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Proposer
Adam Sampson
Title
Physically modelled classic drum machines
Goal
Build a SPICE (or similar) software model of a TR-808 drum machine's circuits, and make it playable as a software synthesiser
Description
A musical project - 1980s drum machines like the Roland TR-808 and TR-909 are still widely used and cloned today, both in hardware and software. Software implementations are often based on samples, though, rather than on a physical simulation of the circuitry - making for less variation and flexibility. In this project, you'd use an existing FOSS electronics simulation system to build a model of a drum machine (or some parts of it), and wrap it in a LV2 software synthesiser so it could be played within a digital audio workstation such as Ardour.
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Background
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Difficulty Level
Moderate
Ethical Approval
None
Number Of Students
1
Supervisor
Adam Sampson
Keywords
audio, synthesis, signal processing, dsp, music, watch ya bass bins
Degrees
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems
Master of Engineering in Software Engineering
Master of Science in Computing (2 Years)
Master of Science in Information Technology (Software Systems)
Master of Science in Software Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computing Science
Bachelor of Engineering in Robotics
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