synth (7)

Paula

So what next?

Now that I've finished the b version of the LT6502, what next? I think I'm going to pause 6502 things for a while, I have two music projects that I would really like to start work on, but I need to finish this other music…

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Paula

A synth project

Having had a couple of months break from synths I decided to pick up an old project (early 2025) and start work on it. This is user interface for the rather excellent XVA1 (or XFM2) from Futur3 Sounds so there is nothing of mine sound…

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Paula

It's been a month, or two

It's been a while since I wrote, a lot has been going on. Firstly, the Transputer saga, I got a PCB from Oscar Toledo (https://github.com/nanochess/transputer) and confirmed that my TRAMs did indeed pass the tests with his card. However they did not with mine. Then…

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Paula

YASP update & name

I've decided on a name, at least for now, TinySynth. Basically because, well, it's tiny. So a lot has, and hasn't happened, it's sort of being developed in fits and starts as and when I have the beans to work on it. Which I'm fine…

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Paula

YASP (Yet Another Synth Project)

ok, ok, I know, I should finish something first...... but.... no seriously, let me explain.... So one of the things that frustrates me is having to sit in my study of an evening to play with my synths, it takes me away from my other…

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Paula

Even more synth updates

Things have been moving with synth projects this last month, first up the Quardowave card for the Isla Instruments Caladan has arrived, I've assembled it, checked power and got blink working on the CPUs. I still have to debug the VCFs but the other parts,…

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