DIY general MIDI synth

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DIY general MIDI synth
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Care for the wide variety and uniquely plastic-sounding voices a general midi synth? This forum thread on electro-music.com details how you can make your own from an old Soundblaster daughter board –

This is a very simple project that will allow you to add a GM Midi Module to your sound creation arsenal. It can easily be completed in a single weekend including the panel.
What’s this module good for? It is a 24 voice/16 channel simultaneously available sound source. Each channel can access 127 different GM midi voices which cover most western instruments (classical, rock, jazz, folk, etc), some synth sounds, sound effects and a huge percussion kit (hardwired to channel 10). The voices respond to volume, velocity, pitchbend, modulation wheel, L-R pan, sustain pedal and a few other controllers. The more expensive soundcards will also cover reverb, chorus and other neat effects as well as more than 127 voice options.

The GM Voice on Electro-Music – Link #1, Link #2

Related:

Custom-built MIDI controller – Link

4 thoughts on “DIY general MIDI synth

  1. Shadyman says:

    Sweet. Looks like i’ll have to hit up our local computer recyclers :)

  2. Marky says:

    Great Project !

    Here are some more links I found:

    http://atari.nvg.org/db50xg/

    The Germans do it right ( search this in Google, hit translate link ):

    http://www.heise.de/ct/97/01/328/#St252ckliste

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