Name: SPO vox
SKU: 3044
Availability: InStock

SPO vox

€ 75,00

The SPO256-AL2 is a great addition to EMY. It can be used to create a wide variety of sounds, from classic 8-bit sounds to modern, complex textures. It’s a great tool for creating unique and interesting electronic music either via MIDI or CV control.

Only 2 left in stock

Description

This board host the vintage General Instruments SP0256-AL2 aka SPO256-AL2 Narrator. This IC was very popular in the 1980s.

The SPO256-AL2 produces all 59 phonemes of the English language. They can be sustained to generate signing.

It has a very recognizable 8-bit metallic sound.

These phonemes are individually addressable and can be chained together to create words or small sentences.

Our board adds two absent functions on the chip: pitch or inflection control and volume control.

The chip allows looping the last phoneme to generate interesting noise or steady MIDI notes.

MIDI control

MIDI note ON (first phoneme on note 36)
MIDI note OFF
Pitch Bend (can be used while the note is ON)
Velocity
Volume CC1 (can be used while the note is ON)

CV control

Phoneme
Volume
Pitch

Custom vocabulary

Build your own vocabulary by stringing allophones together in the following syntax :

(note the + marker to extend the duration of the allophone)

music: MM YY1 UW2 +600 ZZ IH +400 KK1 
ZERO: ZZ YR OW
ONE: WW AX AX NN1
technology: TT1 EH KK1 NN1 AA +100 LL AX +400 JH IY
electronic: IH IH LL EH KK1 TT1 RR2 AA +200 NN1 IH +200 KK1