This is my dream for a DeepZynthian case.
But I don’t dare to destroy my DeepMind 6
Greetings Rolf
Yet I havent quite reached my goal yet, as the input channels 3 and 4 of the esi don’t show up in the audio levels menu and they seem to be autorouted to the outputs 1 and 2 bypassing the whole zynthian. They do show up as capture sources in the layer menu anyways but the dry chain always persists. I have read some interesting informations about autorouting problems here and there but have not fond a solution yet. I am about to open a thread but maybe someone will point me towards an existing discussion
Excellent! as long as you accept the quest!
Headless Road Zynth:
No knobs, external USB sound, Argon One Case. Contained in a rolling case with storage under for cables, duplicate Zynth and SD card for catastrophic failures.
$8 Sound Dongle, $25 Case, RPi4 ($Zomg!$)
Here’s my baby
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to Zynthian and with their effort make it available for all to enjoy!
This one is based on the all-in-one module V2 (from a Zynthian Basic Kit V2), a Raspberry Pi 4, a IQAudio DAC Pro, and a 5" IPS dsi screen.
I wanted a compact case with a larger screen so I designed and printed this one in PLA. Thank you @LAN for yours, that served as inspiration
Had I not wanted a bigger 5" screen I would have been better for me to go for the official metallic case as I’ve had to go through a lot of design and print iterations to achieve the results I liked. Although I learned a lot and I’m already thinking of designing another one
I still need to find a neat way to add labels, and find time to fix some of the flaws that I left in the design but that I could hack after printing
BTW: The knob in the front is for the rotary encoder that allows to control the volume of the IQAudio, intended to be used with headphones plugged to its amplified 3.5 output.
Hi there!
I’m newby in “Zynthian” but…
My zynthian project is almost done…
I used the “prototype-1” scheme with a PI4 (source: A Build with Variations), a screen, four encoders and an USB Audio… It’s my “speciality” becouse, I just I sacrificed my old ALESIS io2 Express USB sound card, and my EDIROL PCR-800 MIDI master keyboard…
I dissasambled the io2, and built in into the PRC-800 with the zynthian…
The result a bit ugly yet now but it’s will be nicer of course.
The most important thing is my zynthian setup is alive!
Raspberry PI4B / 4G RAM
Waveshare 4.3 inch DSI LCD
PROTOTYPE-1 wiring
ALESIS io2 sound card with
I really like the builds that incorporate a Zynthian into keyboards
Did you need to cut some extra holes in the back for extra ventilation?
Yes, of course becouse “he” is usually heat himself to 55-60 degree of celsius…
Great build, looks awesome!
Are the files available anywhere?
Thanks! I really put a lot of time and design iterations into it
I’ll post the .stl and a BOM after I solve a couple of bugs in the design.
Amazing design, and thanks for the mentioning, glad my design could act as inspiration. Now I want to rebuild mine with your case
Hello everyone!
Here’s my attempt at making a portable synthesizer:
Specs:
Paint job is not great, I know, I’m not a painter myself
Upcoming: Embedded stereo speakers with cabinets
Hi @xanderz congrats:
But this bring me a lot of questions :
It could be nice if you share hw design and software code.
Edit: don’t forget the
This has been done a few times before. Did you use that previous work?
As for the hardware, I don’t really have a schematic for it, I just connected the pins on the go, but the code should be pretty explanatory.
I’ll yet have to check if the repo visibility is set to public.
Edit: Past silly me thought that I added the Arduino code to a github repo when I cleaned up the PC. Apparently not.
These are the branches that I’ve worked on:
I actually modified the encoder library in order to be able to use the uart port. I serialized the data in 2 bytes + 2 bytes used for framing. I have my work done on a fork, somewhere
Hey Zynthheads, here is my custom Zynthian in a Hammond 1590DD case.
Rear panel:
Gut shot:
Custom I/O boards (before installing encoders):
I started this project about two years ago, primarily as an inexpensive, easy to use replacement for the setup of the keyboardist/singer in my band (his current Windows computer setup is very unreliable). Our guitarist helped fund it, and also wanted one of his own, so I’m building three. This is actually the second prototype. The first one was on PCBs I etched myself, and there were a few issues that caused me to redesign the PCBs and send them off for manufacturing this time, so I didn’t have to drill hundreds of holes again.
Anyway, thanks to everyone who has contributed to this project. I’m having a lot of fun playing with this, and it was a big hit with our keyboardist at our last rehearsal when I brought it for him to try out. He’s super excited to get his own!
Yep, that’s something that seems to take for ever.
What do you use the switches for?
I was planning on using most of them to switch between instruments/presets, but from what I’ve read recently, it sounds like switching may not be fast enough for live performances. I haven’t played around with snapshots enough yet to know if that will work, though.
I think it can run most of the instruments we’ll need at one time in separate layers with different midi channels, however, as long as there aren’t too many effects running, so I think our keyboardist will just be able to switch midi channels to change instruments.
The current “zynthian paradigm” for live performance is “more or less” like that:
You should prepare a snapshot for the full show, or for every part of the show, if the show is complex/long enough. ZS3 (SubSnapShots) should be used for switching sounds in a song, or from song to song.
Both, snapshot loading and ZS3 switching can be controlled by Program Change MIDI messages:
Snapshot loading MUST be controlled from Master MIDI channel (16 by default), and program numbers are configured from the snapshots submenu.
ZS3 switching uses a MIDI learn mechanism. Easy easy.
Note that ZS3 behaviour depends of “mode”:
On “Omni” (Stage) mode, you “only” have 128 global subsnapshots available. When recalling a ZS3, the active channel (the one receiving all MIDI input) is changed accordingly.
On “Multi-timbral” mode, every chain (channel) has 128 subsnapshots available. When recalling a ZS3, every chain (layer) keeps receiving the MIDI messages on its channel.
Of course, this doesn’t cover all use-cases, so people has developed different approaches for their specific use-cases.
Regards,