Current Lucy Demo

Here's the current version of Lucy. I will post the code after I clean it up. Notes still sometimes stick, so I may try another MIDI parser that is also on 43oh.

Demo

Here is a clip of how the Pulse Width Modulation synthesizer can sound. A little discordant here and there on this--- intended as an example of sounds it can make.

"Lucy" code

here is the messy   main.c for Lucy

"Lucy" PWM Synthesizer

I've completed (modified code) a synthesizer built on the MSP430 Value Line Launchpad. It uses the msp430g2452 chip. It has MIDI input and two oscillators- osc 2 can be detuned and mixed in at different volumes. 

This is based on NatureTM's simple midi synth on the 43oh forums. It. uses Pulse Width Modulation to create its sounds==> no DAC used, it is a 1-bit output synth. There is something similar(but without MIDI control) on another MCU platform. Unlike that PWM version, this has the cycle time variable on the first oscillators pitch, so there isn't a whine from a fixed cycle-- the duty cycle controls the sound of the second, detuned oscillator. Detuning and volume of oscillator 2 are controlled thru midi messages, ( MIDI CC's 1 and 7 here). 

Not too bad results for a $4.30 dev board an a few parts, IMHO. I'll post the code and a clip as soon as I clean it up. No envelope yet, I haven't successfully added even an attack control, odd things start happening when I try to add that in, wondering if I'm hitting limitations of the comp speed(?).

--Larry

Synth Project

Hello! PWM synth up and (mostly) running!