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Renate:
I built a function generator out of an Analog Devices AD9850 DDS module.
It runs as a USB peripheral, the main interface being a custom HID to a desktop application.
It also has a USB MIDI interface, including portamento with a logarithmic sweep.

ali_asadzadeh:
Guys thanks for suggestions, Actually I think if I can find the MIDI keyboards, it would be nice too, do you know some Chinese manufacturers? or any other source, I want to build a DIY synth with the help of a ZYNQ, and I think it can do quite a good job >:D

MarkMLl:

--- Quote from: ali_asadzadeh on July 11, 2020, 07:19:57 am ---Guys thanks for suggestions, Actually I think if I can find the MIDI keyboards, it would be nice too, do you know some Chinese manufacturers? or any other source, I want to build a DIY synth with the help of a ZYNQ, and I think it can do quite a good job >:D

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It's difficult to sort the Chinese wheat from the Chinese chaff, in particular you're likely to find something sold as a keyboard but actually being a low-end piano/organ/synth with no easy way to break in.

I'd suggest, certainly initially, building what's popularly known as a "MIDI sound generator" or "rack-mounted synth" and using a keyboard from e.g. M-Audio.

In actual fact that would probably be a viable product if the price could be kept down: there's still quite a demand for classic sound generators and I certainly find them useful for annunciator "jingles".

I notice that there's a new product called Zynthian, which starts at 80€ (supply your own RPi, case etc.) or 285€ as a fancy kit (which is at the high-end of the selling price for a second-hand Roland or Yamaha). Alternatively there's a new entry-level MIDI generator from China for about £54... I've just ordered one of those to see if it scratches my particular itch, which is providing MIDI capability to a host running multiple guest OSes.

MarkMLl

ali_asadzadeh:

--- Quote ---I'd suggest, certainly initially, building what's popularly known as a "MIDI sound generator" or "rack-mounted synth" and using a keyboard from e.g. M-Audio.
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Do they sell bare bone keyboards, just the mechanical part or the keyboard with a simple board just generating MIDI?

BravoV:
Why its so hard finding what you want in Canada ?  :-//

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