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Post by Kyaa on Oct 17, 2022 16:33:40 GMT
Howdy, I've made some adapter boards based on Tom Whitwell's marvelous Radio Music module. To clarify, these are designed to take a Teensy 3.1/3.2 running Radio Music (or other compatible firmware, a la Prok Drums) and break them out into AE voltages. In accordance with Tom's / Music Thing's licensing, I'm going to release everything open source so anyone who's interested can create/modify this design to their hearts content. As Teensies are widely unavailable right now, I'm considering making a pin compatible board running a port of radio music so people could get grooving in the meantime. That being said, I haven't even started such a project, so I really don't have a timeline. Alternatively, Prok drum partial kits (including the required Teensy) are available right now on Thonk. That's the avenue I took for this first round. If you'd like to hear them in action, I used them extensively in the recent AEtherwaves comp: aetherwaves.bandcamp.com/track/talk-smak-get-smakkedWorth noting, but as I have no formal association with the folk at Prok, I'm not going to be offering this front panel design for sale, but I'll probably create one with more generic terms on the front like 'Radio' and 'Drum'. Lastly, I'm thinking I'm going to offer these modules as DIY kits, but I'm curious to hear what people think in general. Cheers! 😀
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Post by pol on Oct 17, 2022 18:42:37 GMT
More info to follow post AEtherwaves. 😁 Ooh er Missus
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Post by Kyaa on Nov 1, 2022 17:09:46 GMT
I guess the cat is out of the bag. I'll be populating this thread with some more info by the end of the week.
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Post by frix on Nov 2, 2022 10:24:50 GMT
OH MY GOD. guys, keep an eye on these modules, they will be a must for percussion. I have prok eurorack modules, and I'm really very satisfied Good job Tom ❤️
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Post by rockysmalls on Nov 2, 2022 12:47:02 GMT
very much looking forward to using this as RADIO MUSIC, the drums is a welcome bonus!  2auto + radiomusic = having a robot monkey going ape on yr FM dial whilst you do the tricky finetune mixing!
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Post by solipsistnation on Nov 2, 2022 17:12:53 GMT
Oh boy, yeah. I just tried to find Teensys for sale anywhere, and they are unfindable unless you go for dubious aliexpress fakes or drop like $200 on ebay (which they are definitely not worth).
...still would like to acquire at least 2 or 3 of these. 8)
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Post by Kyaa on Nov 2, 2022 18:31:53 GMT
Partial prok drum kits are still available on Thonk including teensies loaded w/ the prok firmware. That's mainly what I was anticipating people would use these for, for the time being.
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Post by Kyaa on Nov 5, 2022 1:23:17 GMT
As promised, I posted some more info up top. 👍
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Post by pol on Nov 5, 2022 8:59:33 GMT
I'd really like one, looks like a great addition to the AE; happy to have a go at a kit as been successful about 5 times now, and managed to fault find on my last build successfully,
Pol.
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Post by Kyaa on Nov 8, 2022 0:08:17 GMT
So good news, Steve from Thonk is willing to work with me to make complete kits and assembled modules available for Prok drums!
The bad news is that even they are running short on Teensies right now, so that plan will have to wait until at least March 2023 which is their earliest restock date...
I don't know if it makes sense to focus on a release for these until that, or a Teensy-proxy (for radio music) gets sorted out. 🤷♂️
Maybe I'm wrong though and everyone has a teensy or two kicking around and there is a burning desire for the module right now. Let me know, haha.
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Post by DeepSEA on Nov 21, 2022 20:13:11 GMT
I wonder if this could be adapted / ported to the Teensy 4.0? It seems thy those are more readily available now.
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Post by Kyaa on Nov 21, 2022 23:21:29 GMT
I wonder if this could be adapted / ported to the Teensy 4.0? It seems thy those are more readily available now. They're currently working on things that I'm not at liberty to divulge. I will say it currently doesn't make sense for me to work on my own alternative solution.
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Post by turbotodd2k on Apr 21, 2023 23:31:00 GMT
Seeing as how it's after March thought I'd ask and see if there's any news you can share on the Prok module. Have my fingers crossed we'll see it before too long.
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Post by Kyaa on Apr 23, 2023 1:44:10 GMT
Seeing as how it's after March thought I'd ask and see if there's any news you can share on the Prok module. Have my fingers crossed we'll see it before too long. No movement on my end unfortunately... I sent an email to Steve to see what the current state of affairs is.
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Post by solipsistnation on Apr 23, 2023 23:22:44 GMT
Maybe something will show up at Superbooth...
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Post by johnoffinland on May 20, 2023 7:36:33 GMT
Radio Music module! I just inherited more than a dozen old short wave radios from the passing of an old friend who collected everything and produced great experimental films and music (I was his graphic designer. We met at a record store in high school.) This will be a perfect addition to the AE system! And that aluminum case - so elegant and functional with the power hinges, screwless module connection, etc.
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