Now you just need a couple hundred of them. Then use the Haar transform - which is a generalisation of Fourier that can decompose to square waves instead of sines. This thing could simultaneously go both high-fidelity end even *more* useless.
@@MegaBlueBomber I remember them well. The last time I listened to one of these buzzers in its natural environment, I was playing a game in QBASIC. And I used one in a microcontroller build last year to make a custom singing greeting card. They’re simple to set up and easy to code for, but the sounds they produce are so bad. It can be cool, retro, and an objectively worse listening experience simultaneously :P
@@diggoran last time i've heard them was making an arduino project. still wanna buy an arduino for myself and build a little synth with those and some buttons
I feel like there's room to go even further, probably with flex PCBs. You can make the speaker diaphragm itself out of a flex pcb, making that part super thin, and put all the processing chips on a flex pcb that runs along the inside metal housing for the USB C port 😂
It might even be possible to have both layers stacked inside the connector, so that the only thing protruding is a handle to remove it. Manufacturing such a product would not be easy, though.
This brings back memories. Many years ago I wrote the SW midi synth that shipped with Windows Phone/Windows CE. It used 4k of ROM, ran on (IIRC) a 16MHz ARM, and supported unlimited polyphony (but all instruments were sine waves). The code is still out there somewhere- it was part of the "wavedev2" driver sample.
Imagine if you made collectibles with this; some kind of unique connection standard that you then plug into a glorified USB hub, and each one will have their own spin on the tune making them compliment each other
Exactly what I was thinking. Toss in some triangle waves and noise generator modules and you could do convincing impressions of 8-bit computers. What's the world's smallest TI speech synthesizer?
The sequel we all needed! Soon I foresee you just soldiering an even smaller synth directly onto a motherboard so you don't have to worry about the added bulk of a connector!
Really dumb request: can you have it play Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber? I have a theory that song sounds good no matter what you cover it on. I saw someone cover it with stepper motors and it was still heartwrenching
Why am I crying, the mini synthesizer found friends than made them whole , i love you mini usb c synthetizer , you've touched the deepness of my heart😭
There are a lot of devices that this device is perfect for! The SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERs. They don't have a built-in speaker and there are lots of uses for this thing. Imagine, we can send system logs with beautiful MIDI sounds 😁☺️!
I was fascinated back in the time of the original midi synth video, now I suggest a Male USB-B with 3.5mm port for audio jack and some kind of power port (if needed) this would allow any midi controller to be a standalone synth!
@@iankellymorris oh yeah, that cant be, I was even pondering to have a digital software to configure the synth settings via pc but that was probably another port, unless you had those weird config audio waveforms.
I feel like your tiny MIDI synths could be used in SOME way with the stylophone business card, but I'm not sure how exactly that could be done without some external third device present to provide, like, electricity and stuff
i audibly gasped when i saw the 4-port hub! and the sound of it is So beautiful and calming to me, im not one for seeking audio Quality superiority. Just Nice Sounds. i also absolutely love your mission of not trying to make the Best thing, just making what you want. that's exactly the kind of logic i want to follow when i make things too :)
My cat's ears folded down when i played this. It's so cute! I love the creativity and novelty of such a cute little gadget, and your voice is so pleasant to listen to!
Imagine hiding one of these somewhere and once a day it makes a random high pitch sound. Since it's high pitch, it can't be localized by human hearing very well, and due to size, it would be quite hard to find, if hidden well.
You remind me of what I was doing when I was like 9yrs old. I would make the smallest origami I could, I thought it to be the mastery of the thing I was creating.
