Wanted: Sound chip interfaced with pic

[xnihilo]

Hi there,

Does anyone know about a cheap sound chip that does not need an expensive programmer and that can hold good quality digital sound of about a few seconds ( and that can be output at high volume without distortion, in mp3 or pcm or whatever) AND that can be interfaced to a pic. Something like ISD maybe?

I need to add loud and *good* quality/realistic gunshot sound to my lasergame equipment project. i have implemented all features but the sound. using a Cracker is lame and unsafe but digital sound often sounds crappy and lame too!

Does anyone have a sggestion? It would be really cool.

Thanks in advance for any idea.

[skimask]

I need to add loud and *good* quality/realistic gunshot sound to my lasergame equipment project. i have implemented all features but the sound. using a Cracker is lame and unsafe but digital sound often sounds crappy and lame too!

Looks in the manual for SOUND. You want white noise to make that sort of sound.
Worst case you end up with a dedicated, pin triggered PIC (might even run on a 10F200) making sound connected to an amplifier.

[xnihilo]

Looks in the manual for SOUND. You want white noise to make that sort of sound.
Worst case you end up with a dedicated, pin triggered PIC (might even run on a 10F200) making sound connected to an amplifier.

no. white noise sucks.
i need good quality audio chip.
there is somrting called quickvoice...

[skimask]

no. white noise sucks.
i need good quality audio chip.
there is somrting called quickvoice...

Gunshot noise IS white noise! It's all in how you manipulate the envelope.

whatever...

[tenaja]

But it is a laser gunshot...those are typically more melodious than white noise.

[skimask]

But it is a laser gunshot...those are typically more melodious than white noise.

Yep, I smell what you're cooking. All that 'white' noise from the SOUND command has a LOAD of harmonics in it being square waves and all. Could probably roll that pitch value up and down fairly nicely to get that sort of sound.

[xnihilo]

Hi,

I found an MP3 sound chip, VS1001.
It can be interfaced with a pic.
Does someone have Picbasic code for this?

Thanks anyway

[skimask]

I found an MP3 sound chip, VS1001.
It can be interfaced with a pic.
Does someone have Picbasic code for this?

That's an older MP3 chip, been around for quite awhile. Loads, literally hundreds of examples of how to drive the VS1001 chip around the internet. Just a matter of shifting data from one point to the other.
Question is... do you know how to get an MP3 sound into an eeprom, an external eeprom? 'cause a decent sound bite surely won't fit in any PIC internal eeprom.
And have you downloaded the datasheet for it yet?
And have you even tried the SOUND command yet?

[jderson]

I have a Winbond ISD4002 I intend to hook to a PIC (someday!). This has SPI interface, and can have multipule messages. It is available with different recording times. All you have to do is connect a microphone and a speaker, so they say!

Dave

[xnihilo]

I have a Winbond ISD4002 I intend to hook to a PIC (someday!). This has SPI interface, and can have multipule messages. It is available with different recording times. All you have to do is connect a microphone and a speaker, so they say!

Dave

Have you more info or example? (code/intefacing). You need a special hardware and/or software to set your sounds.

[xnihilo]

That's an older MP3 chip, been around for quite awhile. Loads, literally hundreds of examples of how to drive the VS1001 chip around the internet. Just a matter of shifting data from one point to the other.
Question is... do you know how to get an MP3 sound into an eeprom, an external eeprom? 'cause a decent sound bite surely won't fit in any PIC internal eeprom.
And have you downloaded the datasheet for it yet?
And have you even tried the SOUND command yet?

I id NOT find a good interfacing example Mr SkimaskKnowsEverytging.
Yes I have the datasheet.
Yes, I am using to create a placeholder for the gunshot sound in my code but it sucks.