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  • TB2 Demo #2 & #3

    With two more weeks left before I leave for Rome to show off the TB2 and other Groovesizers at the European Maker Faire, it’s non-stop work at the moment.

    Here are two more TB2 demos:

    And this one with reverb and delay:

  • RyuX: Groovesizer Random Action

    RyuX says, “Just recorded my first little test clip of the Delta Firmware.”

    https://soundcloud.com/ryu-x/groovesizer-random-action

  • TB2 – Baby’s First Sounds

    Here’s a first taste of the TB2 – the Arduino Due synth shield that I’m working on and hope to show off at the Maker Faire in Rome. I’m working on the synth side first (with a sequencer to follow). The TB2 features a 4-voiced paraphonic synth with two oscillators per voice. In addition to the usual suspect wave shapes (Sin, Triangle, Saw, Square, Noise), the TB2 can also load additional waveforms from SD card – I’m currently playing with a smaller set of 2000+ waveshapes from the Adventure Kid library.  Right now I’m coding the modulation options (prominent in this patch is LFO to oscillator1 octave – sounds a bit like an arpeggiator). As for the LFO, you can choose any of the basic waveforms, but also any of the waveforms off the SD card – some of the Adventure Kid waveforms deliver really interesting results when used as the LFO shape.

  • Going to Maker Faire Rome the European Edition

    Yay! My appplication to show off the Groovesizers at the Eurpean edition of the Maker Faire has been accepted. I’ll be infbbrand Rome for the event from October 3-5, 2014. If you’re in the area, do come say hi!

     

  • Bravo – Feature Overview (VIDEO)

  • Bravo Firmware (MB) is here! (VIDEO)

    Here’s a first video of the Bravo firmware for the MB. The Bravo you’ll recall is based on the Bleep Labs Bleep Drum – it turns the MB into a 4 voice, 8-bit drum machine. The user manual and complete feature list will be up soon.

    UPDATE: the Bravo firmware can be downloaded here. The manual will soon be available in the same page.

  • Coursera: Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps

    I’ll be starting this Coursera course today. I’m not sure that it will be of direct benefit for programming Groovesizers, but there’s bound to be a bunch of things worth knowing in there.

    Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps

  • New hardware sneak preview

    I’m not quite ready to go into details yet, but here’s what ‘s currently on the breadboard.

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    This time I’ve asked my friend Old Crow to design the PCB. It’ll involve quite  a bit of SMT components, so it’ll probably not be a DIY project.

    I intend to take the new machine to Indiegogo to take pre-orders for the first batch. We’re still some months off though.

  • Golf: 32-step, 12-track drum sequencer (VIDEO)

    The Golf firmware for the Groovesizer MB is now available – you can choose it as a firmware option when buying a Groovesizer MB, or download the firmware from the Golf’s page.

    Here’s a video with an overview of the features:

  • Groovesizer Red drives the Oberkorn (VIDEO)

    noisythang again – this time showing off a RED driving an Oberkorn.