Introduction – Tiptop Z-DSP User Manual

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Introduction.

Welcome to the world of digital signal processing!

The Z-DSP is a modular synthesizer component that

can process and generate audio using a dedicated

micro-computer, a digital signal processing processor –

a DSP!

Like the processor in your desktop computer, the

Z-DSP runs programs in memory. It’s these programs

that create the delays, filters, oscillators and more that

the Z-DSP can produce. The possibilities are virtually

endless, limited only by the imagination of those who

write the applications for it. Tiptop Audio, together with

some of the best known programmers in the music

industry, are working to bring programs to the Z-DSP

platform.

The Z-DSP uses an open-source coding environment,

and using a programmer (available from Tiptop/Spin

Semiconductor) anyone can create, share or sell their

own applications for the Z-DSP. We hope that this

unique feature will motivate more designers and users

to dive in to the amazing world of digital signal

processing and enrich the available library of

applications for the Z-DSP platform. Please contact us

for more information regarding obtaining a programmer.

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