Interesting DIY FPGA synth projects

Miscellaneous
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Courtesy of MatrixSynth, I was checking out this interesting DIY 32 osc additive synth and followed a link to NetSynth.org. Cool stuff definitely worth a look if you need a DIY curiosity fix :wink:

I found it interesting that the Cyclone FPGA was appearing yet againā€¦ I seem to remember TK talking about playing with those once upon a time, and Iā€™ve seen them done elsewhere for SDIY stuffā€¦

Anyway hope the links are interesting :slight_smile:

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Uwe Beis likes those too-

http://www.beis.de/Elektronik/Electronics.html

I had (have) plans to do the DPLCM meter he designed, but I havenā€™t been in contact for a while. Iā€™m hoping he can still get me a board. :-\

-George

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Hmm, FPGAā€™s are really becoming a ā€œnormalā€ topic nowadays I guess. But say, arenā€™t they *still* just dammit high-priced? They DO have DOZENS of advantages, clear, but the price for the functionality is kinda pretty upstairs, isnā€™t it?

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I know that one board for his meter was (to me at least). IIRC, it may have been upwards of 100 USD :o. Not bad for the guts of one giant project, but sort of scary for those of us who are used to throwing a ten dollar PIC into whatever weā€™ve thrown together just for kicks.