This is amazing - the advice you give on soldering and generally hooking things up is universally applicable. GREAT stuff!!!

This series is great! Love the very detailed explanations for absolute beginners.

Your dedication to the project is so impressive, a heart felt thank you from myself, and I'm sure everyone who has been inspired, by your channel. Respect.

@Synthetech

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your recognition John. Greatly appreciated!

Thank you so much for putting the time and effort for not just an excellent device but also the incredible tutorials! This is great stuff! I've got the MCU programmed and have that and DAC on the boardboard, just waiting on optoisolators (arriving tomorrow). Today got a used MIDI controller (49 key version of yours) for $25. Hope to get this working next few days. Thanks so much for your work and sharing your techie adventure!

Love this. Great detail. Subscribed because I want to see you writing the DSP software.

Thanks Tony. Can't wait to hear what you think when you can actually hear it.. give a shout if you need help. /Blaine

This channel is ripe for exploding in popularity. I'm getting the BOM together and ordering parts tonight

@Synthetech

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. It looks like the parts are getting cheaper last I checked. Have fun!

@Synthetech

6 ай бұрын

Not sure how long this will last, but they are selling the BlackPill board for $1 +tax shipped here. --CUSTOMER CANCELLED SALE-- Limit One per customer.

@thecolorcomputer

6 ай бұрын

@Synthetech Good catch! I managed to get the components I needed for less than $20

@thecolorcomputer

6 ай бұрын

@Synthetech Aah, they canceled the black pill order. I'll have to try another supplier on there or find another source

@Synthetech

6 ай бұрын

Thats a bummer. Thanks for letting us know. I deleted the link. Hope you find it cheap still.

This is absolutely amazing. I forgot to order the resistors and diode. Oops. I've also managed to get the USB st dongle too. I just had the standard ones here. I love the way this powers from a power bank and I'm planning on putting it together on a proto board after flashing. Such amazing work. Thank you for this project. I really should have watched all of the videos before I ordered anything but that's me ✌️

Hello, and thank you for the quick answer. Basic misunderstanding on my part. All solved and chip now loaded with software. Great work. Thanks again.

@Synthetech

2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped. What ended up being the solution?

@bobbicaroldavies494

2 ай бұрын

@@Synthetech that's the annoying thing for me. I'm not quite sure. I downloaded the software, unzipped it, connected the BP to the PC and the device came up as a unknown usb, with no drivers. Eventually, I realized the location for the drivers was in the folder in Programmes 86. However, at first it wouldn't work, and the driver kept being not found. I did something, but in my advanced years, I'm getting forgetful, and can't remember what! Thing is, this is my first ever project, and I'm not the most nimble withy hands anymore. Moreover, when I ordered the parts, mistakenly, I order sm optoisolater, instead of DIP 8. Never mind. In the end, I soldered pinned wires to the SM connectors and the carefully connected onto the bread board . I thought I was being clever, and it has apparently worked, but having constructed everything as per instructions, it wouldn't work. First problem is that the installed driver, for some reason isn't found, and won't load. At this point I stopped and am currently licking my wounds :)

@Synthetech

Ай бұрын

Bobbi did you get it working?

@bobbicaroldavies494

Ай бұрын

@@Synthetech yes, I did thank you. But, it wasn't such plain sailing. At first, I suspected the BP might be faulty, since it at first refused to accept the code. Nonetheless, eventually I managed to get it done. If I'm honest, I'm not very good when it comes to understanding electronics, and I don't always read instructions very thoroughly. The main issue for me was in getting the code into the chip. I eventually managed to get it working, and now I'm struggling to get the Gui up and working. Synthesis is a fascinating game, or? Anyway, I'm rambling now (old people do tend to do that). But thanks for your interest in my adventure. Very best regards, Bobbi,,🤗

Hello again, Blaine. I got this built and working. Thanks for this cool project! I was getting no sound from the PCM5102 DAC board. I found out I had to put solder jumpers on the bottom of the board to set the right mode. I just used solder blobs to connect: 1L, 2L, 3H, 4L. Also, your Windows GUI works in OK in Linux using WINE, though it takes maybe 20 seconds to load for some reason. Would probably work for Mac people also. Will go through your code tutorials next and learn how you did the sound algorithms. Thanks again!

@Synthetech

3 ай бұрын

Glad you got it working. Those open jumpers on the back of the DAC Modules has become a common issue lately. I'll try to put something together to give people more of a heads up about it. Hope you enjoy your new synth!

@VincePatron

3 ай бұрын

@@Synthetech Was also wondering if you can post somewhere some good setting examples for some cool sounds. It takes quite a bit of fiddling to get something that isn't annoying noise, LOL.

@Synthetech

3 ай бұрын

@@VincePatron It would be some time before I could find time to do so. I would recommend reviewing the two GUI controls videos to get some examples for now: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKys27x8pJTPgdo.html Be sure to have your Amp and Filter EG controls active. You could have the amp EG active but not the Filter EG and not get much sound out.

I hope we can directly program machine code to it like in the 80ies ☺

Great! This is, what I am looking for: Small inexpensive DIY Synths make a lot of fun. My first DIY Synth was the incredible sounding 8-voice Jeannie Synth from TubeOhm. Is there any possibility to get this lovely BPSynth as complete DIY Kit including a simple wooden or acrylic glass case?

@Synthetech

Жыл бұрын

I have done a couple prototype boards and may eventually come up with something that has a small OLED display with a tiny bit of flash eeprom to store presets... but it would not be anytime soon.. I just work way to many hours at a fairly new job to get anything else done right now. If Behringer comes out with it's tiny JP8000 synth for $50 it would be very hard to compete against that for a low production run. I'd think the simplest thing anytime soon would be a small board that you could put the BlackPill and DAC modules on and use it instead of a breadboard.. with the option to put the OLED and use the eeprom later on.

Is the scourcecode avaliable? Would be nice if one want to make customizations and add my own functions. Also very good for learning how a synth device like this is programmed.

@Synthetech

4 ай бұрын

Check the Tutorials: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hneFlcWKedKbgdI.html&pp=gAQBiAQB I've not updated it in a while but it goes over the code and provides source code for each stage of development of the synth. Last vid done went over the filter..

Hello, I am a complete newbie, have soldered the pins to the chip and the st header, but my PC can't identify the board. It just says Unknown USB Device(Device Descriptor Request Failed). There is a red pwr light on on the BP board when connected to the USB-C Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

@Synthetech

2 ай бұрын

I think there's a driver file with the st software that you need for the device to be recognized. Did you hold down the reset switch before you connected the USB and then release after it powers up?

Do we really need this st link dongle or can we use the mini usb port for programming?

@Synthetech

20 күн бұрын

To just build it and play it all you need is the USB. If you want to follow the videos that teach about the code and maybe tweak it around, then the ST Link would be the way to go.