I'am trying to make my own drum machine. i need some example code so i can learn how to do this.
ive come up with this write up of where iam going with it. any one give me a hand.
Browse through the Object Exchange. There are WAV players, display drivers, SD card I/O drivers, etc. Pick the pieces that sound like they may be useful, then try them out. Most come with demo programs to show how they might be used.
wb7076 said...
I'am trying to make my own drum machine. i need some example code so i can learn how to do this.
ive come up with this write up of where iam going with it. any one give me a hand.
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no not for school a hobby, i am trying to bond with my step son he's 13 loves the drums. can you help? iam finding it difficult to grasp the concept of what to do. the examples in spin are cool. but very limited. the manual is awesome! but feels like it wasn't enough concept wize. i've bought, 2 propeller boards, a developement board, chips, and more. Iam getting nervous that i wasted my money and time with this chip, and now i have to spend more money to buy another development board. any help? books i should check out ? links?
wb7076 said...
no not for school a hobby, i am trying to bond with my step son he's 13 loves the drums. can you help? iam finding it difficult to grasp the concept of what to do. the examples in spin are cool. but very limited. the manual is awesome! but feels like it wasn't enough concept wize. i've bought, 2 propeller boards, a developement board, chips, and more. Iam getting nervous that i wasted my money and time with this chip, and now i have to spend more money to buy another development board. any help? books i should check out ? links?
Welcome!! You didn't waste any money, sounds like you have most if not all of what you need to get started.
From your write up it seems there are a few pieces to this project, you should start with one piece, then build on in after your solid on that.
I would suggest the display as a good starting point, what kind of display did you plan on using? TV, VGA Monitor, LCD?
Glad to hear you are trying to get your step son into computers
I STRONGLY recommend going through the labs in the PE Kit manual, they will teach you all you need to do.
Instead of touch pads for the drums, initially just use pushbuttons, you can get fancier later.
Use existing objects at first to play back WAV's, later use the SID object to synthesize the drum sounds.
Start with TV_Text for TV output, and the keyboard object for keyboad input.
And welcome to the Propeller [noparse]:)[/noparse]
wb7076 said...
no not for school a hobby, i am trying to bond with my step son he's 13 loves the drums. can you help? iam finding it difficult to grasp the concept of what to do. the examples in spin are cool. but very limited. the manual is awesome! but feels like it wasn't enough concept wize. i've bought, 2 propeller boards, a developement board, chips, and more. Iam getting nervous that i wasted my money and time with this chip, and now i have to spend more money to buy another development board. any help? books i should check out ? links?
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Hi,
You've made a great choice with the Prop!
There are many brilliant sound-synthesis tools in the Obex to get started with and to whet your
appetite.
Stick with us and you will get there much faster than by any other route. The kit is good, but the _advice_
from this forum makes all the difference.
T o n y
thanx's. iam going lcd. i bought the serial 2 line lcd for parallax
is thier any books i should read to make me better at spin, i bought c, python, pbasic. but the prop chip is a different beast. by the way i didn't learn any of those languages
. just know little parts of them. when i learned electronics they tough us how to fix tv's becouse they contain every possible circuit in electronics. made it a great starting place. where is that starting place in programing?
The starting place is almost evey language is having "Hello World" on your display.
With Microcontrollers most would say its having an LED blink. You can do both [noparse]:)[/noparse]
I would suggest getting your LCD working as a good starting point, have it display #'s, Words etc.
I think once you start working with it a little, you will understand it better, and the manual will become more usefull.
i dont think you get what i mean. i get "hello world", I need more complicated well explained examples that are well written. all the code in the cool projects have no code to view and i have no teacher. i need some good reading that teaches.
i own
arduino 328 sheild x2
ardunio ethernet shield
yb0x2
basic stamp development board
boe bot
parallax usb scope (black one)
servos ,stepper motors
light to freq chip
1602 x4
fm transmitters
gps modules
lots of stuff even bought the sx chip a while back.
wb7076
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www.mikronauts.com Please use mikronauts _at_ gmail _dot_ com to contact me off-forum, my PM is almost totally full
Morpheusdual Prop SBC w/ 512KB kit $119.95, Mem+2MB memory IO board kit $89.95, both kits $189.95
Propteus and Proteus for Propeller prototyping 6.250MHz custom Crystals run Propellers at 100MHz
Las - Large model assembler for the Propeller Largos - a feature full nano operating system for the Propeller
From your write up it seems there are a few pieces to this project, you should start with one piece, then build on in after your solid on that.
I would suggest the display as a good starting point, what kind of display did you plan on using? TV, VGA Monitor, LCD?
Also what hardware (prop boards etc) do you have?
Rick
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I STRONGLY recommend going through the labs in the PE Kit manual, they will teach you all you need to do.
Instead of touch pads for the drums, initially just use pushbuttons, you can get fancier later.
Use existing objects at first to play back WAV's, later use the SID object to synthesize the drum sounds.
Start with TV_Text for TV output, and the keyboard object for keyboad input.
And welcome to the Propeller [noparse]:)[/noparse]
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www.mikronauts.com Please use mikronauts _at_ gmail _dot_ com to contact me off-forum, my PM is almost totally full
Morpheusdual Prop SBC w/ 512KB kit $119.95, Mem+2MB memory IO board kit $89.95, both kits $189.95
Propteus and Proteus for Propeller prototyping 6.250MHz custom Crystals run Propellers at 100MHz
Las - Large model assembler for the Propeller Largos - a feature full nano operating system for the Propeller
You've made a great choice with the Prop!
There are many brilliant sound-synthesis tools in the Obex to get started with and to whet your
appetite.
Stick with us and you will get there much faster than by any other route. The kit is good, but the _advice_
from this forum makes all the difference.
T o n y
is thier any books i should read to make me better at spin, i bought c, python, pbasic. but the prop chip is a different beast. by the way i didn't learn any of those languages
. just know little parts of them. when i learned electronics they tough us how to fix tv's becouse they contain every possible circuit in electronics. made it a great starting place. where is that starting place in programing?
With Microcontrollers most would say its having an LED blink. You can do both [noparse]:)[/noparse]
I would suggest getting your LCD working as a good starting point, have it display #'s, Words etc.
I think once you start working with it a little, you will understand it better, and the manual will become more usefull.
What other hardware do you have?
Rick
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i own
arduino 328 sheild x2
ardunio ethernet shield
yb0x2
basic stamp development board
boe bot
parallax usb scope (black one)
servos ,stepper motors
light to freq chip
1602 x4
fm transmitters
gps modules
lots of stuff even bought the sx chip a while back.