIDI" coming in at
> 31.25Kbaud and "Internal MIDI" going to voices at a few hundred Kbaud with
> no problems at all. Keeping the two things the same/similar makes merging
> and passing the external messages along very simple.
>
> > On 11 Aug 2026, at 12:27, Roman Sowa via Synth-diy <
> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> >
> > In most cases I haven't dig down so much to analyze the transmission, it
> was rarely the problem anyway, and first time I saw it was when servicing
> Polyevolver keyboard. I was really surprised that all controls and voice
> assignment is done with plain MIDI messages, they were possibly faster than
> MIDI, but I can't remember correctly.
> >
> > This is possibly the easiest and pretty common when you have MIDI input
> in a synth.
> >
> > To mention my long time ongoing project, I did exactly the same. MIDI in
> from external world and MIDI IN from the panel. Main reason is that I can
> simply merge those 2 and throw at CV/voice control without caring if it
> came from external controller or its own panel. One set of procedures for
> all.
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > W dniu 2026-08-08 o 16:57, grant musictechnologiesgroup.com pisze:
> >> I love that the panel MCU is a MIDI controller for the rest. Is this a
> >> pretty common technique? Reminds me of some laptop keyboards and/or
> >> trackpads that are USB HID devices. I think I've seen this before.
> >> Perhaps Korg.
> >> On 8/7/2026 4:31 PM, cheater cheater via Synth-diy wrote:
> >>> Someone's been reverse engineering the Roland TR-6S using Claude and
> Ghidra:
> >>>
> >>> https://averywagar.com/post/tr6s-part1/
> >>>
> >>> I thought people in this thread might be interested
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 11:33 AM Sean Ellis via Synth-diy
> >>> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> For this project I've asked it to do any work in Arduino language and
> add comments on every line. Fantastic way to learn, not just to hand it off.
> >>>>
> >>>> ________________________________
> >>>> From: Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of
> francesco mulassano via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> >>>> Sent: Monday, 27 July 2026 10:08 AM
> >>>> To: Adam (synthDIY) <synthdiy at adambaby.com>
> >>>> Cc: SDIY <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] AI code generation
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> No, be careful.
> >>>>
> >>>> You need to know what you're doing, otherwise you'll never end up
> with something that's actually production-ready.
> >>>>
> >>>> Think of AI as a junior developer who writes code better and faster
> than you do, but who doesn't know what to do without your guidance. When it
> gets stuck or goes down the wrong path, you have to steer it in the right
> direction. And if you don't know how to solve the problem yourself...
> you're stuck too.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Il giorno lun 27 lug 2026 alle ore 09:57 Adam (synthDIY) <
> synthdiy at adambaby.com> ha scritto:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 27 Jul 2026, at 17:41, Sean Ellis via Synth-diy <
> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> TBH, quite scary how knowledge is pretty useless now as long as you
> have access to LLMs.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ah HA! That's EXACTLY what "they" want you to think.....
> >>>>
> >>>> ;- )
> >>>> A
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