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diff --git a/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md b/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md deleted file mode 100644 index 459498c..0000000 --- a/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Making a Drum Sequencer" -date = 2026-05-27 -+++ - -I always looked at Teenage Engineering and thought it was pretty cool and given I have a sem break right now, I thought I can make one too. shouldn't be hard right? -and after i started composing music, Techno was a genre I always wanted to try but i couldn't, and then an idea popped up, maybe I can create a suite of instruments - -> a Synth - -> a Drum Sequencer - -> a Vocoder - -and start making techno on them? Sounds nice innit? -<br> - -# The Design -I wanted the design to look a little retro 80's esque, and I wanted it to be little simpler (because I will have suite of appliances to generate different sounds, so would rather have one that is simple and does it job well) -and I drew a few sketches and ended with something that looks very nice -<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;"> - <img src="/dq_sketch.png" alt="Drum Sequencer Rough Sketch" style="transform: rotate(-90deg); width: 50%;" /> -</div> - -# The Prototyping -with the _beautifully_ crafted picture in hand, now the plan is to prototype - - -I needed around 16 Buttons -- which I am going to pull of some keyboards i archived (They paid off innit?). - -I might need to get some more potentiometers and find a way to make a matrix the LEDs and Buttons, Once That is done, Getting the whole thing shouldn't be that tough (atleast I hope it isn't) - - -<!-- -- 28 May 02:00 AM --> - -<!-- I am about to order stuff from flyrobo and i found this website called [ifuturetech](https://ifuturetech.org) which i am really unsure is legitimate, but yes. I might order from it, the total cost excluding the MicroProcessor and the Speaker (which i might borrow from a friend for prototyping) come around to 616. --> - -<!-- Including the speaker and the MCU let's call it a even 900? and then the chassis -- with a good cnc machine and alumium -- would roll everything up to a nice 1500 - 1700? That still is cheaper than Teenage Engineering or any SOTA, selling it for around 2400-2500 should make up some good profit. this is getting exciting. --> - -<!-- I look forward to any outliers that would increase the cost by 10x -- i don't see a reason something like this would but yes. --> |