Rockit 8 Bit Synth: Final Schematic and PCB

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I have ordered what I'm hoping will be the final PCB.  I've learned over the years that you never really know what you'll discover once you build one up and hold it in your hands, but I'm very hopeful. I had to do this layout mostly to fix a few things. The schematic really hasn't changed much in the last couple months.  Some values were adjusted but I like where things are right now in the hardware.

From here on, it's all software.  I'm working on developing more complex and interesting oscillator waveshapes, like morphing waveshapes and enveloped blended waveshapes.  They sound pretty cool.  I've also decided to add a last minute feature.  A lot of my friends have commented that they don't necessarily have a MIDI controller but they'd like to buy one, so I'm adding a feature to make the unit kind of standalone.  I'm calling this a drone/loop feature.  Basically, I'm going to add a small sequencer. I'm not exactly sure how it will all work, but it should turn out pretty cool in the end since the Rockit makes pretty nifty droning sounds especially when you get the filter and the LFOs involved.  I was messing with this feature last night and I accidentally found an arpeggiation mode when the LFO is set to trigger the oscillator detune.  It sounded awesome, especially with some of the quirky new waveshapes I've added to the LFO.   Other than these new features, I'll be fine tuning the software to get it ready for release.  I'll be posting this project on Kickstarter after the new pcb comes in and I make a little video.  I've got some surprises for that, so stay tuned.  Here's an image of the final PCB.

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