Benjamin Clegg Undergraduate Dissertation 2016/17

A Modular Synthesiser Using the Raspberry Pi

Supervised by G.Brown

Abstract

The goal of this project is to create a synthesiser which combines the creative freedom of a modular system, and the portability of a performance synthesiser, whilst being able to be produced at a low cost, by performing signal processing using the Raspberry Pi, an inexpensive playing card sized computer.

The challenges and processes involved in building such a synthesiser are outlined in this report, with an examination into existing synthesis techniques and resources which can be employed to successfully implement a modular synthesiser in software.