I rebuilt the interface for my synthesizer ribbon controller and wrote new software for it. It's a big improvement over the original project, with better workmanship, a printed circuit board, and smaller, simpler, but equally effective software.
00:00 Intro
00:10 The original, its decline and fall
03:12 The new hardware
07:40 The new software
09:31 Soldering sequence
09:59 One month and three new jacks later
10:49 Demo
11:25 Outro
Full disclosure: The software is actually not quite as simple as what was shown — I'd removed some debug printout code. I pushed that to the repo and then remembered you need the printouts to set the parameters correctly. I reverted the change.
Music:
Ringtone by Rich Holmes
Two Part Insurrection by Rich Holmes
Repositories:
• Arduino software: https://gitlab.com/rsholmes/ribcon
• dac/ino PCB: https://gitlab.com/rsholmes/dac_ino
Blog post: https://analogoutputblog.wordpress.com/2022/03/04/reribbon/
Ribbon controller playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--6kDQASiFc&list=PLtqV334WGBINxRzNK6wGlY-pWKwm1QIlJ
