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As I understand it, transferring data as audio goes back quite ways, right? I had a Commodore 64 that could use phillips tape. I'm drawing. blank, but IIRC there were musical instruments (maybe the roland juno 60?) in the 80s that were storing their data as audio, too.
Yus, apparently some software was broadcast on the radio, people could record it on tape and use it on their Commodore and such.
Digital modules from Mutable Instruments (and related clones + offshoots) use audio-based data transfer for firmware updates. Interesting way to give the consumer the ability to change the firmware without having to access the back of the module (there's a way to use a serial JTAG adapter as well). https://github.com/pichenettes/mutable-dev-environment?tab=r...
On a similar if sillier note note, Korg made a Hatsune Miku guitar effect[1] that was programmable through audio sent from an iPhone app through the guitar pickup. Annoyingly, the free app isn't available on the US App Store, so open source software would be useful (insofar as the ability to play back a predefined sequence of Vocaloid phonemes using an electric guitar is useful). [1] https://www.korg.com/us/products/…
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As I understand it, transferring data as audio goes back quite ways, right? I had a Commodore 64 that could use phillips tape. I'm drawing. blank, but IIRC there were musical instruments (maybe the roland juno 60?) in the 80s that were storing their data as audio, too.
Yus, apparently some software was broadcast on the radio, people could record it on tape and use it on their Commodore and such.
One of the weirdest things I did last week was realizing that my flipper zero could be used as a redbox... now I just need to find a payphone with a trunk...
Digital modules from Mutable Instruments (and related clones + offshoots) use audio-based data transfer for firmware updates. Interesting way to give the consumer the ability to change the firmware without having to access the back of the module (there's a way to use a serial JTAG adapter as well). https://github.com/pichenettes/mutable-dev-environment?tab=r...
As I understand it, transferring data as audio goes back quite ways, right? I had a Commodore 64 that could use phillips tape. I'm drawing. blank, but IIRC there were musical instruments (maybe the roland juno 60?) in the 80s that were storing their data as audio, too.
Digital modules from Mutable Instruments (and related clones + offshoots) use audio-based data transfer for firmware updates. Interesting way to give the consumer the ability to change the firmware without having to access the back of the module (there's a way to use a serial JTAG adapter as well). https://github.com/pichenettes/mutable-dev-environment?tab=r...
As I understand it, transferring data as audio goes back quite ways, right? I had a Commodore 64 that could use phillips tape. I'm drawing. blank, but IIRC there were musical instruments (maybe the roland juno 60?) in the 80s that were storing their data as audio, too.
Hey ericlewis - this is cool! Can I ask how you figured it out?! Doing this for my PO-33 was on my bucket list. I thought I might have to resort to voltage glitching to get a firmware dump, which is currently beyond my skills.
I am working on PO-33, doing EMFI.
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The word "patch" has a naming conflict between the disciplines of synthesizers and software.
what you mean? synthesisers are software... I think the context is clear here and we're talking about software made for music, so the usage of patch is accurate. If author wanted to use "patch" to mean patching a file they would likely be specific or context could be inferred. "A patch is data for modifying an existing software resource such as a program or a file" Which is what patching synths/drum machines (and fil…
If you, for example, download sysex files for a DX7, they will often be referred to as "patches".