Mmm. Retro computers and Modular synthesisers. Two great tastes that taste great together :-) So many ideas of what you could do with the setup, especially if you can get more DACs.
The implications!!! I agree. I've been stewing on buying more of their units at DCP just so I can have more compatible DACs! But, there is instruction in the manual on wiring up one's own. It's all still addressable via that DCP device. Thanks for watching!
Hey Jeremy! So yeah I’m new to this UA-cam thing and I tried to edit out all footage of me saying 0-5V once I learned the DAC only did 0-2.5V. Maybe I didn’t get every line lol. What this means however is that there is still 2.5V of unused control real estate (2.5-5V) because the synth itself actually runs on 5V control. Sorry for the confusion!
Cool project! Timely, too, since I just found my Apple ][ in the attic 👍 Instead of that expensive and (somewhat) rare bit of kit, you could just hang a simple R2R DAC off of the bus (with address decoder and latch register).
Yes I plan to do this to make more DACs for the varying synth parameters! You can daisy chain through the DCP kit however and keep tidy addresses so I’ll probably just do that. But if I need 10+ DAC’s who knows! Synth stuff is a rabbit hole lol.
@@joshuacolemanmakes7518 My Apple ][ (which I got second-hand several decades ago) came with a printer adapter which is useless to me and not worth much. I may attempt to make a DAC from it and build a simple synth to control with it 👍 (well… it's on the TODO list, anyway 😅)
very true lol! I was gonna program some various tone lengths and maybe even one expressive sound to liven it up. alas, i have not the time and just gotta plug on. thanks so much for watching!
Mmm. Retro computers and Modular synthesisers. Two great tastes that taste great together :-)
So many ideas of what you could do with the setup, especially if you can get more DACs.
The implications!!! I agree. I've been stewing on buying more of their units at DCP just so I can have more compatible DACs! But, there is instruction in the manual on wiring up one's own. It's all still addressable via that DCP device.
Thanks for watching!
Love these videos. Watched this when it appeared on Hackaday and checked out the rest this morning. Thank you.
Thank you for the support!
Very entertaining. It just popped up on Hackaday and grabbed my attention. Great work.
This is great!
Is it 0 - 2.5 volts or 0 - 5 volts? Seems like both are referred to in the video? (also saw 2.55 somewhere).
Neat stuff!
Hey Jeremy! So yeah I’m new to this UA-cam thing and I tried to edit out all footage of me saying 0-5V once I learned the DAC only did 0-2.5V. Maybe I didn’t get every line lol.
What this means however is that there is still 2.5V of unused control real estate (2.5-5V) because the synth itself actually runs on 5V control.
Sorry for the confusion!
Cool project! Timely, too, since I just found my Apple ][ in the attic 👍
Instead of that expensive and (somewhat) rare bit of kit, you could just hang a simple R2R DAC off of the bus (with address decoder and latch register).
Yes I plan to do this to make more DACs for the varying synth parameters! You can daisy chain through the DCP kit however and keep tidy addresses so I’ll probably just do that. But if I need 10+ DAC’s who knows! Synth stuff is a rabbit hole lol.
@@joshuacolemanmakes7518 My Apple ][ (which I got second-hand several decades ago) came with a printer adapter which is useless to me and not worth much. I may attempt to make a DAC from it and build a simple synth to control with it 👍 (well… it's on the TODO list, anyway 😅)
awesome
You rock
Mary Was A Little Bland. ;-)
very true lol! I was gonna program some various tone lengths and maybe even one expressive sound to liven it up. alas, i have not the time and just gotta plug on. thanks so much for watching!
I would think a S.A.M. card could pull this off.