PIC based Pitch to Voltage Convertor

[ericcoleridge]

I don't have one-- I don't really know anything about PIC programming. I've just been seeing a lot of really great PIC based modules lately-- like the tap tempo LFO, dividers and multipliers, and quantizers.

I figured someone must be designing a PIC based Pitch Detector/Follower. This seems to be something that's just too difficult or problematic to do with analog circuits-- but might be easy to do with a PIC chip.
Isn't there someone here who wants to design a Pitch to Voltage module?

[StephenGiles]

I think you need a decent fundamental extractor at the front end, certainly for guitar otherwise it's a complete waste of time. Howard Davis of Electroharmonix probably designed the best one.

[jnuaury]

http://registeringdomainnamesismorefunthandoingrealwork.com/blogs/?p=150

i havent looked at the code yet, but all youd have to add is a DAC of some kind and some code to output that voltage... seems like most of the heavy lifting is done though.

[StephenGiles]

As I said, you must have a decent funamental extractor, and it also helps to compress the input signal.

[LFLab]

Would the hardware need to be that much different from the pitch to midi converter in the october 2009 issue of Everyday Practical Electronics? Basically "just" other code, right?

[ericcoleridge]