young.javier
Member
Hi!
I've always wanted to have a rack of modular synths, but here in my country is really hard to import things that expensive (the taxes are too high).
So, as an alternative I started working with Teensy, and thinking on building all the ones that I want by myself. I've recently finished the first one, which is a simplified version of the 4MS Ensemble Oscillator, and it sounds really good.
The next step will be to make a clock and a sqeuencer (with another teensy board), with outputs to trigger the oscillator i built, and a drum machine in the future.
I'm not sure yet how I will make the communication between the modules. I know I want to use patch cords (3.5mm) and mono input jacks. I guess I will add one more multiplexer and an analog pin if its a voltage signal, or the audio input of the audio shield if its a sound signal.
I found the PolyMod project, which is a modular synth with a Teensy (https://www.pjrc.com/polymod-polyphonic-digital-modular-synth), I looked into his GitHub and I think he "programmed" the patch connections to be made dinamically between the objects, and they don't actually send information. I want to do something like that, but with separate teensys (one for each module), and with real voltage traveling through the cords.
I just wanted to know if anybody tried doing something like this, and if you think in any problems I can encounter. I'm a software developer, but just starting with electronics.
Thank you for reading
I've always wanted to have a rack of modular synths, but here in my country is really hard to import things that expensive (the taxes are too high).
So, as an alternative I started working with Teensy, and thinking on building all the ones that I want by myself. I've recently finished the first one, which is a simplified version of the 4MS Ensemble Oscillator, and it sounds really good.
The next step will be to make a clock and a sqeuencer (with another teensy board), with outputs to trigger the oscillator i built, and a drum machine in the future.
I'm not sure yet how I will make the communication between the modules. I know I want to use patch cords (3.5mm) and mono input jacks. I guess I will add one more multiplexer and an analog pin if its a voltage signal, or the audio input of the audio shield if its a sound signal.
I found the PolyMod project, which is a modular synth with a Teensy (https://www.pjrc.com/polymod-polyphonic-digital-modular-synth), I looked into his GitHub and I think he "programmed" the patch connections to be made dinamically between the objects, and they don't actually send information. I want to do something like that, but with separate teensys (one for each module), and with real voltage traveling through the cords.
I just wanted to know if anybody tried doing something like this, and if you think in any problems I can encounter. I'm a software developer, but just starting with electronics.
Thank you for reading