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== Todo / Ideas == == Features ==
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 * Design and etch/cut the keyboard for notes
 * buttons or sliders for pitch and volume
 * Keyboard controller
 * case
 * Keyboard cut from simple copper pcb
 * custom designed
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 * amplifier
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{{attachment:20161222_092547.jpg|case v1.1 with 18650 battery|width=400}}
{{attachment:20161222_092611.jpg|slots on each end of the battery holder to fix little metal clips|width=400}}
{{attachment:20161222_092634.jpg|nude battery holder close up|width=400}}
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== Progressbar == <<arnica(album=False, columns=3, sort_by=date, show_text=1, thumbnail_width=320)>>
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    `[XXXXXXXX··]` == Future changes ==
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 * proof of concept for keyboard
 * https://www.youtube.com/embed/VS9mnLH0Z-Q first protoype using Joe Marschal's code
 * Fix small issues with case
 * Wire headphone output
 * Improve input, needs some caps
 * Remove calibration from software and use a poti instead
 * Replace battery charger with an improved one
 * Find on/off swith in larger quant and a way to fix it better
 * buttons or sliders for pitch and volume

The PollySynth 16 is a simple synthesizer with a capacitive keyboard for input.

Features

  • Keyboard cut from simple copper pcb
  • custom designed
  • 18650 battery with charging module
  • speaker

the case

Based on a design by Kevin Buehner which itself is an improvement from David Pye's design. With holders for speaker, battery and a small pcb.

prototype3.jpg
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prototype2.jpg
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prototype1.jpg
2012-01-01 03:09:18

20161222_092547.jpg
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20161222_092611.jpg
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20161222_092634.jpg
2016-12-22 10:26:34

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Future changes

  • Fix small issues with case
  • Wire headphone output
  • Improve input, needs some caps
  • Remove calibration from software and use a poti instead
  • Replace battery charger with an improved one
  • Find on/off swith in larger quant and a way to fix it better
  • buttons or sliders for pitch and volume


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