SynthModules

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Pulver" <mark@midiwall.com>
>
> Honestly, I dunno... I think that there are certainly a number of DIY
geeks
> out here that will be able to make a LOT of use of this module, but
there's
> a magnitude more of folks that could make use of it - but have no
technical
> prowess to handle a serial interface much less write code to do what they
> imagine in their head.

Many people won't need to write their own code, because the free software
library will keep growing. Or they can hire someone to write custom
software. (Future AH post: [WTB] Will trade a SynthCo VCX1 module for a PSIM
program that provides 2 LFOs, two 5-stage EGs, and MIDI Clock out, all
synch-able.)

I can see a use for a memory bank select board. Then you could load several
programs into the module and select between them with a switch. It would not
quite be a real-time changeover, but a stop/select/restart operation that
would change the personality of the PSIM.

The cost that keeps amazing me. There are "normal" modules that cost as much
as a PSIM, yet are dedicated to a single function. And we haven't even seen
the upcoming version of the processor, which has many more I/O ports.


> Maybe Brice is re-creating a sideline business for a lot of us... BASIC
> consulting. :) The last time I wrote BASIC for hire was in 1980!

That's funny! I actually still get paid for writing BASIC: VBScript for
websites.
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john