ComputerVoltageSources

Okay, it's a heresy, but someone's gotta ask:

Does the Speakjet really belong in a module that is otherwise
dedicated to being a control voltage processor?

--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, David Cornutt 
<cornutt@...> wrote:
>
> Okay, it's a heresy, but someone's gotta ask:
> 
> Does the Speakjet really belong in a module that is otherwise
> dedicated to being a control voltage processor?
>

I'm not going to argue either way.  I added it to my PSIM because I 
had two unused pins that weren't commited.  I haven't figured out much 
to do with it as a speech synthesizer.  However, I just bought a 
TTS256 chip which should make it a lot easier to program.  Prior to my 
display I was using it for monitoring controls and signals.

The one fun thing I did was to synthesize voice to feed into my 
vocoder.  I thought that was a bit circular - using a synthesized 
voice to vocally synthesize a synthesizer.

However, I don't think of my module as just a control voltage 
processor.  It's a general purpose module; I just can't process real-
time audio.  My trig-gate-cv program is a good example.  I sample and 
save gate, CV, and (implied) trigger, along with their timestamps into 
a 128 event queue.  Then I send all three events out a specific time 
later (1 to 10 seconds).  My arpeggiate program monitors a CV.  If it 
remains stable for a specified time, then I output an arpgeggiation 
sequence.  I can record up to 100 events for a user-defined sequence.  
I think of both these programs as more than just a control voltage 
processor.

For grins I added an audio processing routine to the arpeggiator and 
made a stand-alone bass-line generator.  I programmed in the bass line 
to Rider on the Storm.  It only outputs square waves, but what the 
heck.

Dave