Like a real synth :)ĭo you guys have any cool name ideas for the synth? Right now I call it simply SunSynth but that's too obvious. RasPi is configured to boot and load up the SunVox automatically, opening the last session. Sun bless Alex for his perfect and scalable UI. But it's actually nicely usable in the box as well as you all know from your own SunVox-on-phone experience. You prepare the synth/composition/patch on PC/tablet/phone and then load it to the box if you don't want to mess around with the small screen. The whole thing reminds the Roland's 'Plug-Out' system. The front panel will need some locking or support mechanism, ideally in various angles.
I want to keep all the 'internal' connections inside the box and expose only the stuff that has to interface outer world and if I would expose the cinch through the rear side, also the HDMI cable would stick out and then coming back which is not desired. Current cinch connectors are fine but the placement is not ideal. The only connection hack will be soldering wires to PiDAC+ so I get the normal jack connectors. UC16 MIDI controller is connected also via USB (not on the photos above). HDMI delivers the image, USB powers the display and touch board. Display is connected via HDMI and USB cables (I'm waiting for shorter and flat HDMI cable). I'll try to play with the OS tweaks later but I might stick to ALSA as it is supported by PiDAC+ volume encoder routine. Lowering the buffer to 5ms introduces occasional noise cracks. RasPi 2 with stock Raspian OS with ALSA (no realtime kernel, no JACKD, no performance tweaks except disabled CPU power-saving) is able to play decent SunVox synths with 11ms latency without compromising the sound - not ideal but already playable. PiDAC+ gives you really powerful and clean sound, also for hungrier headphones. RasPi needs to be powered with 2000 mAh adapter to feed all the peripherals. * main out GPIO LED volume indicators (this is optional)Ī few notes to the design. * HW volume encoder for PiDAC+ on the top side * power switch + connector on the rear side * some USB ports exposed on the rear side - mounting small USB hub * 5-DIN MIDI I/O connectors on the rear side - realized via USBMIDI cable * jack outputs for L, R and headphones mounted to the rear side of the box Guts of the old Evolution UC16 USB MIDI controller (only the main and pot control board)Ī bunch of nuts, bolts, spacers and wooden wine box.įurther improvements are still on the todo list:
TFP401 HDMI/DVI Decoder to 40-Pin TTL Breakout - With Touch The synth is so far consisting of these bits:ĥ.0" 40-pin TFT Display - 800x480 with Touchscreen But then I got too impatient and searched through available stuff at home.
For some time I was designing a custom made 'ponoko' box to be laser-cut. I've collected all the building blocks but I was still missing the enclosure. This vision was maturing in my head for some time but the trigger were NightRadio's comments about upcoming MIDI CC support in 1.9 before the beta was released. The idea was to have dedicated machine/box with SunVox including some knobs. Renoise was my first real try at a DAW and it's how I was first introduced to music production.Įdit: To further clarify what I'm asking."Let me introduce you the SunVox powered Raspberry Pi 2 standalone synthesizer.
TBH I've only ever felt comfortable in a tracker environment compared to the logic/ableton/garageband/fruity loops way of arrangement. Yeah you can work within those parameters, but don't pretend like it's not a limitation. Haha what limitations? :P Have yet to encounter an issue I couldn't overcome and I've been using it for 7 years or so.įixed pattern length across all tracks for each scene.
#Sunvox custom sounds software#
One of the better pieces of music software available on any platform in my opinion. Renoise Redux is awesome, as it helps overcome the limitations of Renoise as a DAW.
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