Doepfer

Open source mp3
player:

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Silas Johansen <sijodk@gmail.com>
wrote:&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;> Does it have to be an
iPod? With the fancy controls&#13;&#10;> in modern
iPods it's&#13;&#10;> probably not worth the trouble
hacking them when you&#13;&#10;> can get
inexpensive&#13;&#10;> noname mp3 players with normal
pushbuttons that&#13;&#10;> could be hacked in the
way&#13;&#10;> you describe with relatively little
effort. Sure,&#13;&#10;> you might already
have&#13;&#10;> iPods galore lying around, but we're
talking a lot&#13;&#10;> less than the cost of
a&#13;&#10;> module if you can live with "only" a
gigabyte - more&#13;&#10;> than enough for
hours&#13;&#10;> of live performance, even if you run
it constantly.&#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;> But I must say I
really like your module idea - I&#13;&#10;> might
implement it or&#13;&#10;> something similar with a
non-iPod player.&#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;>
Cheers,&#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;> Silas&#13;&#10;>
&#13;&#10;> On 7/3/07, ersatzplanet
<the_ersatz_planet@mac.com>&#13;&#10;>
wrote:&#13;&#10;> >&#13;&#10;> >   I had an idea for a
wacky module yesterday and&#13;&#10;> thought I would
share it.&#13;&#10;> > Maybe a person&#13;&#10;> >
with better electronic chops than me can make
one.&#13;&#10;> > I offten play with ambient sound
backgrounds. I&#13;&#10;> used to use a
reel-to-reel&#13;&#10;> > with custom&#13;&#10;> >
tape loops, then a Tascam Porastudio, and now
a&#13;&#10;> retired iPod. I have a&#13;&#10;> > bunch
of them that&#13;&#10;> > were given to me by
co-workers when they broke. A&#13;&#10;> new hard
drive and they&#13;&#10;> > work fine. My&#13;&#10;> >
girlfriend just got a iPod Nano and the thing
is&#13;&#10;> so small and compact that&#13;&#10;> > I
thought one&#13;&#10;> > would be great mounted to a
panel on my modular.&#13;&#10;> Connect the dock cable
to&#13;&#10;> > give it&#13;&#10;> > power and get the
audio from it. Then the good&#13;&#10;> part - control
it through&#13;&#10;> > the connector&#13;&#10;> >
too. I see having just the basic controls
made&#13;&#10;> CV-able. Have a trigger in&#13;&#10;>
> that does the&#13;&#10;> > previous song selection,
a trigger for the next&#13;&#10;> song selection, and
both a&#13;&#10;> > trigger that&#13;&#10;> > toggles
play/pause and a gate in that plays on the&#13;&#10;>
gate high. The iPod&#13;&#10;> > controls are
serial&#13;&#10;> > in the latest units so that's the
circuitry I&#13;&#10;> can't hack but I have
an&#13;&#10;> > older iPod from when&#13;&#10;> > they
used the remote control/headphone connector&#13;&#10;>
and I may try just&#13;&#10;> > "pushing
it's&#13;&#10;> > buttons" via a electronic switch
module. Worth a&#13;&#10;> try. The older hard
drive&#13;&#10;> > iPods don't react&#13;&#10;> >
super fast but the flash based units are
pretty&#13;&#10;> snappy. it would be fun&#13;&#10;> >
for timed sound&#13;&#10;> > effects or ambient
noises. I'm sure Doepfer would&#13;&#10;> not be
interested in&#13;&#10;> > making one, but
I&#13;&#10;> > sure would love to have one.&#13;&#10;>
> For those with the chops here is a site that
has&#13;&#10;> the pinouts for the&#13;&#10;> >
connector and a brief&#13;&#10;> > discription of the
serial protocol used in the&#13;&#10;>
remotes:&#13;&#10;> >&#13;&#10;>
http://pinouts.ru/PortableDevices/ipod_pinout.shtml&#13;&#10;>
> I can see it as a panel with the nano clipped
to&#13;&#10;> it and a connector cable&#13;&#10;> >
rinning into the&#13;&#10;> > panel and 6 jacks below
- 4 control ins and 2&#13;&#10;> audio
outs.&#13;&#10;> > -James&#13;&#10;> >&#13;&#10;> > 
&#13;&#10;> >&#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;>
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