Tick-Tock Time to get your Groove On

cstanton over 1 year ago

I've been playing a bunch of rhythm games recently, and I feel like I need a metronome to keep time with the beat.

What're your plans and thoughts for entering this competition?

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milosrasic98 over 1 year ago in reply to robogary +5

This made me go search around the house so I can find the one I got as a birthday present from my parents when I was in elementary school. I just loved going through all of the projects, I was so thrilled…
Jan Cumps over 1 year ago +3

Most of the Science Fair x-in-One kits had a metronome project. source: a copy of my manual on the internet. Fair use as example They also had a little kit. It was always the same simple-yet-educational…
rsjawale24 over 1 year ago in reply to Jan Cumps +3

That's a nice kit. I remember the old days when I used to buy DIY kits and solder them myselfs. Never worked in first try but just buying the kits, soldering them and getting them to work had another level…

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0 dougw over 1 year ago

I've been on a journey to dive deeper into music instrumentation, starting with some retro sound synthesizer chips. I am now progressing to much more capable music synthesizers from this century.
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0 dougw over 1 year ago

I've been on a journey to dive deeper into music instrumentation, starting with some retro sound synthesizer chips. I am now progressing to much more capable music synthesizers from this century.
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0 robogary over 1 year ago in reply to dougw

For this project, I first went down a rabbit hole looking for the PN of a monster size IC from the late 70s that was supposedly used for sound effects. Not finding that PN, my conclusion lines up with your reply, why mess with ancient stuff, should be forward looking.
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0 beacon_dave over 1 year ago in reply to robogary

The TI SN76477 was used for sound effects in 70's arcade games. 28-pin DIP.
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0 robogary over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave

Thank you ! That looks to be what I thinking of.
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0 dougw over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave

Those chips are still readily available.
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0 beacon_dave over 1 year ago in reply to dougw

Hmmm... 'The Envelope Strikes Back' ?

I guess you could hook some up to a MCU using digital pots for control of the analogue side and then build an 'orchestra' out of the different classic arcade game sounds.

(To be followed by the 'Return of the MIDI')
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0 dougw over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave

Is that pronounced "mid eye" ?
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0 beacon_dave over 1 year ago in reply to dougw

I think "med eye" would be closer...
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