Floyd Steinberg | MICRODEXED - DIY 80s home studio in a nutshell @mr_floydst | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Here's how to build and use the MicroDexed #diy #synthesizer based on a #teensy 4.1 microcomputer, plus a short demo improvisation. This kit will give you 2 virtual DX7 FM synthesizers, one virtual analog synth, a drum computer, an electric piano, a powerful sequencer and effects in one small, portable box (if you care to build the box). Table of contents:
00:00 intro
00:22 hello
01:04 list of required parts
02:47 software needed
03:06 software setup, library setup
03:47 setting up the project for compiling and flashing
04:25 assembling the hardware
04:49 connecting the screen
05:22 adding a USB port to the Teensy
06:09 connecting the encoders
06:32 general UI workflow
07:15 browsing some sounds: Dexed
07:46 MicroSynth
08:12 Drums
08:36 MDA E-Piano
09:46 internal effects
10:23 quick note on audio quality
10:46 the sequencer: song editor, chains and patterns
11:44 pattern editor - drum track
13:23 adding a MicroSynth track
14:45 shoutout to nexuslabs @positionhigh
15:14 adding a chord track
16:21 mute matrix
16:36 important things to consider
17:10 short demo track using all the onboard instruments
19:42 bye-bye
Software needed:
MicroDexed: codeberg.org/positionhigh/MicroDexed-touch
Arduino Development Kit: arduino.cc/en/software
Teensyduino: pjrc.com/teensy/td_download.html
Follow @positionhigh 's channel for more news on this project
Hardware needed:
Teensy 4.1 amzn.to/3N05kPf
Teensy Audio Shield amzn.to/39q3r0G
Touch Screen amzn.to/3mRkPP5
Breadboard amzn.to/3MYTQLY
Wires amzn.to/3OlV7Ot
OTG cable amzn.to/3OdFsR6
SD Card amzn.to/3MWXu94
Audio adapter cable amzn.to/3tG0Jey
USB 2.0 extension amzn.to/3NYBR9P
5 pin encoders amzn.to/3zFbpxC
Korg Nanokey 2 thmn.to/thoprod/268270?offid=1&affid=330
Join us on Woody Piano Shack's Discord server: discord.gg/CCHgUeU6qa
Get 7% off on DistroKid with this link distrokid.com/vip/floyd
PayPal.me paypal.me/alexselck
Shop a Huge Selection of Synths and Drum Machines at PerfectCircuit.com!
link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/3-262870-263009-9759
Here's what I have in my setup at the moment. Want to have that, too? Please use the followings links and support me:
Yamaha EX5 ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=yamaha+ex5
Kasser Synths Arcade tindie.com/products/kassersynths/dafm-synth-arcade-ym2151
MPC One, Novation PEAK, Reface DX, Strymon Nightsky, Strymon Volante, Strymon Iridium, Zoom MS 70 CDR, Korg NanoKontrol 2, Korg NanoKey, Akai EWI USB, Zoom R24, Zoom H5, Yamaha MT7:
thomann.de/de/thlpg_3wyepuh6gg.html
Some bands / artists I've been following for a long time are (among others) Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Pet Shop Boys, Archive, A-Ha, Yes, Porcupine Tree, John Mellencamp, Jean-Michel Jarre, Metallica, Peter Gabriel and Perturbator. So my music will kind of sound like those (without ever reaching the greatness of those artists, of course). :-)
Here's how to build and use the MicroDexed #diy #synthesizer based on a #teensy 4.1 microcomputer, plus a short demo improvisation. This kit will give you 2 virtual DX7 FM synthesizers, one virtual analog synth, a drum computer, an electric piano, a powerful sequencer and effects in one small, portable box (if you care to build the box). Table of contents:
00:00 intro
00:22 hello
01:04 list of required parts
02:47 software needed
03:06 software setup, library setup
03:47 setting up the project for compiling and flashing
04:25 assembling the hardware
04:49 connecting the screen
05:22 adding a USB port to the Teensy
06:09 connecting the encoders
06:32 general UI workflow
07:15 browsing some sounds: Dexed
07:46 MicroSynth
08:12 Drums
08:36 MDA E-Piano
09:46 internal effects
10:23 quick note on audio quality
10:46 the sequencer: song editor, chains and patterns
11:44 pattern editor - drum track
13:23 adding a MicroSynth track
14:45 shoutout to nexuslabs @positionhigh
15:14 adding a chord track
16:21 mute matrix
16:36 important things to consider
17:10 short demo track using all the onboard instruments
19:42 bye-bye
Software needed:
MicroDexed: codeberg.org/positionhigh/MicroDexed-touch
Arduino Development Kit: arduino.cc/en/software
Teensyduino: pjrc.com/teensy/td_download.html
Follow @positionhigh 's channel for more news on this project
Hardware needed:
Teensy 4.1 amzn.to/3N05kPf
Teensy Audio Shield amzn.to/39q3r0G
Touch Screen amzn.to/3mRkPP5
Breadboard amzn.to/3MYTQLY
Wires amzn.to/3OlV7Ot
OTG cable amzn.to/3OdFsR6
SD Card amzn.to/3MWXu94
Audio adapter cable amzn.to/3tG0Jey
USB 2.0 extension amzn.to/3NYBR9P
5 pin encoders amzn.to/3zFbpxC
Korg Nanokey 2 thmn.to/thoprod/268270?offid=1&affid=330
Join us on Woody Piano Shack's Discord server: discord.gg/CCHgUeU6qa
Get 7% off on DistroKid with this link distrokid.com/vip/floyd
PayPal.me paypal.me/alexselck
Shop a Huge Selection of Synths and Drum Machines at PerfectCircuit.com!
link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/3-262870-263009-9759
Here's what I have in my setup at the moment. Want to have that, too? Please use the followings links and support me:
Yamaha EX5 ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=yamaha+ex5
Kasser Synths Arcade tindie.com/products/kassersynths/dafm-synth-arcade-ym2151
MPC One, Novation PEAK, Reface DX, Strymon Nightsky, Strymon Volante, Strymon Iridium, Zoom MS 70 CDR, Korg NanoKontrol 2, Korg NanoKey, Akai EWI USB, Zoom R24, Zoom H5, Yamaha MT7:
thomann.de/de/thlpg_3wyepuh6gg.html
Some bands / artists I've been following for a long time are (among others) Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Pet Shop Boys, Archive, A-Ha, Yes, Porcupine Tree, John Mellencamp, Jean-Michel Jarre, Metallica, Peter Gabriel and Perturbator. So my music will kind of sound like those (without ever reaching the greatness of those artists, of course). :-)
