An Arduino Form-factor MIDI Music Synthesizer

A project in Lafayette, IN by Keith Williams
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AvecSynth is an Arduino form-factor MIDI synthesizer that can be for embedded projects OR as a stand-alone MIDI music synthesizer.
Backers: 81
Average Pledge Per Backer: $63

Funded: $5,080 of $1,500
Dates: Dec 16th -> Jan 15th (31 days)
Project By: Keith Williams
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Latest News

Follow-up on earlier information

July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
I've had a chance to go back and look through the backlog of postings that people have made.  I really appreciate the way some of you have stepped up to help others.  At this point, it is not clear to me who still has issues and who continues to... (Read More)

Hopefully Helpful information

July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
I hope that at this point most of you have received your boards.  The following should help with regards to some of the issues that I've seen a couple of you message about.  I am trying to go back through and clear my inbox to answer each of you... (Read More)

Some units shipping tomorrow and follow-on schedule.

May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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Close-up Board pics to help with kit users

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Here are some close-up pics to help those of you still assembling the units.  This particular board does not have the reverse polarity diode mounted by the optocoupler.  The stripe on the diode should be on the end tied to pin one of the... (Read More)

Quick build progress

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
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Breakthrough, finally

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, I've had to be offline for the past week and a half due to other professional commitments.  However, after returning yesterday I was finally able to work through the issue of placing multiple boards on a single panel.  The documentation... (Read More)

Vision progress

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick update to let everyone know that I've made some good progress with the Pick and Place machine since yesterday morning. The machine now looks for the global fiducials and the panel fiducials as it should.  I'm now stepping through the... (Read More)

Schematic and Info on Assembled Boards

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
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Board Docs

April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
All, On second thought, this might be the quickest way to get you up and going with the kits.  Attached to this post is a picture showing the polarity of the tantalum capacitors, the direction of the optocoupler protection diode, and where to route... (Read More)

Kit Documentation

April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Since the kits went out late last week, I am sure that some of you have started to receive them.  I will try to get some documentation on the blog site ASAP.  In particular the following items need to be paid attention to: 1) For some reason the... (Read More)

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