MiniDexed TX816 – Part 2 – PCB Design

As I mentioned in my introduction, I soon gave up trying to prototype a Raspberry Pi Pico based TX816 styled user interface for my MiniDexed using solderless breadboard. It was just too unweildy, unreliable, and generally impractical. Consequently, I've took a bit of a risk and jumped straight into designing some circuit boards for my … Continue reading MiniDexed TX816 – Part 2 – PCB Design →

MiniDexed TX816

As soon as I started playing with MiniDexed and found out it supported 8 tone generators, I wondered if it would be possible to build an interface to it to make it look like a Yamaha TX816 tone module. This is the first in a series of posts looking at what a TX816 is and … Continue reading MiniDexed TX816 →

“Bare Metal” Raspberry Pi MiniDexed DX7 – Part 2

This is a continuation of my exploration of MiniDexed. In part 1 I built a basic breadboard version. In this part, I've built a DIY "MiniDexed HAT" for a 40-way GPIO Raspberry Pi. Update: There is also now a custom PCB too: MiniDexed Raspberry Pi IO Board. https://youtu.be/7gKDfDWLHzw Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second … Continue reading “Bare Metal” Raspberry Pi MiniDexed DX7 – Part 2 →

“Bare Metal” Raspberry Pi MiniDexed DX7

One project I've had my eye on for some time is Dexed: "Dexed is a multi platform, multi format plugin synth that is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7". More specifically I noticed there was a version for the Teensy called microDexed that I really wanted to try; that it is also one of the synth … Continue reading “Bare Metal” Raspberry Pi MiniDexed DX7 →