This week I presented a proposal for our project to the D teams in 18-500! (Team_D2_Scherlis_Zeloof_MacFarquhar_proposal) I look forward to reading the feedback. I believe that preparing for this presentation has helped me to further my understanding of the many facets of our project. I am now preparing to install vivado on my laptop so we may work on the project in the lab space. We have a previous MIDI-out keyboard that Tom has provided. I researched the encoding of MIDI data. There is a clear standard and it should not be difficult to write our own interpreter or modify another one. I will begin working on that this week and also do some CAD for the enclosure in SOLIDWORKS.
Project Summary
The PROGNOSTICATOR-6 is our vision for a 6-voiced, digital-analog hybrid synthesizer. The synthesizer will make use of digital wavetable oscillators and analog filters and amplifiers. It may feature multiple effects digitally such as chorus, pitch shifting, chords, and arpeggiators. The analog path will include tunable high and low pass filters and an amplifier, which can be modulated by digital envelopes. Notes will be provided separately with an external midi controller, and the whole PROGNOSTICATOR-6 will be built into a sturdy mechanical housing with a strong focus on user experience.