Seems like the next logical step for the DIY community is to get serious about digging in to the Spin FV-1 DSP. They are relatively cheap, capable of a whole hell of a lot, and there's no reason why we couldn't develop our own tools to make implementing it easier.
Brian and I already have the Spin development board. I assume at least a few other people do as well. So we've got some momentum. And Brian has already done a few versions of a generic PCB that can used as starting point for future projects.
The real limiting factor for me is time. I don't have enough of it to do all the heavy lifting myself (or else you guys would already be seeing projects). But I can certainly help out with code testing and tweaking.
I think all-in-one DSP systems like the FV-1 is the next frontier for DIY. And I don't see why it shouldn't be the Madbean community that drives it forward.
Whataya say, fellas? And Brian? Once more unto the breach, dear friends!
I say, hell yes. The Fv1 is a great starting point for DIY effects.
oh yeah! I'm gonna start saving for a dev board... :)
I think a digital sub-forum is fine, with FV-1 being part of that. There may be some micro-controller stuff people want to share, too. It's something I will get into eventually once I dial start dialing down some of the analog project development. I'll add it to the forum soon.
Yeah, I have a dev board too but no time. I hope to do play with it sometime this year.
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THIS would be awesome!
Okay, so we've got at least three dev boards. I assume TGP39 has one as well, as he mentioned in the Disaster Area thread that he had started coding for the FV-1.
I actually don't have a dev board.
Hmm, I could have sworn you and I bought one at the same time. Must have been Dave.
Quote from: culturejam on April 18, 2015, 03:41:42 PM
Okay, so we've got at least three dev boards. I assume TGP39 has one as well, as he mentioned in the Disaster Area thread that he had started coding for the FV-1.
I think Steve (Raulduke) ordered another one earlier this year.
This has been on my desk for a week.
(http://music.codydeschenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0040.jpg)
I picked up the FV-1 board from Jeremy (the3secondrule) in February and populated it this month. It came with the shimmer verb program loaded but I have since programmed it with a few other delay based effects. I used my Pickit2 clone to program it.
I am learning SpinCAD at the moment and I hope to make a couple interesting presets in the near future. I can definitely see more fun to be had with the FV-1 chip and can not wait to see what we all come up with.
Cody
Alright, so Cody is our expert! ;D
I have a PicKit2 programmer AND... an adapter board that will allow me to program DIP-sizes and SMD chips.
Unfortunately, I do not have the primary requirement. Programming knowledge :-\
Oh yeah!
Quote from: culturejam on April 18, 2015, 07:35:46 PM
Alright, so Cody is our expert! ;D
Shoot, I wish. I just dove in head first. Its going to be a learning process for sure... but a fun one.
Cody
Nice! Very interested too. All I can offer currently Is I have access to a neunaber wet reverb, which is a great implementation of th chip, if that is useful.
Quote from: Govmnt_Lacky on April 18, 2015, 07:50:01 PM
I have a PicKit2 programmer AND... an adapter board that will allow me to program DIP-sizes and SMD chips.
Unfortunately, I do not have the primary requirement. Programming knowledge :-\
Same story with me. I've zero interest in DSP, but working with uC would be mighty handy.
Guys, check out the new subforum:
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?board=81.0
There is a link in Cody's thread to a visual design tool for the FV-1.
So much awesome. I think there are some amazing projects on the horizon.
This is an excellent idea. I have just recently started to play with the FV-1 on a boerd from Ice-9 from DIYSB.
Unfortunately I know almost nothing about programming and only play around with Spincad for now which already opens up a lot of possibilities. But I feel that getting your hands on the assembly code is going to be essential to build more unconvenrional stuff. I've been trying to learn a bit of C and C++ too but it's hard when you start from nothing like me ...
Regarding the dev boards, it would be great to have hardware mix knob and perhaps even feedback, to free up the 3 pots connected to the FV-1 to do other stuff.
This is a great idea.
I have a FV-1 dev board, but it hasn't even been switched on yet (short on time like everyone else).
This looked really interesting when I did some research: http://holycityaudio.com/spincad-designer-2/ (http://holycityaudio.com/spincad-designer-2/)
It's a visual programming application (almost a 'modular' effect builder).
Quote from: raulduke on April 20, 2015, 01:42:45 PM
This looked really interesting when I did some research: http://holycityaudio.com/spincad-designer-2/ (http://holycityaudio.com/spincad-designer-2/)
Indeed, I have been playing with it for a bit more than a week and it's great, especially if like me you have no clue about programming ... :-\
You can do quite complex stuff with it but you are limited to the modules included in the software and can't really tap into the real power of the processor. I am trying to revive some of my old brain cells and summon them into learning some programming but ....