[sdiy] midiDAC

[Paul Maddox]

Chris,

> Paul, will your midiDAC module do what I need - how far is it away from
> production?

Yes, the PolyDAC, has four voices (CV/Gate/Velo) and has two poly modes and
two mono modes.
The Two poly modes are Note Steal (pressing a fifth note steals the voice
from the oldest playing) and note ignore (the fifth note is ignored)
The Two Mono modes , Mono mode1- All four voices play the same
Mono mode2 - each voice on an adjacent midi channel (eg, 5,6,7 and 8)

> Does anyone know of any other alternatives? The commercial ones seem to
> be out of my range - considering I can build things myself.

Tony and I have been discussing prices..
The Chip+PCB will be around 45UKP, depending on how many PCBs we get made..
The cost of parts (expluding panel) should only come to around another 30UKP
(plus you preffered choice of sockets)
So for around 100UKP you can build one.

As for how far complete, well as far as I can tell its done.. It'll be
getting a good hammering this weekend at the SynthDIY UK event, when it'll
be hooked up to two modulars and be tested in four note polymode for the
first time (I only have enough modules for a single oscillator system, but
it works fine in polymodes)...

One thing I will say, the PCB is big, 160mm(deep) by 190mm(tall)

For more info and some pictures visit here ;-
http://www.modulus.synth.net/modular/polydac.shtml

Paul
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