Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

#1

Post by carlos » Thu, May 17, 2012, 3:35 PM UTC

Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal
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Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

#2

Post by david_a_r_kemp » Thu, May 17, 2012, 4:27 PM UTC

Whilst I applaud the effort, I think there needs to be PCB layouts and the like before this can be considered open source. At the moment the source code is there, and probably enough resources to give you a jump start on building your own, not detailed enough to build your own.

It's like me calling a program open source and ownly making the roadmap/initial spec publicly available.

Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

#3

Post by lux » Thu, May 17, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

Will there be an option to order the hardware pre-built? I'd love to hack on some effects, but my resources are a little thin for putting together the hardware side of things at present.

Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

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Post by teach » Thu, May 17, 2012, 4:31 PM UTC

I think it's a shame that this is targetted at the hacker-musician community, but the development environment is almost Windows only. (Written in C#, partially working under Mono on OS X, not tested under Linux.)

I suspect the vast majority of musician-hacker types don't use Windows.

Edit: I see that the Linux version is mostly held back by a third-party Windows-only tool, and a cross-platform replacement is under development. Awesome.

Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

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Post by teach » Thu, May 17, 2012, 4:34 PM UTC

david_a_r_kemp wrote: post #2

Whilst I applaud the effort, I think there needs to be PCB layouts and the like before this can be considered open source. At the moment the source code is there, and probably enough resources to give you a jump start on building your own, not detailed enough to build your own. It's like me calling a program open source and ownly making the roadmap/initial spec publicly available.

The schematics are available; they're just not linked well on the site.

Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

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Post by veridies » Thu, May 17, 2012, 4:48 PM UTC

teach wrote: post #4

I think it's a shame that this is targetted at the hacker-musician community, but the development environment is almost Windows only. (Written in C#, partially working under Mono on OS X, not tested under Linux.) I suspect the vast majority of musician-hacker types don't use Windows. Edit: I see that the Linux version is mostly held back by a third-party Windows-only tool, and a cross-platform replacement is under de…

This is the biggest problem for me; I'd love one of these if I had stable OS X or Linux software to run it.

Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

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Post by lux » Thu, May 17, 2012, 5:00 PM UTC

veridies wrote: post #6

teach wrote: post #4

I think it's a shame that this is targetted at the hacker-musician community, but the development environment is almost Windows only. (Written in C#, partially working under Mono on OS X, not tested under Linux.) I suspect the vast majority of musician-hacker types don't use Windows. Edit: I see that the Linux version is mostly held back by a third-party Windows-only tool, and a cross-platform replacement is under de…

This is the biggest problem for me; I'd love one of these if I had stable OS X or Linux software to run it.

+1 for OSX support. With GarageBand and with the huge popularity of Macs in audio circles in general, support for it seems pretty critical.

Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

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Post by steauengeglase » Thu, May 17, 2012, 5:09 PM UTC

david_a_r_kemp wrote: post #2

Whilst I applaud the effort, I think there needs to be PCB layouts and the like before this can be considered open source. At the moment the source code is there, and probably enough resources to give you a jump start on building your own, not detailed enough to build your own. It's like me calling a program open source and ownly making the roadmap/initial spec publicly available.

http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/docs/cusapps/Pro...

Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

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Post by bitwize » Thu, May 17, 2012, 5:25 PM UTC

teach wrote: post #4

I think it's a shame that this is targetted at the hacker-musician community, but the development environment is almost Windows only. (Written in C#, partially working under Mono on OS X, not tested under Linux.) I suspect the vast majority of musician-hacker types don't use Windows. Edit: I see that the Linux version is mostly held back by a third-party Windows-only tool, and a cross-platform replacement is under de…

I suspect the vast majority of musician-hacker types don't use Windows.

Since the death of the Amiga and Atari ST, virtually all pro digital music stuff is done on Macs.

But more musicians probably use Windows than use Linux.

Re: Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal

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Post by loeschg » Thu, May 17, 2012, 5:39 PM UTC

I was super excited about this until I saw the price tag. $300 definitely puts it into that "I'm gonna think 2x about buying this" categories. Not to say I wouldn't drop the cash if musicians I respect like it and use it.