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Re: What kind of DIY projects are you currently working on?
« on: September 08, 2011, 03:43:17 PM »
I'm scheming out a homebrew computer based on a couple TMS-9900 CPUs salvaged from broken TI-99/4As...not that I'm likely to ever get anywhere with the projct, but you know, fun to plan at any rate ;)
Computers: Amiga 1200, DEC VAXStation 4000/60, DEC MicroPDP-11/73
Synthesizers: Roland JX-10/MT-32/D-10, Oberheim Matrix-6, Yamaha DX7/FB-01, Korg MS-20 Mini, Ensoniq Mirage/SQ-80, Sequential Circuits Prophet-600, Hohner String Performer

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Re: What kind of DIY projects are you currently working on?
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2011, 06:19:57 PM »
Quote from: espskog;658495
I remember I drew up a plan to make a portable SID player in 1994. It would consist of a cpu, sid and the corresponding electronics + memory to hold sids.
Reminds me of my other "eventually, someday" project to create a Minimoog-style monophonic synthesizer using a SID chip...
Computers: Amiga 1200, DEC VAXStation 4000/60, DEC MicroPDP-11/73
Synthesizers: Roland JX-10/MT-32/D-10, Oberheim Matrix-6, Yamaha DX7/FB-01, Korg MS-20 Mini, Ensoniq Mirage/SQ-80, Sequential Circuits Prophet-600, Hohner String Performer

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Re: What kind of DIY projects are you currently working on?
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2011, 07:35:35 PM »
Quote from: tone007;658503
Plenty of nice C64 mods around, but here's a quick and easy option I turned into a keytar: http://www.qotile.net/cynthcart.html
There is that, yeah, but I'd like to do one layering the voices similar to the Moog's three-oscillator monophonic synth. I believe the MSSIAH cart includes a module for this, but then I'd have to buy a MSSIAH cart, and anyway it'd be fun to do my own :D
Computers: Amiga 1200, DEC VAXStation 4000/60, DEC MicroPDP-11/73
Synthesizers: Roland JX-10/MT-32/D-10, Oberheim Matrix-6, Yamaha DX7/FB-01, Korg MS-20 Mini, Ensoniq Mirage/SQ-80, Sequential Circuits Prophet-600, Hohner String Performer

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Re: What kind of DIY projects are you currently working on?
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2011, 11:03:58 PM »
Computers: Amiga 1200, DEC VAXStation 4000/60, DEC MicroPDP-11/73
Synthesizers: Roland JX-10/MT-32/D-10, Oberheim Matrix-6, Yamaha DX7/FB-01, Korg MS-20 Mini, Ensoniq Mirage/SQ-80, Sequential Circuits Prophet-600, Hohner String Performer

"\'Legacy code\' often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling." - Bjarne Stroustrup