lansd@utcsri.UUCP (Robert Lansdale) (01/05/88)
This is a request to all prophets out there able to foresee the
future....
I am in the position where I must choose a topic for my Master's
level thesis in Electrical Engineering (Computer Option). For my
undergraduate thesis I designed a 16 DSP signal processor solely
intended for music synthesis and sampling. It features two buses on
the backplane - one for transfering two word packets to any number
of the 16 dsp boards simultaneously, and the other a dma bus that
allows any dsp board to dma into another board's address space or
into a 54Mbyte dynamic ram array. TMS-32020s are used as the dsp
processor and an ATARI-ST as the host computer.
This was fine for an undergraduate thesis, but it doesn't hold up
for a Master's. What I would like is to find an application for this
beast!
I have considered the following topics and none really hold
much interest for me:
1) A sampler syth - passe' - at the time I designed the
above synth, samplers were $35000. Its cheaper to buy one
today.
2) Synthesis from algorithms - its already been researched
in our lab and Roland seems to be researching this heavily.
3) Digital filters - YUCK!
4) 2400/9600 modem - Out of my league.
Can anyone think of some great, new, fantastic, un-explored
idea that no-one has bothered looking at? (Boy, am I optimistic!). It
doesn't necessarily have to do with music synthesis, ie:
- T.I. has a talking doll using TMS dsp chips.
- singing synthesis.
- word processing artificial intelligence that analyzes
the user's input and improvises (I could do with that!).
- ISDN applications (may be too early for this?)
I would like to incorporate the hardware mentioned above
into the project as I have already invested $2000 in parts for it.
Any ideas, whatever they may be, would be appreciated!