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Re: [PolySix] Re: Trying to Restore a P6.

2016-09-01 by Bob Grieb

Yes, I am familiar with your project.   Cool stuff!   I developed a PIC
replacement for the key assigner on the Poly6, which plugs into the same
socket and replicates the fcn of the original code, but adds MIDI note on and 
off capability.   Replacing those old slow Intel CPU's with a PIC or an AVR chip
is sort of like "shooting fish in a barrel" (haven't heard that expression in a while!).

Bob


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On Thu, 9/1/16, chipaudette@yahoo.com [PolySix] <PolySix@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: [PolySix] Re: Trying to Restore a P6.
 To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016, 4:10 PM
       
       Regarding a modern CPU to replace the 8048, I
 replaced my Polysix's Key Assigner with an Arduino Mega.
  Here's a quick overview...
 http://synthhacker.blogspot.com/2013/03/polysix-aftertouch-and-portamento-demo.html
 I've shared my code for the Key
 Assigner, though there are some caveats: (1) it's super
 ugly code, and (2) it assumes that you've already
 replaced your keybed with a MIDI keybed.  With that said,
 the code is here:
 https://github.com/chipaudette/ArduinoPolySix  Chip

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