[sdiy] PC-based synth advice

[Matti E. Leino]

Hi!
I once had this kind of concept on my mind:
Pentium motherboard, 64NB, PCMCIA HD, soundblaster live, controls and
small lcd. I had in my mind that, I'd been using live's emu10k1 dsp as
analog modelling synth. Operating system would be linux, and controls
would send midi messages and parameters, and few buttons for other
functions. Unfortunately, Creative doesn't give detailed specs about
emu10k1, and my project is in ice right now...=(
I have few old 512MB PCMCIA HD's, so OS could be installed there. And I
thinked to use it as sampler / tracker too. All programs running under
linux. Only wishing, that I could have specs for emu...=/

-Masa




> Stefano Chiappa wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I'm working on a PC based synth: I use a single-board PC with some
> components: HD, FDD,DACs and of course a power supply; all this placed
> into a aluminium box.
> I would like to use my system in two situation: studio, where I will
> use the VGA output and a monitor and stage where I'd like to
> use simple LCD. Here is the problem: I can find LCD displays (in
> Italy) only at a cost twice than US and other countries. My question
> is the following: Does someone knows some place where I can buy a LCD
> display (2 * 40 characters could be enought) for a reasonable preice
> ?(possibly in Europe, so the delivery cost will be low) A 40*2 display
> cost me about 60$.
> P.S. I someone has already build a system like mine (as I seen by some
> mails) or has some idea, I'd like to have some advice. For example:
> the PC power supply is quite noisy, I'd like to place it in another
> box, is this a good idea?
> Thank you.
> Stefano Chiappa
> 

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