"This is a homemade analog synth that I've been working on for close to a year now. It is a classic monosynth with 3 oscillators, 1 modulating LFO, and a 24dB/oct VCF. The core modules (VCOs, VCF, VCA) are built on the submodule boards available from Electro-Smith (links below).
The case has ~96HP of Eurorack space, and also houses the Arturia Keystep controller. It is made of poplar with walnut stain. The case is powered by an old Elpac PC power supply that provides +/-12V and +5V."
"Pollen(8) is a firmware download for your electro-smith Daisy pod that emulates a fully featured 8 voice analog synthesizer with a dual FX engine (chorus + delay/reverb), controllable completely from the basic UI provided with the Daisy pod!"
Pollen(8) is a "full featured" 8 voice 2 oscillator virtual analog synthesizer for your Daisy pod. "Full featured" includes:
2 Oscillators per voice with the following features:
Smoothly mix from Triangle to Saw....
Or from Saw to Variable Pulse Width
Oscillator Sync
White Noise Generator
2 LFOs
Currently LFOs are triangle only, this may change in the future if demand sees fit.
These are applicable to pitch, pulsewidth and filter cutoff.
Low pass filter with resonance
Filter Overdrive - Allows you to overdrive and clip the input to the filter
Four play modes supported:
Polyphonic - 8 voice polyphony
Monophonic - 1 voice only
Unison - All 8 voices / 16 oscillators playing at once
Poly-Unison - All 8 voices play at once, but the voice pitches are re-allocated as the number of keys pressed change.
Unison spread from 0 cents to up to 1 octave per voice!
Two pitchbend modes supported:
Standard, where the position of the pitchbend determines the pitch
Motion-bend - where moving the pitchbend wheel determines the speed at which the pitch bend occurs
Pitchbend key range
So you can keep bass notes in tune while pitch bending higher notes, or vice versa, etc.
3 Chorus effects :
"Hera", my popular 80's style loguesdk chorus
A flanger
"*Buckets" (fixed 'brigade' version) - Also from my loguesdk work - a 70's string machine triple chorus
2 Delay effects
A basic delay with up to 1.36 seconds delay, and up to infinite feedback
My popular "Cathedral xd" loguesdk reverb, with variable low pass filter on the reverb signal and up to infinite feedback
A 3 band equalizer
Variable low pass and high pass frequencies
Gains for low/mid/high levels
Arpeggiator
Up / Down modes available
External input support
With support for pre-post fx routing
Save / load patches to SD card, with support for default patch loading on startup
All of this is controllable via two buttons, and two knobs, using the RGB leds to indicate the current menu - with the encoder serving the File read/write functions. In addition, the seed LED is used to indicate MIDI activity, and will glow inverted if you are on an unused menu.
The encoder wheel is used to control the SD card file reading and writing.
"This is a module with a Dotcom (MU) format panel. It is using only the features of the Daisy processor ( electro-smith.com ) . The "voice" consists of a VCO with V/Oct CV input, various waveforms including Noise, as well as an ADSR envelope and a VCA. It is driven from a sympleSEQ sequencer from Hexinverter.
I hope you enjoy the demo!"
"Electrosmith, a brand dedicated to DIY electronics, is announcing Daisy, an embedded platform for music. Create powerful electronic instruments and sound processors with an open source audio development board!
Daisy features everything you need for creating high fidelity audio hardware devices. Just plug in a USB cable and start making sound. No soldering required. Whether you're teaching classes in STEM education, or creating your next audio product, Daisy will revolutionize your process through a seamless, uncompromising platform.
Why Daisy?
Programmability: Daisy supports a number of programming languages including Arduino, Pure Data, Max/MSP, and C++.
High Fidelity Audio: Daisy features 24-bit stereo audio hardware with up to 192kHz sample rate and 32-bit floating point DSP processing.
Small Form Factor: Smaller than a stick of gum, the Daisy measures in at just 18mm x 51mm.
Affordable Price Tag: Unlike other dev boards that require more than one product to create audio, Daisy can be used on its own, and is only $29!
Easy To Use: Getting started is a breeze, thanks to four, Daisy-powered evaluation platforms:
"Electro-Smith are a relatively new company at the NAMM show this year they were showing off their Daisy embedded audio platform. This is similar to something like a teensy or arduino platform however it is specifically designed for use with audio. The board itself has stereo i/o, 64mb of RAM, 32 bit depth and 96k sample rate. Allowing you to use one of their test platforms to test your audio application.
Electro-Smith have developed four different test enclosures for testing your own Daisy applications."
