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Re: New file uploaded to motm

2004-04-20 by charlesosthelder

Did both and placed the order with Brice!

The demo circuit looks ridiculously simply.  What control do you have 
over that?  Is there an input I missed or is the voltage varied?  If 
you got all of that from tying all those pins together, the 
entertainment factor alone rationalizes the 25 bucks!

Chub

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" <mmarsh@w...> wrote:
> Hey Chub -
> 
> Brice has a simple circuit to put the thing into demo mode with two 
> AA batteries.  That's the setup I used to record the sample.  He 
has 
> another circuit that's only slightly more complicated to interface 
> the chip to a computer via serial.  I'm gonna build this one, too, 
> then start with Brice's software to control the chip directly.
> 
> It will also be interfaced to the PSIM for even more fun...
> 
> Check out Brice's site (www.synthmodules.com) for more info and the 
> user manual.  It's only twenty five bucks!
> 
> Mike
> 
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "charlesosthelder" <osthelder@n...> 
> wrote:
> > That was enough to make me order one of these.  Babble or 
whatever, 
> > that thing is going to find a way into my system.
> > 
> > What else can you tell us about the set up of this chip for demo 
> > purposes?
> > 
> > Chub-babbling and whatever
> > 
> >  --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Brice D. Hornback" <bdh@c...> 
wrote:
> > > For more information on the SpeakJet chip and to download the 
> latest
> > > manual... see:
> > > http://www.synthmodules.com/speakjet.htm
> > > 
> > > It does *much* more than just speak (or babble).  I've only 
begun 
> > working
> > > with the internal 5 channel sound synthesizer code for the PSIM-
> 1.  
> > More
> > > details on this later.  Keep watching the Web site.
> > > 
> > > - Brice
> > > 
> > > "We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the 
dreams."
> > > - Willy Wonka, 1971
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Mike Marsh" <mmarsh@w...>
> > > To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 9:18 PM
> > > Subject: [motm] Re: New file uploaded to motm
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Can't find that info in the doc, and I didn't see anything on 
> > their
> > > > web site.  At $24.99 it's worth the investment to 
experiment., 
> me
> > > > thinks.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" <mmarsh@w...> wrote:
> > > > > Good question: I don't know off hand.  I'll check in the 
docs 
> > and
> > > > > report back.  I do know that the MP3 I posted was raw - no
> > > > > processing except a volume boost, post recording.  Sounds 
> pretty
> > > > > good...
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "John Loffink" <jloffink@a...> 
> > wrote:
> > > > > > Nice!  What's the bandwidth limit on the synthesizer?  
> That's
> > > > the
> > > > > only
> > > > > > problem I had with the old ones like the TI 99/4A 
> attachment.
> > > > > They needed
> > > > > > something like an aural exciter to bring the fidelity up 
to 
> > par.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > John Loffink
> > > > > > The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
> > > > > > http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
> > > > > > The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
> > > > > > http://www.wavemakers-synth.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Mike Marsh [mailto:mmarsh@w...]
> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 2:57 PM
> > > > > > > To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > > Subject: [motm] Re: New file uploaded to motm
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Indeed!  What's intriguing about it is that it is a 
full 
> > blown
> > > > > synth
> > > > > > > as well.  5 oscillators!  I have it hooked up in 
minimal 
> > demo
> > > > > mode
> > > > > > > at the moment, but I'm in process of building a serial
> > > > interface
> > > > > for
> > > > > > > it based on Brice's schematic.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cool!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mike
> > > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >

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