<div dir="auto">That’s… not a terrible idea. ;)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The best things (IMHO) about the Gnome were the PWM sound (although you had to do it manually) and the EG repeat function. Emulate those and you’re a good part of the way there. The other trick will be to get the ribbon to work. A modern resistor strip will work better, I think. I know it’s a deviation from the original, but what I would do is replace the ribbon with 9 pots (no knobs) to make a mini sequencer. One pot is clock speed, and the other 8 are the notes. Turning a pot all the way up would set the end of the sequence. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On a side note, I always thought it would be fun to design a Gnome-like mini-synth based on a single 2164. Use one section for a VCO, two for a 12db SVF, and the last section for the VCA. You’d want the VCA EG to be linear to work with the expo response of the 2164. You’d also need a handful of op-amps. I went so far as to design some pretty good euro-compatible panel layouts. Someone with more talent and time than I should do something like this. More capabilities than the Gnome, but still similar in spirit. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyway, I think you’ve got an interesting project going there. A Gnome case with a decent sounding synth beneath it would be fun thing to see. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Tim (often mistaken for a gnome) Servo</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 8:57 PM Benjamin Tremblay via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">I’m a heartless bastard. I removed the PAiA pcb, knobs, and switches and am installing a Teensy LC to monitor the control panel and a Teensy 4 to generate oscillator and noise. I’m feeding the audio sources into a 4 pole analog filter and a modern VCA chip. This will be the Gnome I dreamed of getting for fifty bucks when I was strange boy. Stable, wide dynamic range, with a hidden modulation matrix. No MIDI, no patch bay, just a toy.<br>
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