Another reddit special. Apparently gets the r/synthesizers hoard’s approval but perhaps because the OP is trading on Faderfox’s name or is it just the mechanical keys …
Apart from some minor fraud/identity theft, it looks interesting. Actual dev’s twitter vid.
A few screenshots of the vid & fixed up a pic of the PCB. Some details gleamed from the reddit post.
kailh choc type switches, for keyboards
display is basic ILI9341 painted with black marker
Teensy controller and SGTL5000 audio codec. Optimized libraries for this (sic) application.
The UI is made on Adafruit GFX
“The main reason for not using touchscreens is muscle memory. If you know that you have 4 knobs and 4 columns of keys you can operate on everything without lookin on the device because your brain operates on it subconsciously.”
Ha! I should have called myself, “Moog” in this forum .
Looks like another board that might end up in a drawer, gathering dust after the novelty subsides. I should probably figure out what is so good about this, “tracker” thing but worry I might not emerge from that rabbit hole for a while.
Having lived through and left trackers (far) behind as better things came along, I think its primary value is lofi nostalgia for those who didn’t experience its constraints the first time around.
Could be an interesting low-cost option to emulate the experience of much more expensive hardware Trackers. Given me a few hints and clues on what is possible teensy wise. My first thought was a mini EC4 when I saw the u/faderfox name. Could be interesting to have a tracker/synth that doubles as a controller with a smart screen.
[edit] Thinking about it a bit more. The Amiga was slower than an Arduino Uno. So unless you are implementing a full operating system, a Teir 1 game like Shadow of the Beast at a blister 25Hz of 320×256 in 32 colours with your tracker … you just are not trying :> Teensy’s are 10 to 100 times the clock speed of the 68000 :>
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