> Just thinking out loud, but what would a PIC have to do to be a > synthesizer? >=20 > One would need to start with the source, a wave form. This > could either be generated mathematically or based on internal > tables. >=20 > Next would be to manipulate the characteristics of the sound. > There is the pitch, controlled by voltage, a good use for the > A/D maybe. Duration would be controlled by software. Timbre > would be the wave form. Volume, I don't know how that would be > done. Just to try to answer myself (also based on doing a lot of reading) = maybe the answer to this is the duty cycle. Hmmm. LED's go off in my = head now. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/4/2004 =20 -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body