<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span>Soft Mellotrone?? Yes please!</span></div><div><span><br></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Saturday, April 15, 2017 7:29 AM, cheater00 cheater00 <cheater00@gmail.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div dir="ltr">If you search aliexpress for vs1053 you can find boards with more<br clear="none">signals on the headers. For example:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-VS1053-MP3-recording-module-development-board-on-board-recording-function/32223376203.html" target="_blank">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-VS1053-MP3-recording-module-development-board-on-board-recording-function/32223376203.html</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1PCS-VS1003B/1465138635.html" target="_blank">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1PCS-VS1003B/1465138635.html</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/ALIENTEK-VS1053-Module-MP3-Player-Audio-Decoding-STM32-Microcontroller-Development-Board/32333457600.html" target="_blank">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/ALIENTEK-VS1053-Module-MP3-Player-Audio-Decoding-STM32-Microcontroller-Development-Board/32333457600.html</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2PCS-ALIENTEK-VS1053-Module-MP3-Player-Audio-Decoding-STM32-Microcontroller-Development-Board/32334603753.html" target="_blank">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2PCS-ALIENTEK-VS1053-Module-MP3-Player-Audio-Decoding-STM32-Microcontroller-Development-Board/32334603753.html</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Mikko Helin <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:maohelin@gmail.com" href="mailto:maohelin@gmail.com">maohelin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> That company is located in our little town, been chatting with some of<br clear="none">> their staff sometime ago when they were prototyping active studio<br clear="none">> monitors. These days they have one of the best room correction<br clear="none">> equipment for subwoofers (the product is known as "Anti-mode"):<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/dspeaker-anti-mode-20-dualcore-digital-signal-processor/" target="_blank">http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/dspeaker-anti-mode-20-dualcore-digital-signal-processor/</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> They have beend developing a new version Anti-Mode for years,seen the<br clear="none">> prototype, they used several of those VS chips there with Buww-Brown<br clear="none">> 24-bit converters (PCM1794A).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Their newest chip VS1010 is an improved version ofthe VS1053:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.vlsi.fi/en/products/vs1010mcu.html" target="_blank">http://www.vlsi.fi/en/products/vs1010mcu.html</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Guess you could implement a soft mellotrone easily using the SD card interface.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Mike HEQX <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mike@heqx.com" href="mailto:mike@heqx.com">mike@heqx.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> 6 bucks plus shipping for this IC mounted on a dev board is really cheap.,<br clear="none">>> but why market this as an mp3 playback board when it can do a lot more?<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> This is the Adafruit breakout for comparison.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.adafruit.com/product/1381" target="_blank">https://www.adafruit.com/product/1381</a><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> but then again, and for more money...<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13660" target="_blank">https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13660</a><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Definitely on my list of things to do this year.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Quincas' video really got me fired up on the Tsunami which is more yet, but<br clear="none">>> more awesome.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> On 4/14/2017 2:53 AM, Elaine Klopke wrote:<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> It looks like the only way of recording anything is through the crappy<br clear="none">>>> little microphone that's built into the board...<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>>> On Apr 13, 2017, at 9:20 PM, cheater00 cheater00 <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:cheater00@gmail.com" href="mailto:cheater00@gmail.com">cheater00@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">>>>> wrote:<br clear="none">>>>><br clear="none">>>>> Hi,<br clear="none">>>>> Has anyone tried using something like this for music? Sampling etc?<br clear="none">>>>><br clear="none">>>>><br clear="none">>>>> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/VS1053-MP3-Module-Development-Board-w-On-Board-Recording-Function-SPI-Interface/1893615339.html" target="_blank">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/VS1053-MP3-Module-Development-Board-w-On-Board-Recording-Function-SPI-Interface/1893615339.html</a><br clear="none">>>>><br clear="none">>>>> It's really cheap, and at $6.50 plus maybe $2 shipping it doesn't make<br clear="none">>>>> sense to build your own. 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