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Re: Considering building an ultimate looper...



Mostly right at the end of the taper where it drops off rapidly.  We 
want it to be flexible for doing live or studio work at a professional 
level and you definitely can tell the difference between 7 bit and 
analog on volume control :-).  I've not done design specifically with 
dsp chips and yes it'll be a bit of a learning curve I understand.  I'm 
pretty versed like I say in the realm of getting all the control stuff 
alligned and I've written midi software in C also in the past btw which 
may help in that realm when we get there.  -bob

Jeffrey Larson wrote:

>
> > But we'll see how much design hassle is involved these days.
>
> Do you have a good understanding of digital audio software design
> and DSP programming?  I'll wager that by far the majority of time
> you're going to spend on the "product" will be on the software, not
> the hardware design.  Do not underestimate how hard this is.
>
> > I've got several people asking me to build a device that will not  
> only have
> > individual outs so that tracks can be mixed in a studio  
> environment, but
> > can *also* be controlled in a performance environment individually
> > without midi (ie. perfectly smooth volume transitions etc.)
>
> Can you elaborate on this?  Are you asking for more than the 128
> discrete volume steps that MIDI allows, or are you talking
> about "zipper noise" that digital audio sysems can have when
> making large volume sweeps without a "smoothing" algorithm?
>
> I have a hard time believing that in a live performance situation
> the audience is going to be able to tell the difference between
> 128 volume steps and 16,384.  Maybe in the studio under
> very accurate listening conditions, but live?
>
> Jeff
>
>