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This could power a portable audio studio. Use the CMs for different VST instruments and sound effects. Zynthian is just using a single raspi, but 6 of these bea

by fxj 5y ago

This could power a portable audio studio. Use the CMs for different VST instruments and sound effects. Zynthian is just using a single raspi, but 6 of these beasts would make up a complete audio studio with multi channel recording and real time effects and synths. Zynthian provides accurate emulations of classic instruments: Grand piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, pipe organ, Hammond organ, combo organ, Minimoog, DX-7, Oberheim OB-X, JX-10... In the 80s I would have given a limb for a machine like that. Put it into a 19 inch case, slap a large display and 16 Knobs and sliders on the front panel, give it 8 line ins and midi connectivity and you have the ultimate audio studio in a box. Sell it for 1000 bucks and it sells better than sliced bread. https://zynthian.org/ https://zynthian.org/

MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
Why would I not just get a Nord Stage 3 instead?
- boffinAudio 5y ago
  Because the Nord Stage 3 won't allow you to easily add your own code to the device for experimenting with new synthesis techniques?
- jmrm 5y ago
  The Nord costs about 10 times what this does.
- Marazan 5y ago
  Because a Nord is three grand?
- scns 5y ago
  Korg Minilogue and its descendants allow uploading of user oscillators, way cheaper at ~500. Plenty of YT tutorials out there. (edit) one of the first i found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGBnYXUT40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGBnYXUT40
cbm-vic-20 5y ago
Wow, this thing is pretty neat!
boffinAudio 5y ago
As a very happy Zynthian user: YES TO THIS! I will get a Turing Pi ASAP to play with just this. It should be noted however that even the bare bones Zynthian system is capable of doing a LOT of voices. Plus, you don't have to go with the original Zynthian hardware - I have a small stack of devices from Audiophonics (I-SABRE RaspTouch - [1]) that all run ZynthianOS perfectly well, and it is a very nice and easy way to add polyphony/DSP power to the setup. EDIT: to note, this is just a perfect example of how open source projects inspire innovation - the ZynthianOS is free and amazing, and the Zynthian project itself has its own hardware designed for the purpose - but it can run on other peoples Pi-based hardware as well, and there is such a wide plethora of audiophile devices out there to pick and choose from. Having the TuringPi architecture available, I can imagine its only a matter of a few months before we see exactly the system - multi-core/expander-type synth modules - appear on the market, making ZynthianOS even more powerful .. [1] - https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/network-audio-players-rasptouch/rasptouch-i-sabre-es9038q2m-kali-streamer-touchscreen-with-volume-control-p-12249.html https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/network-audio-players-rasptou...

by fxj 5y ago

MrBuddyCasino 5y ago

Why would I not just get a Nord Stage 3 instead?

boffinAudio 5y ago
Because the Nord Stage 3 won't allow you to easily add your own code to the device for experimenting with new synthesis techniques?
jmrm 5y ago
The Nord costs about 10 times what this does.
Marazan 5y ago
Because a Nord is three grand?
scns 5y ago
Korg Minilogue and its descendants allow uploading of user oscillators, way cheaper at ~500. Plenty of YT tutorials out there. (edit) one of the first i found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGBnYXUT40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGBnYXUT40

cbm-vic-20 5y ago

Wow, this thing is pretty neat!

boffinAudio 5y ago

As a very happy Zynthian user: YES TO THIS! I will get a Turing Pi ASAP to play with just this. It should be noted however that even the bare bones Zynthian system is capable of doing a LOT of voices. Plus, you don't have to go with the original Zynthian hardware - I have a small stack of devices from Audiophonics (I-SABRE RaspTouch - [1]) that all run ZynthianOS perfectly well, and it is a very nice and easy way to add polyphony/DSP power to the setup. EDIT: to note, this is just a perfect example of how open source projects inspire innovation - the ZynthianOS is free and amazing, and the Zynthian project itself has its own hardware designed for the purpose - but it can run on other peoples Pi-based hardware as well, and there is such a wide plethora of audiophile devices out there to pick and choose from. Having the TuringPi architecture available, I can imagine its only a matter of a few months before we see exactly the system - multi-core/expander-type synth modules - appear on the market, making ZynthianOS even more powerful .. [1] - https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/network-audio-players-rasptouch/rasptouch-i-sabre-es9038q2m-kali-streamer-touchscreen-with-volume-control-p-12249.html https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/network-audio-players-rasptou...