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Found this today! Nicely done! Thanks! Up for converting the x0xb0x sequencer to SMD to complete the x0xheart? #1

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01GOD opened this issue Sep 6, 2019 · 2 comments

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@01GOD
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01GOD commented Sep 6, 2019

Nicely done! Mainly do software engineering, although currently researching SMD synths and sequencers because I want to add an SMD sequencer to the x0xheart.

Up for doing that x0xb0x sequencer conversion or recommend a great SMD sequencer that is already open source?

Thanks in advance!

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mengstr commented Sep 6, 2019

Arghh.... I can't believe that it's already six years since I did the PlingPlong.

Doing a plain pth->smd convert of the x0xb0x (and also possibly ditch all the sound-producing parts to get it to be just a sequencer) seems a bit boring.

Shouldn't we up the ante a bit and make something new - more in line with what's expected of a sequencer 40 years after the 303? But maybe still have some retro-feeling of it.

I like retro stuff. I'm currently designing and building a desktop calculator entirely out of FET transistors and resistors - but that is put a bit on the backburner. I'm also designing a transistor based (no ICs) sequencer/drum sound device that is just playing the Amen break - nothing else. It's definitely just a stupid gimmick, but why not. It's fun to do.

So are you game? ...for the challenge of designing a new retro-inspired sequencer from scratch and make it your own?

(The firmware could be written in C, Javascript, Python, Go, Rust or possibly something else depending on what microcontroller we're using)

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