I really wasn't trying to convince anyone to buy a TSYNTH, and I would not have bought it myself if it wasn't powered by a Teensy 4.1 module. The last two DIY synths I have made were Teensy powered and I already had a spare T4.1 and audio adapter. That made it an under $90 build for me.
Since ordering, I have downloaded all the source code and schematics for the TSYNTH, studied it, and are planning several experiments with combining the best parts of my code with some ideas from the TSYNTH.
After some serious experimentation my next Teensy synth hardware will likely borrow ideas from both. My current "multi synth" was always intended for development purposes, not full time use. It just happened to wind up in my modular case because of one particular sound that I can't make any other way.
Although developed independently on opposite sides of the planet, there are some very close similarities between our designs. There are only so many ways to wire pots and encoders to a Teensy.
I still have a Daisy module waiting for some science experiments. It's yet another low cost way to make something different:
Daisy — Electro-Smith
NAMM 2020: Electro-smith Daisy Development Platform - YouTube
Pollen(8) - An 8 voice full featured synthesizer for your electro-smith Daisy pod! - YouTube
I never heard of the Jasper, but Google brought me to it's build page. It's a WASP clone. I'll dig into the documentation when I get some time, but there are too many projects in que for now....no more buying stuff.....unless it's a shiny blue or red synth for under $100 with a one day build time.
Did you ever get your TTSH project started?
Since ordering, I have downloaded all the source code and schematics for the TSYNTH, studied it, and are planning several experiments with combining the best parts of my code with some ideas from the TSYNTH.
After some serious experimentation my next Teensy synth hardware will likely borrow ideas from both. My current "multi synth" was always intended for development purposes, not full time use. It just happened to wind up in my modular case because of one particular sound that I can't make any other way.
Although developed independently on opposite sides of the planet, there are some very close similarities between our designs. There are only so many ways to wire pots and encoders to a Teensy.
I still have a Daisy module waiting for some science experiments. It's yet another low cost way to make something different:
Daisy — Electro-Smith
NAMM 2020: Electro-smith Daisy Development Platform - YouTube
Pollen(8) - An 8 voice full featured synthesizer for your electro-smith Daisy pod! - YouTube
I never heard of the Jasper, but Google brought me to it's build page. It's a WASP clone. I'll dig into the documentation when I get some time, but there are too many projects in que for now....no more buying stuff.....unless it's a shiny blue or red synth for under $100 with a one day build time.
Did you ever get your TTSH project started?
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It would look better with a Rokkor 58mm f1.2 on it, Big guy!
EDIT: Ooops, the X-500 is SR mount?
EDIT: Ooops, the X-500 is SR mount?
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I still don't know why a company like Kodak hasn't come out with "digital film" to covert old 35mm cameras into digital cameras 🙂
Nobody has thought of that (until right now). Eventually, in the fullness of time, somebody at a camera company or a lens company or a consumer products retailer, will also think of it, and make a strenuous effort to push it through R&D. Then and perhaps only then, will you see it offered for sale.
They were called digital backs and were available in the early 90s. For medium format you had a big range of those available (and they still call them that).
Probably because the sensor would have to be the size of a 35mm frame. That is Ginormus for a sensor.
they weren't, at least on the kodak back we had at work on a nikon. You could only use a little box in the centre of the image. Huuge pain.
The $23k Hasselblad digital back has 100MP 53.4 x 40.0mm sensor. Yum.
The $23k Hasselblad digital back has 100MP 53.4 x 40.0mm sensor. Yum.
There's a variety of 3rd party digital backs out there, I don't think one has achieved big market share or longevity yet.
I'm not one to jump on the nostalgic film bus. IMHO a major hurdle was overcome, remember pro photographers carting along Polaroids just to doublecheck exposure?
I did already relate the story that when I was buying my F75 new, film autofocus, years ago, the other customer in the store was buying an FM2 new, fully mechanical.
I'm not one to jump on the nostalgic film bus. IMHO a major hurdle was overcome, remember pro photographers carting along Polaroids just to doublecheck exposure?
I did already relate the story that when I was buying my F75 new, film autofocus, years ago, the other customer in the store was buying an FM2 new, fully mechanical.
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The FM2 was a wonderful camera. Still is in a way. Modern digital SLRs are pretty amazing in terms of performance* but HUUUUUUUGE in comparion to the 35mm film models.
*I am no fan of iproducts as they don't work the way I want them to but the pics are impressive given the size and space they had to work with
*I am no fan of iproducts as they don't work the way I want them to but the pics are impressive given the size and space they had to work with
A few years ago that was true. Today there are plenty of "full frame" DSLR's and mirrorless cameras on the market with 26 X 36 mm sensors, exactly the same size as a 35 mm film frame. They are still out of my budget at $1K and up for a DSLR body only, and more for a mirrorless with a decent zoom lens.
About the time that I retired my darkroom you could by a "digital back" for a film camera for about as much as a decent car.
A few years later I got a Canon EOS "digital rebel" that accepted all the EOS Rebel lenses from my EOS film rebel. Due to the smaller sensor those lenses worked at about twice the zoom level as they did on the film camera, but only the sweet spot in the middle of the lens was used.
Indeed. I am a Nikon man, and in the Nikon world DX refers to the smaller sensors and FX to the full size sensors. In no hurry to jump to FX myself, my D300 and last couple of lenses are DX.
Can't say I've ever seen a digital back but as far as film goes, my first digital used 3.5" floppies for storage. Sony, I think it was.
Sony Mavica.
(I had a period as a camera nerd before kids curtailed my spending power permanently)
(I had a period as a camera nerd before kids curtailed my spending power permanently)
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I've been using film all year in cameras that are older than me, as old as me and with this latest addition one that is younger. I do like the tactical process, same thing in a way as playing vinyl or cooking on real charcoal. I basically don't like technology 😀
... don't tell my employer, we design and make image sensors for everything from endoscopes to satellites and one of them is as big as my hand with a lot of pixels on it.
... don't tell my employer, we design and make image sensors for everything from endoscopes to satellites and one of them is as big as my hand with a lot of pixels on it.
No it isn't.
There are plenty of cameras with "full frame" (35mm) sensors and there has been for quite a long time. I've owned two of them (Canon EOS 5D) for ~15 years.
George said "a few years", but it has been more like 18 since full frame cameras have been readily available (if you had the $$$$). Canon's first (the 1Ds) was released in 2002.
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1.6 x to be a bit more precise. We also started with a DRebel. Then 20D, then 1D, then 30D, then two 5D and never looked back at the crop cameras. Between 40 and 50 lenses bought and sold (many still in the bags) over the years. Shooting weddings paid for it all, and then some.
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Just purchased an ET8101 Digital Multimeter 6000 Counts NCV Auto Range AC/DC Voltage Meter Multitester Portable Temperature Voltage/Current Tester.
This will be my 7th DMM to make sure I don’t miss anything going on in complex tube systems with multiple power supplies, regulators, auto bias units and so on. Good for up to 1000 VDC and 750 VAC. It also measures capacity, frequency and AC / DC currents. I don’t buy very expensive DMM’s, I prefer to have different models for various uses and monitor many things at the same time.
Of course I use an oscilloscope and spectrum analyser too...
Regards, Gerrit
This will be my 7th DMM to make sure I don’t miss anything going on in complex tube systems with multiple power supplies, regulators, auto bias units and so on. Good for up to 1000 VDC and 750 VAC. It also measures capacity, frequency and AC / DC currents. I don’t buy very expensive DMM’s, I prefer to have different models for various uses and monitor many things at the same time.
Of course I use an oscilloscope and spectrum analyser too...
Regards, Gerrit
