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Solar System

Hi friends. Look what I googled...
PENGUIN AVR REVIEW
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-t … me-system/
http://dangerousprototypes.com/2011/02/ … me-system/
SOURCEFORGE
http://sourceforge.net/projects/penguin … works-us-1
YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXAhAR0Y4n4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RDC2wJKGKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8tN3bHwTjs

We need make PCB and TRACKER for that platform...

What you think?

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Sweden

Go ahead! Kinda cool, but the aliasing noise is pretty awful.

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West Yorks, UK

i always really wanted little music tool for the hydra system, anyone ever see that? seemed a bit of a flop really...

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Sweden

You mean the Hydra? IMO it seemed like a bit of a dead-end platform given its price, especially if your interest was in anything other than developing for it. The Propeller chip it is using, though, enjoys quite a great community I think. Wouldn't surprise me if there were already some music editors for it. I remember seeing lft work on one at a party for one of his demos (but it was not ever meant to run on the actual system). There are certainly a lot of music drivers for it.

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Jelly Stone park, MD USA

Sorry to drag up this thread, but it kind'of touches a nerve that I've been scratching at for a little while. This platform looks fun and the idea of a tracker for it is interesting, but could it be 'chiptunes'? I mean, is a Meeblip or AVRsynth really 'chip'? I'm working on a MidiBox SID project, and though is has SIDs in it, it's far removed from the C64. Though it can do 'C64' it can also go far beyond. For that matter, I plan to include some SwinSIDs in it, a SID EMU running on a AVR controlled by a PIC!
 
Don't get me wrong, as far as I'm concerned, bits are bits. For me there is enjoyment working with the old(and NEW) hardware, but in the end it's really more about the sound, how ever it's made. What do you think?

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Brunswick, GA USA
yogi wrote:

Don't get me wrong, as far as I'm concerned, bits are bits. For me there is enjoyment working with the old(and NEW) hardware, but in the end it's really more about the sound, how ever it's made. What do you think?

Your response to this video should help you.

Have you not read the other versions of this discussion? It doesn't matter what context it's given, it usually turns out the same.

Last edited by chunter (Jun 20, 2013 3:29 pm)

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Jelly Stone park, MD USA

I'd run across the Noiseplug, cool project, very minimalist.

chunter wrote:

Have you not read the other versions of this discussion? It doesn't matter what context it's given, it usually turns out the same.

Yes I've read a few, and I agree with your point. This thread just poses this question again for me, Is 'chip' a music genre or more of a 'tech' scene? I enjoy both aspects but was wondering how others feel on the subject.
Sorry if I hijacked this thread, should have let it die. smile