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Synthesizer

  • 9 Easy Steps to Build a Photosensitive Synth Machine with FPGA

    Hello FPGA lovers! Engineering traditional synth machines using development platforms like Arduino and FPGAs is becoming quite the trend now. Today’s post however takes a twist from the traditional synth machines where sounds are produced by either flicking switches or pressing buttons. The synth machine under discussion is a photosensitive synth machine which uses LDRs…

  • How to Synthesise Music with YM 2151

    Hello FPGA lovers! Today we are going to share another instalment of our YM 2151 post series. According to the author of the original article (in Spanish), the best way to produce sound using the YM 2151 is to use the 6809 assembler which is a cross targeting assembler seen usually in Motorola and Hitachi…

  • Groove to Your 8 Step Synthesizer Rhythms with FPGA

    Hello FPGA lovers! Today’s project will be a special one that will pique the interest of FPGA lovers and music makers alike! The project is about how to build an 8 step synthesizer with an FPGA board! The 8 step Synthesizer is a set of 8 switches with a time line that flows from left…

  • Synth secrets revealed!

    Synthesizer fans are usually fond of programming them. In the following article, you’ll find out about the author’s approach to program every instrument at a time. Moreover, when reproducing the complex sounds of a particular instrument, the author breaks up the formulas into several articles and details how he got the results. Via hackaday.com