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Subject: Re: [PolySix] midi retrofit options / sysex data?

From: Andrew Jury <andy@networkjabber.com>
Date: 2010-11-16

I guess so, although I am not convinced all this silicon and discrete
components would fit on a board the same size as the Œ367! If I was
redesigning the Œ367 then I would also be tempted to use a CPU with better
I/O expansion than the Z80 which takes over the the 8048 when the kit is
fitted. Then you could dump all the 40 pin PPIs. Also you¹d be able to open
up flash RAM for patch storage, instead of SRAM, etc Bottom line is that:

1. Eventually you¹ll have designed something that is no longer a Polysix
2. The R and D time for this is massive!

Hey, you could even sample of the voice from a Polysix and then play it back
from a ROM instead of using all those horrid old SSM chips! Hold on, got to
go, people are starting to throw stones at me!

Cheers,
Andy




On 16/11/2010 14:47, "Malte Rogacki" <gacki@gacki.sax.de> wrote:
>
> Something that came to mind recently:
>
> The factory MIDI kit essentially "takes over" some of the functionality of
> the KLM-367A if I'm not mistaken (for example, RAM and processor). Wouldn't
> it be possible to create a sort of hybrid board of the KLM-367 and the MIDI
> board that combines this functionality into a single PCB? Some kind of
> redesign?
>
>



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