Propeller 2 version of Auduino granular synthesizer
mpark
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I am slowly learning to program the Propeller 2 chip and as an exercise I decided to implement the remarkable Auduino granular synth on the P2. Auduino was originally written for the Arduino platform and is capable of producing a far wider range of timbres than might be expected given its relative simple design.
For my P2 implementation, I built a control panel with two analog joysticks and some potentiometers, and I added a MIDI interface. In the video below, a demonstration of how Auduino-style granular synthesis works is followed by some analog noodling, then some MIDI keyboard noodling, and finally a rendition of one of my favorite synth solos.
Here's the code. I would be grateful for any suggestions for improvement.
CON
_xinfreq = 20_000_000
_clkfreq = 288_000_000
BASEPIN_DAC = 6
NPOTS = 7
iDECAY0 = 0
iINC0 = 1
iDECAY1 = 2
iINC1 = 3
iINC = 4
iVOL0 = 5
iVOL1 = 6
dat
potPins byte 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 12, 14
minValue word 0, 100, 0, 100, 0, 100, 0
maxValue long 200, 4000, 200, 4000, 2000, 1024, 1024
potValues long 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
var
long stack1[40]
long stack2[40]
OBJ
adc[NPOTS]: "jm_analog_in"
midi: "jm_fullduplexserial"
tx: "jm_fullduplexserial"
var
word midiNote
word midiVel
word inc
pri midiTask() | state, b, s, n, l, bend
bend := 0 << 24 ' +/- semitones << 24
midi.start(25, -1, 0, 31_250)
midiNote := -1 ' something invalid
repeat
b := midi.rx()
if b & $80
s := b & $f0 ' ignore channel
state := 0
else
if state == 0 ' note on/off note byte or pitch bend low byte
if s == $90 or s == $80
n := b
state := 1
elseif s == $e0
l := b
state := 2
elseif state == 1 ' note on/off velocity
if s == $90 ' note on
midiNote := n
midiVel := b
inc := incFromNote(midiNote, bend)
else 'note off
if midiNote == n
midiVel := 0
inc := 0
state := 0
elseif state == 2 ' pitch bend high byte
bend := b << 7 + l ' 16-bit bend [0..16384)
bend -= $2000 ' [-8192..8192)
' bend >> 12 would be [-2...2), +/- 2 semitones
' but we need to scale by 2^24, so:
bend <<= 24 - 12
if midiVel
inc := incFromNote(midiNote, bend)
state := 0
pri incFromNote(note, bend) : result | freq, K
{
bend is semitones * 2^24
freq = 2 ^ ((note - 69) / 12) * 440
inc = freq / 48000 * 65536
}
K := 16
freq := QEXP ((((note - 69) << 24 + bend) / 12) << 3 + K << 27) * 440 ' frequency << K
result := freq / 48000
PUB main()
playSounds(false)
pri playSounds(isMidi) | i, ct, y , amp0, decay0, inc0, ph0, amp1, decay1, inc1, ph1, ph, out, vol0, vol1
cogspin(NEWCOG, potTask(), @stack1)
cogspin(NEWCOG, midiTask(), @stack2)
pinstart(BASEPIN_DAC addpins 1, P_DAC_124R_3V | P_DAC_DITHER_RND | P_OE, 6_000, 0) ' 48kHz
wypin(BASEPIN_DAC addpins 1, $8000)
waitms(500)
ct := getct()
repeat
inc0 := potValues[iINC0]
decay0 := potValues[iDECAY0]
inc1 := potValues[iINC1]
decay1 := potValues[iDECAY1]
vol0 := potValues[iVOL0]
vol1 := potValues[iVOL1]
ifnot isMidi
inc := potValues[iINC]
ph += inc
if ph.[16]
ph.[16] := 0
ph0 := 0
amp0 := vol0 << 16
ph1 := 0
amp1 := vol1 << 16
y := ph0.[14..0] ' 0..7fff
if ph0.[15]
!= y
y -= $4000 ' -$4000..3fff
y scas= amp0
out := y
y := ph1.[14..0] ' 0..7fff
if ph1.[15]
!= y
y -= $4000 ' -$4000..3fff
y scas= amp1
out += y
out ^= $8000
waitct(ct += 6000)
wypin(BASEPIN_DAC addpins 1, out)
ph0 += inc0
ph1 += inc1
amp0 sca= $ffff_ffff + (decay0 - 200) << 16
amp1 sca= $ffff_ffff + (decay1 - 200) << 16
pri potTask() | i
repeat i from 0 to NPOTS - 1
adc[i].start(potPins[i], minValue[i], maxValue[i])
repeat
repeat i from 0 to NPOTS - 1
potValues[i] := adc[i].read()
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Comments
Neato!
I would suggest moving midiTask() and incFromNote(note, bend) below main() so there is no confusion where the program starts. I've been experimenting with MIDI a bit, but haven't fully sussed out dealing with my keyboard/controller (a 25-yr olf M-Audio Oxygen 8) that sends timing data mixed in with notes, and does running status style outputs).
Consider declaring a constant for your MIDI input pin, as that could move with different designs.
Given the rate of MIDI you could save a cog removing one instance of jm_fullduplexserial and using the smart pin directly.
pub midi_task() | x x := ((clkfreq / 31_250) << 16) | 7 pinstart(MIDI_IN, P_ASYNC_RX, x, 0) repeat if (pinread(MIDI_IN)) b := rdpin(MIDI_IN) >> 24 if b ...Thank you for the great suggestions, @JonnyMac, and thanks for jm_analog_in and jm_fullduplexserial! Some day I'll understand smart pins.
I don't know how much time you have left in your 48kHz loop, but you might find a few space code cycles here and there by running simple timing tests like this:
Note that the second version is faster
A few minutes later...
Well, it turns out you have a lot of time in your loop, even if using Propeller Tool (not compiled).
I added pinlow() immediately before your waitct() and pinhigh() immediately after. You've got ~10us of available bandwidth.
nice
Thanks, @Ludis !