Modular Analog Synthesis 2001-Now

In 2001 the Wiard modules and front panels were moved to a more compact case.

Another panel for digital frequency generation was constructed in 2004. This contains PC board with two phase locked loop chips and a 555 timer chip, part of a clone board of Grant Richter's Wogglebug. Front panel graphics were generated by Xaos.

To the right of the PLLs is a protoboard with an 8051 microprocessor programmed to generate divided frequencies. This code was based on some earlier work by Scott Rider AKA The Old Crow.

Control generation is now handled by programs written in Quartus Forth running on the Palm Pilot. The above PIC based MIDI to pulse converter converts MIDI to pulses shaped by the lag processors in the main panel.

Spatial processing is done with a custom-programmed Analog Devices Blackfin digital signal processor on the BF533 evaluation board. Multitap delay networks distribute signals to four channels.