[sdiy] Chameleon +studiomix insides

[xmurz at gmx.de]

You find more info, including the complete developement software at:
http://www.soundart-hot.com/
The sound of the AD/DA converters is very clean, and what I heard 
when testing this box at the Musikmesse was superb.
Esp. the bass was deep and clean, something that you don't find often
on these VA-synths. Unfortunately I just got my nord modular rack a week ago
and am not able to afford this box. So I'll do some soldering instead :)
The good thing about this box is it's _completely user programmable,
the switches, knobs, menu structure, IRQ/DMA memory access, it
only takes 19" 1U space and has no fan..
There was a problem, until recently, that you could not get any good application for it,
but now there is one pro synth and a 3-block FX box.. so that isn't an issue anymore.

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If you own/want to buy a peavey studiomix you may want to have a look at it's inside.
It would be a good idea to mod that midi motor slider box so it sends out cc data...
haven't done it myself, but I'm pretty confident that it _can be done and this would
be a good place to post it.
http://510008582973-0001.bei.t-online.de/studiomix/

- Hans

www.komons.de    <gresade music<

08.08.02 03:00:51, Jay Vaughan <jv at access-music.de> wrote:

>If:
>
>1. You have a PC.
>2. You make music.
>3. You're used to buying stuff for around $600.
>4. You're interested in programming/hacking your own music device.
>
>(A lot of music-bar members fit all 4 points, I know)
>
>Then:
>
>Buy a Chameleon.  Right now.  I mean it.
>
>Timo and I spent the evening last night hacking away at it, and it 
>really is a very well made product.  The various API's are easy to 
>get your head around, and there's a *LOT* of instrument functionality 
>that you can do - real, honest-to-goodness instrument functionality - 
>that *DOESN'T* require DSP knowledge.
>
>All of the control stuff, for example, can be written in plain C or 
>C++.  This means that you can fully program how you want things to be 
>controlled - not just the generation side of things (that's all DSP), 
>but control.
>
>Fire up the monosynth DSP program as your simple tone generator, for 
>example, but control it using monster code you wrote on the host 
>processor side of things, and I'm pretty sure you can come up with 
>some seriously interesting new synth designs - or at least, synthesis 
>control designs.  The monosynth design allows for all kinds of wacky 
>control and routing flexibility.
>
>Want to do your own hardware step sequencer?  Well, the MidiShare API 
>makes it *easy* to do ... and since you can drive the monosynth with 
>it...
>
>In short, do not let the DSP nature of Chameleon frighten you off. 
>You can do a lot on the Chameleon, and I mean a lot, without needing 
>to focus on DSP.
>
>And the included monosynth sample is not terribly difficult to 
>understand - actually, its good.  We added a BitReducer module to it 
>fairly easily last night, for example, and it'd be really easy to 
>work on new filters for it, new OSC designs, etc.  It sounds pretty 
>basic, and it is - but you've got all the code, and it's not 
>difficult to make changes to it.
>
>And also, the way things are designed on the Chameleon, its not so 
>hard for ... say ... a budding DSP hacker to put together some DSP 
>code that he then lets someone *else* do all the control (MIDI 
>implementation, sysex, front panel interface, etc) for ... I could 
>see this being the case within 3 to 6 months from here.
>
>Honestly folks, I wouldn't be saying this if I didn't think this is a 
>worthwhile product to get behind - after all, check my .sig.  I don't 
>work for SoundArt.
>
>Not to mention that the new Australis synth is pretty damned nice. 
>If there are 2 other synths like this released for the Chameleon 
>soon, then it will have been a success...
>
>-- 
>
>j.
>--
>Jay Vaughan
>jv at access-music.de
>Access Music Electronics
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