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Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:19 pm
by Neutron
I have started a blog about this thing i have been collecting parts for and now started building in earnest.
It uses a pulsar 1 card in a slightly unusual way.
It may help explain the lack of devices lately from me
please note the fine color selection of the blog.
http://neutron-sound.blogspot.com/
updated 090918
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:42 pm
by dawman
The Guitar Project looks awesome.
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:17 pm
by siriusbliss
yeah - good looking hack
Greg
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:21 pm
by garyb
can't wait for you to get it working!
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:31 pm
by siriusbliss
I'm concerned about overall PCI bus line lengths coming from the motherboard up through the bend connector into the P1.
Not sure if older Pulsars can handle longer line lengths or not. The PCI spec. is pretty specific about these types of things
Greg
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:17 pm
by Neutron
well if worse comes to worse, ill just put it in a Shuttle cube. but an inch of PCI slottage shouldn't be much different from the next one along on the motherboard if it had one. thats a good quality PCI riser there, made in china by slaves who never even knew what they made.
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:34 am
by kylie
Neutron wrote:please note the fine color selection of the blog.
you misspelled PlanetZ, btw.
apart from that: get it running
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:05 am
by chriskorff
Crafty!
I've always wondered about the potential for bodging some 'hardware' out of a mini motherboard and a Scope card - I guess as long as the routing doesn't change, you can come up with a stripped-down Windows install and all you have to do is turn the thing on... right? Are you writing an embedded XP for it or something?
Cheers!
Chris
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:23 am
by King of Snake
that 27 second boot up sequence definitely made me go "whoah!"
Can one just replace one's normal system hd with one of these and get a similar result on a regular pc?
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:37 am
by Neutron
sure you can, it might be even faster, This is not a fancy CPU or anything, and not a high end SSD. just make sure you get an Intel or Indilinx based one and not jmicron.
windows is pretty standard wih only security center, help and support, and wireless zero disabled.
There is a nice article about SSDs on
http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:50 pm
by dawman
Yes, the artical is a compilation written by the only guy over there I trust for reviews.
When Anand Shimpli is happy, it's time to buy.
I learned from the AMD 785G announcement what a bunch of shills these sites have become.
But Anand Shimpli is the man, and any article he writes is from thorough testing and experience. He has been writing this article since SSD's first showed up.
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:49 am
by King of Snake
Cool I'll check out the article.
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:48 pm
by Neutron
Had much fun destroying a squier guitar today.
it is the testbed for the string drivers and pickup arrangement.
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:36 pm
by siriusbliss
cool.
Greg
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:50 pm
by Neutron
There is an update, and i have had the mini ITX running a self sequence modular drum machine patch trough a masterverb and PCI based delay for 3 hours now.
it looks like the Mini ITX might do the job!
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:27 pm
by Neutron
siriusbliss wrote:I'm concerned about overall PCI bus line lengths coming from the motherboard up through the bend connector into the P1.
Not sure if older Pulsars can handle longer line lengths or not. The PCI spec. is pretty specific about these types of things
Greg
I have been running some PCI /PC RAM based plugins for a while (almost 4.5 hours) with the riser now and still no BSOD or crash. probably longer than i could run them for on my main scope rig (36DSP), i tend to shy away from PCI delays/reverbs and use external boxes for them.
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:14 pm
by Neutron
There is a little update on the blog, i used a bunch of stuff from a company called "pulsar professional" coincidentally!
now i can make circuit boards with a $60 laser printer, a $80 laminator and various cleaners and chemicals.
the paper is amazing, you put it through the laminator with the board and then drop the board in some water, the paper just floats off leaving the toner on the board.
I will also be able to make "scope to CV" boards now very easy!
http://neutron-sound.blogspot.com
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:13 am
by dawman
Does this mean we can finally start getting MOTM filters and adding them to our Modular projects..?
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:13 pm
by Neutron
Re: Scope based hardware project.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:12 am
by capacitor
XITE-1/4LIVE wrote:Does this mean we can finally start getting MOTM filters and adding them to our Modular projects..?
I'm working on something similar (Neutron, we should trade notes). Am aiming for 16 channels of quick-ish CV for filter frequency, and two relatively slow channels of CV for filter Q.
Think CS80