Axoloti (was Re: Rpi zero w)

[Marc Nostromo [M-.-n]]

I'm actually planning on porting dfm-1 to the axoloti. Since it uses the
same FP format as I do, it should be quite easy in theory

On Mar 5, 2017 21:10, "Jay Vaughan" <ibisum at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > Yeah man, super curious. I think it’s a bit expensive looking at the
> hardware. At the same time, it looks like a nice integrated package. The
> R-Pi still doesn’t have a good (cheap) audio i/o shield for low latency
> audio/MIDI.
>
> I think you might feel its expensive because you know too much about the
> CPU, but if you look at it as a completely integrated synth platform with
> working front-end patches, its a different story.  The whole thing is worth
> it.
>
> The software architecture is quite good: you use a Java front-end to
> define the patches, with interconnections and so on, and then when you
> press the button, it generates C code, which is then compiled seamlessly
> and uploaded to the CPU to run, on ChibiOS (http://www.chibios.org/
> dokuwiki/doku.php).
>
> The impressive bit is that you don't have to know any of this - just
> design your virtual digital modular system, press the button, and off it
> goes.  Underneath, you're running optimal C-code: on top, you've got a GUI
> that looks quite a bit like the old Modular interface (albeit its open
> source and you can easily program your own modules using a meta-format).
>
> I've got mine in a 3d-printed enclosure, and I'm just waiting for the
> parts to arrive to complete the setup.  I'm using the AxoStomp design:
>
> http://frankpiesik.org/2016/08/02/axostomp/
>
> .. because I think 8 sliders and 4 arcade buttons is a pretty great config
> for jamming, but .. as we're now using the Axoloti platform as  a
> development/research platform at work, I may do a case with a built-in LCD
> and micro-keys instead of the arcade buttons.
>
> The other thing of course is that the Axoloti is so versatile that the
> idea has been proferred that, for 500bucks, one can get a stack of Axoloti,
> and an rPi+LCD-Touchscreen, and build a fascinating
> multi-timbral/technology digital synth workstation out of it .. but I'll
> let you know when that happens. ;)
>
>
> > Got the Arturia KeyStep this Friday. Had quite a bit of fun playing with
> it. Hooked it up to the… Chameleon! Loaded up Australis (of course), Faze-1
> (haha!!), and… Entity. Wow. Wish we had a bit more presets for that one. It
> sounds ***AMAZING!*** And so much fun together with a very playable
> sequencer.
>
> Totally!   I love the Chameleon, I've been playing it a bit myself as
> well, although we're stuck in Entity .. and I concur, its a great synth, we
> should make more patches for it.  :)
>
> Or, just port Entity/DFM-1 to the Axolti and leave the Chameleon for
> another era. :P
>
>
>
> ;
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> Jay Vaughan
> ibisum at gmail.com
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