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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Any other project ??
« on: October 15, 2016, 06:45:27 AM »
Sure it's a good choice..

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Any other project ??
« on: October 13, 2016, 09:48:07 PM »
Hello again.. 
This might have been discussed earlier,  but..  Do you,  Xavier (or did you) have any project,  for another synth,  with another synthesis method??
Additive synthesis,  for example.. Of substractive ??

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Custom algorithms
« on: October 13, 2016, 08:46:07 PM »
Hello there..
Talking about algorithms..  I cant see no "feedback" setting,  anywhere,  on the editor,   or on the algorithms page on ixox.fr..
When I had my DX9,  feedback's range could be set between 0 and 7.. I didnt find any change  from 0 to 5, but it was often useful to set it to 6 or 7..
Now, I use the FM synth on Caustic,  and I love it..  The feedback setting  is a continuous (virtual)  pot..  Same,  the difference is not so important,  that it would need such acuracy..
But still,  this setting. can be useful,  when set to max,  especially when you use only 3-4 operators..
My wonder is.. How did you manage to convert DX7 sounds, those who need this feedback setting set to 7? Do they sound similar anyway,  even without feedback at all ??
It's not so important,  though..  I was just wondering..
Have a nice evening..  Or morning..  Or night..
Thierry

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Wood and synths..
« on: October 06, 2016, 05:22:00 AM »
This question,  I can't answer..  It's just a site I've been visiting..  It's not my site..
But there's a "contact" menu,  so maybe you can ask them..

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Wood and synths..
« on: October 05, 2016, 08:05:15 PM »
Oh..  I had forgotten an "s"  at the end of "synth"..
I just modified the link,  and now it's working..  Sorry..

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Wood and synths..
« on: October 05, 2016, 01:06:55 PM »
Hello there..
I suppose you already know this page..
 www.synthsandwood.co.uk
Me,  I just been told today.. So I decided to share it..  Just in case..
Have a nice sunny day in the nicest season of the year..
Thierry

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: A possible all in one synth ??
« on: October 05, 2016, 01:01:39 PM »
Hello Served..
I know I'm not the first one wanting to build a dynamic kboard and to put it in a single box with the expander..  Of course I'm not..
I've been browsing the web through the whole Spring and summer,  and sure there are lots of people who are concerned.. They open a new Web page explaining their projects,  and they promise to keep the whole world informed about it's evolution..  It seems that most of them die just after..  Or they simply become disabled,  or they forget the address of their webpage,  or they no more have internet,  or they abandon the project..

Or you go to a forum where someone asks the group if they can help,  and of course they can't but they confirm that it is possible,  that they have heard of someone who knows someone who is friend with someone who made something similar,  but where ??  Oh silly thing,  they only dont know this detail..  But they in sure that,  by browsing the web,  the guy sure will find the answer and solution..
They might even give a link to a page.. What a chance !! A page which contains links to pages which centaines links etc and so on kaj tiel plu.
So what Ive learned for now is that there is a module called arduino,  who can do the job..  They dont tell how to use it..  Should I cook it,  boiled or fried,  which is better ??  Or should I simply place it at the center of a pyramid, at which exact distance of both the keys and the expander ??  Does it work only on full-moon nights ??  Or should I wear a pair,  as ear rings,  and a 3rd one as neck lace ??
Simply..  Where do I connect what ?? What programm do I have to burn into the module,  how do I do it, etc etc.. Better than "it's so easy..  As easy as doing it..  Sure you will find out.. "
But this, they never tell..
Or when they do,  it's a 1oct keyboard.. It is not dynamic,  it only sens midi to chan1, it has no contrĂ´ler,  but it can be improved by taking a totally opposite direction..
Or you find a complete DIY kit for a 4oct. master keyboardwhich is simply twice as expansive as a complete studio.. No,  I didn't mention any German brand starting by Do.. Did I ??

Anyway..  It seems that the easiest and cheapest solution will be,  for me,  to buy a second hand midi controller,  take it out of it's box,  and put it inside a new box,  altogether with the preenfm2 module and a few cables and wires..

Anyway..  Thanx for your kind answer.. And have a nice sunny day..
Thierry


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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Stm32F4Discovery port
« on: October 04, 2016, 06:29:30 PM »
Thanx Norbim..  I'll have a look..

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: A possible all in one synth ??
« on: October 04, 2016, 06:06:09 PM »
Hello Served..
Nice synth on the picture..
I"ll be thinking about the scrutin later..
I really am an aficionado of the FM synthesis,  and for now,  what I really want is a Preenfm2..
Concerning the box and design,  I would probably go in the direction of the Waldorf Blofeld..  In a way,  the Preenfm2 style is already not so far from this beauty..
The problem of the case is not much a problem for me.. This doesn't scare me..
 It's more about building a kboard with the convenient controllers.. But thanx for your proposition..
Thierry

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Stm32F4Discovery port
« on: October 02, 2016, 01:04:42 PM »
I've been browsing eBay to search for Stm32F4Discovery..
It seems that there are so many different versions.. I don't know which module is the ciorrect one..
Can you help ??
Have a nice sunday..
Thierry

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: A possible all in one synth ??
« on: October 02, 2016, 12:56:51 PM »
Hello there..
Much thanx to both of you..

Yes, Lokki, I might get to you for arduino (or other) midi merge solutions, when it's time (for now, I even have no preenfm, so that can wait..).. I'll remeber that I can contact you in case I need your help..
Very much thanx for your proposition..

And to Xavier.. Maybe it's a bad shortccut in my mind, but I was thinking that if the preenfm could do everything by itself, from analysing the keyboard diod matrix and wheels and other external controls, to producing the convenient sound, it would be much better.. Maybe I'm wrong.. And probably, it would had some latency, reduce the speed, and would maybe result in lagging.. So it can be best, for me, to use an external device to control the Preenfm module..

I will still want to have it all in a single box, anyway.. So will I, or not, need a midi merge module ? According to your phrase "It's not complicated to have the MCU listen to several USART at the same time. The midi part of the PCB will have to be doubled though (6N137 and the few resistors" I feel authorised to conclude that no midimerge would be necessary.. Ok ok for doubling the midi part.. that's in the case I would build the preenfm kit.. And in case I would use Norbim's solution using  Stm32F4Discovery ??

And concerning the midibox solutions.. You have to know that my knowledge in electronics is very weak, and dates from approx 30years.. And my knowledge in programming is restricted to Basic.. SO you guess that I understand nothing in shift registers and so on.. I simply understand that this MIDIO128 V3 would propose much more options than what I need..
I simply need a 3octave keyboard with velocity, plus 3 wheels (assigned to bend, modulation and breath controller), plus, if I use the Stm32F4Discovery module, a knob dedicated to CC7..
Sure, I can still find a second hand midi keyboard.. but with breath controller input ??
Anyway.. I will browse the midi-box pages, maybe I'll find something for me..
Thanx for your answer..
 and have a nice sunday, all of you..
Thierry



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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Stm32F4Discovery port
« on: October 01, 2016, 09:58:05 PM »
Thanx Norbim.. I already knew that Waldorf were making beautiful machine.. but i didnt know they were also selling gorgeous knobs.. Thanx again..

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / A possible all in one synth ??
« on: September 30, 2016, 06:52:09 PM »
Hello there..
I guess this question is mainly for Xavier..
I would like to built an all in one synth, better than an expander..
I would like to have in a single box, the keyboard, 2 or 3 wheels (bend, mod, plus an extra one), and an input for breath controller (in fact, an external potentiiometer)..
I already have a good 3oct keyboard (Kimber Allen, with 2 contacts per key, which I bought in the last century, but never buiilt..)
The questions are..

1) Does anyone here have a good scheme, to share ? So that I could build my own controller..

But I could as well use an already made master keyboard..

2) In both cases, I would want the "internal" keyboard to control the Preenfm2, of course.. So I would connect its midi out to the tmidi in of the preenFM2.. Simple and basic.. But I would also want to be able to command the Preenfm2 with an external device (Other keyboard, sequencer, or anything..).. So of course, I would need a midi merge..
Does anyone have a good scheme for a MIDI merge circuit ?? A real midi merge, able to manage at least two inputs, even if they send midi codes simultaneously..

3) The question is for Xavier.. Would it be possible to have the preenfm2 merging 2 or more midi inputs, by itself, without using any midimerge ??

3) The next question is for Xavier again.. Would it be possible to have the Preenfm2 doing all this :   reading the (open/close) contacts of the bare keyboard, translating into note on/note off/ velocity.. Reading the status of theb  wheels and external potentiometer, turning these into commands value.. Using all this to command its own sound generating module.. accpeting incoming midi data, and merging them with its own command values.. and eventually, sending those data to a midi out plug ??
What any compact combo synth can do, in fact..

Maybe this topic has already been talked about, I don't know..

Have a nice weekend..
Thierry

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Stm32F4Discovery port
« on: September 30, 2016, 06:26:29 PM »
Thanx Norbim for your answer..
I see there is no volume knob on your version..
And where did you get those wonderful black and white knobs ??
Have a nice week end..
Thierry

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Stm32F4Discovery port
« on: September 25, 2016, 10:03:55 AM »
Hello there..
I dont understand much to this thread, but Norbim's box is absolutely beautiful !! Both the box, with the wooden sides, and the knobs..  a very delightful one..
Have a nice week-end..
Thierry

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