Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Acorn BBC Micro Music 500 vintage synthesiser
via this auction
"'New' Condition. Includes;
original box,
warranty card (expired)
Tape
5.25" disc
User Guide
Music 500"
Anyone know more about these?
Update:
via umcorps in the comments: "This is a good source [new link here - not sure if it was the same content, so keeping original as well] for info about the Music 500 (which was my very first digital synth)"
and via David Anderson in the comments: Looking at the circuit board on Chris' site, it looks like the Music 500 box is a dedicated TTL digital synth. The two Advanced Micro Devices ICs are 2kx8 RAM chips. From the documentation, it looks like all those TTL devices make up the 'phase accumulator' digital oscillator described in this article"
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This is a good source for info about the Music 500 (which was my very first digital synth)
ReplyDeletehttp://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/8bit_Upgrades/Acorn_ANV02_Music500.html
Looking at the circuit board on Chris' site, it looks like the Music 500 box is a dedicated TTL digital synth. The two Advanced Micro Devices ICs are 2kx8 RAM chips. From the documentation, it looks like all those TTL devices make up the 'phase accumulator' digital oscillator described in this article:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.colinfraser.com/m5000/m5-eti.htm