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Are they implemented on bare metal, or is modern synthesiser just a regular computer with a keyboard attached?
by exitb 2y ago
Are they implemented on bare metal, or is modern synthesiser just a regular computer with a keyboard attached?
- frabert 2y agoThe Korg Kronos (and I suppose the Nautilus as well) are just regular x86 PCs (I believe using Atom CPUs) running a custom Linux kernel and custom software
- Tepix 2y agoThat's super interesting! Has anyone managed to dump the firmware? :-)
- frabert 2y agoYou can probably ask the one who did the most reverse-engineering :) https://marcan.st/2016/06/hacking-and-upgrading-the-korg-kronos/ https://marcan.st/2016/06/hacking-and-upgrading-the-korg-kro... As far as I can tell, there's no custom "firmware" to speak of, it's a patched Linux kernel running a kernelmode audio synthesis engine and a usermode app for the UI
- fxj 2y agoThe Ableton Move is just a CM4 with linux (abletonos) running and using a SD-Card in the box. https://www.reddit.com/r/ableton/comments/1fzd9ln/move_is_a_raspberry_pi_module_4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ableton/comments/1fzd9ln/move_is_a_...