215 Instrument MIDI Synthesizer

RE: 215 Instrument MIDI Synthesizer

DAB — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:54:10 GMT

Nice build Douglas.

RE: 215 Instrument MIDI Synthesizer

rsc — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:18:04 GMT

I've played with this chip on an Adafruit music maker featherwing board

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-music-maker-featherwing

RE: 215 Instrument MIDI Synthesizer

beacon_dave — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:09:23 GMT

Looking and sounding great.

You perhaps now need to build yourself a haptic drum kit MIDI controller to go with it [emoticon:c4563cd7d5574777a71c318021cbbcc8]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ioWDrrJWS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcoNgCHZyTE

RE: 215 Instrument MIDI Synthesizer

genebren — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:34:07 GMT

Well done Maestro! This turned out very nicely. The wide range of voices is a really nice touch for this chip.

RE: 215 Instrument MIDI Synthesizer

robogary — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:28:39 GMT

Really nice project.

What 3D modeling tool pkg do you use ?

I'm a bit confused on the controls, does the MIDI run by itself, or does it need to interface to Hydrogen on a PC, or is a bit of both ?

RE: 215 Instrument MIDI Synthesizer

dang74 — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:04:11 GMT

Amazing project Doug. I just listened to the anthems. They sound great. The organ and harpsichord really shine through on some of the anthems. I am going to listen to the classical music now. Oh, and don't forget to post the links for the layout, BOM and 3D files. You have some text alluding to these... but at the time that I am reading this, the links are not there.

RE: 215 Instrument MIDI Synthesizer

javagoza — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 11:14:41 GMT

Very interesting [mention:193ac2434c814a24b46635a2210baec1:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] . I am trying to make a synthesizer with the Spartan-7 FPGA. At the moment I already have a simple Direct Digital Synthesis Module implemented in SystemVerilog and I have started designing an ADSR (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release) module. I am very interested in the MIDI connection part of your project, I think I will be able to make a simplified parser for the MIDI protocol. I have a question: How do you connect the midi interface with the PC? Is a MIDI controller card needed or can a USB UART bridge be used?