Polyglot
Please make sure to orient the plug PCB correctly on EMY with the white marking on the top:
Polyglot Kit Assembly Procedure
Talko 1 DIY
This module is performing real-time LPC synthesis to produce intelligible voice or … not if you choose to.
The module produces sounds in 3 major modes : Speech, Repeat and VCO.
Talko is an Arduino-based synthesiser developed under open-source hardware and software. (license CC-BY-SA)
Its firmware can be updated via the onboard USB port.
Please note that building & coding this module requires minimum Arduino knowledge like installing a com port, installing libraries & uploading code.
Technical details
– format: Eurorack
– width: 10hp
– depth: 30 mm skiff friendly
– power: + 12V: 65 mA via 10 pin Doepfer power bus
– audio : un-filtered 5V PWM carrier at 62500 Hz
– inputs: protected against over or under voltage by clipping from 0 to +5V
Assembly
The kit contains everything you need to build your own Talko 1.2 : the panel, the PCB, the components, the knobs and the power cable.
The kits include a populated PCB with all SMD installed .
The bootloader is already flashed to the ATmega338p.
The assembly manual can be found here : https://github.com/deladriere/euro-modules/wiki/Assemble-Talko
User Manual
The user manual can be found here : http://www.polaxis.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Talko-Manual-1_2.pdf
Technical support
https://github.com/deladriere/euro-modules/tree/master/Talko
Kaiwa kit
Assembly Manual :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YqtZGcR0a9y3dSaS41rJ2dpXWgq_nbGpbouSVJeHrYA/edit?usp=sharing
Quickstart manual: http://www.polaxis.be/download/kaiwa-quickstart-manual/
For more information, check the assembled Kaiwa
Emy Kit
See the assembly manual
Kaiwa Assembled
Prepare your text file in Romaji and have Kaiwa read it out loud for you!
Just in case you wonder how Romaji look like: here is the Japanese lyrics of Kraftwerk’s Radioactivity :
cherunobuiri
harisuba-gu
serafi-rudo
hiroshi-ma
fukushi-ma
nihon,demo,houshanou
kyoumo,itsumademo
fukushima,houshanou
kuuki,mizu,subete
nihon,demo,houshanou
i-ma--sugu,ya-mero-note: the hyphen is used to prolong the vowels (see the Kaiwa-vox’s manual for more on this)
Workflow
Group your lines into a song and save it as a text file on the SD card :
On Kaiwa, manually pick a song and use the Sound pot or its CV entry to pick the line in that song.
A gate signal will trigger the sound while the various pot and CV entries allow tweaking the voice characteristics before processing the speech (not in real-time, but they are applied on the next utterance).
Kaiwa Manual
Firmware
Kaiwa Firmware 28.03 KB 637 downloads
Firmware load : Option 1 Saving the "firmware.bin" on the SD card and restart Option...Login is required to access this page
SD card
(if you need to get started with a new sd card)
Kaiwa SD card 1.36 KB 9501 downloads
Image of Kaiwa's default SD card. It contains some files to get started Unzip and...Quickstart Manual
USB TTS mode
This little demo to shows how to use the USB TTS mode on Kaiwa. This function is designed to help you debug your Japanese romaji lines before storing them into a text file for the SD card. (see the user manual for more details).
The speech is triggered by the gate signal, so this mode can also be used to edit and play live text.
Media
Emy Assembled
TMS5220/TMS5100 speech engine
- LPC data are read from the SD card so an infinite vocabulary can be loaded
- Sound and vocabulary can be produced by concatenating allophones and prosody markers from the text file to affect rate, duration, and pitch. No limits here!
- The OLED crisp display allows browsing amongst the files and the lines within files to pick the sound the user wants to generate.
- Speech rendering can be tweaked in real-time to affect, rate, stretch, bend, pitch, and energy.
- All the potentiometers have CV entries attached to them
- Emy produces sounds in 3 major modes: Speech, Repeat, and VCO.
- In Speech mode, the speech starts with a gate signal and is completed before waiting for a new gate signal. The speech has priority.
- In Repeat mode, the speech starts and stops with the gate signal going high or low.
The gate has the priority, and the speech repeats while the gate is high. This mode is handy to create crazy rhythms. - In VCO mode, the LPC engine loops while the gate is high, producing steady notes.
Technical Details
- 16 hp
- micro SD card reader to read the text or update the firmware
- Diode for reverse polarity protection on power lines
- Consumption : +12V 60mA / -12V 18 mA
- Cortex-M0 ARM processor
- All inputs: 100k impedance, 12-bit ADC.
- CV control designed for 0-5 V entries
- aux out signal 5V
- OLED display
- mikroBUS host
- Output level 8 Vpp
- A USB port for communication, firmware updates, and USB keyboard text entry
Firmwares
Emy MIDI Serial 95.37 KB 53969 downloads
This firmware works both on Emy 2018 and 2019 editions. It allows Emy to behave like...
Emy MIDI USB 79.49 KB 53455 downloads
This firmware works both on Emy 2018 and 2019 editions. It allows Emy to behave like...
Emy Firmware 65.95 KB 100603 downloads
This firmware is designed for Emy 2019 edition (PCB revision 1.0c). It can run on...SD card
(if you need to get started with a new sd card)
Emy SD card image 32.99 KB 7256 downloads
Image of Emy's default SD card. It contains some .lpc files and .phon files to get...More files
Emy
View AllMIDI
The MIDI version of the code (see above in Firmware) works great with this Ableton preset file
Emy Ableton MIDI to allophones effect rack 7.87 KB 33959 downloads
MIDI notes are renamed so they match Emy's allophones table This makes it easier...Manuals
Emy user manual
Emy kit assembly manual
Emy 2018 quickstart manual 569.91 KB 278173 downloads
Have a look at this little quick start manual to get started using the Emy 2018 speech...
Emy 2019 quick start manual 3.78 MB 126876 downloads
Have a look at this little quick start manual to get started using the Emy 2019 speech...Media
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JkEYwAl6exk
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Talko 1 assembled module
This module is performing real-time LPC synthesis to produce an intelligible voice or … not if you choose to.
The module produces sounds in 3 major modes: Speech, Repeat, and VCO.
Talko is an Arduino-based synthesizer developed under open-source hardware and software. (license CC-BY-SA)
Its firmware can be updated via the onboard USB port.
Please note that building & coding this module requires minimum Arduino knowledge like installing a com port, installing libraries & uploading code.
Technical details
– format: Eurorack
– width: 10hp
– depth: 30 mm skiff friendly
– power: + 12V: 65 mA via 10 pin Doepfer power bus
– audio: un-filtered 5V PWM carrier at 62500 Hz
– inputs: protected against over or under voltage by clipping from 0 to +5V
User Manual
The user manual can be found here: http://www.polaxis.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Talko-Manual-1_2.pdf
Technical support
https://github.com/deladriere/euro-modules/tree/master/Talko
Latest firmware
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