Help! I want to build a box that will play random sounds!
 

I was wondering if someone can help me out here.

I want to build a circuit that will play ramdom sounds that I can put
onto a chip from my pc.

I want a simple push button control....something like one of those
singing fish but for a different purpose.

I would like to have say 10 or more sound clips that it could play
randomly with the push of a button.
Or if possible and not to complicated multiple buttons for different
clips.

Can someone point me in the right direction here...book, website,
company that sells a kit?
What kind of a chip is normally used to hold the sounds for something
like this...how would I program it?

Looking for a way to do this and keep it small and not really
expensive.
I figure if that make greeting cards that play music and the singing
fish is not that expensive then I should be abe to make something like
this relatively small and cheap.


Thanks for any help!!

as;ldfkj wrote:

I was wondering if someone can help me out here.

I want to build a circuit that will play ramdom sounds that I can put
onto a chip from my pc.

I want a simple push button control....something like one of those
singing fish but for a different purpose.

I would like to have say 10 or more sound clips that it could play
randomly with the push of a button.
Or if possible and not to complicated multiple buttons for different
clips.

Can someone point me in the right direction here...book, website,
company that sells a kit?
What kind of a chip is normally used to hold the sounds for something
like this...how would I program it?

Looking for a way to do this and keep it small and not really
expensive.
I figure if that make greeting cards that play music and the singing
fish is not that expensive then I should be abe to make something like
this relatively small and cheap.

USB stick with mp3 player?


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On 21 Apr 2005 00:14:04 GMT, John Bokma
wrote:

as;ldfkj wrote:

I was wondering if someone can help me out here.

I want to build a circuit that will play ramdom sounds that I can put
onto a chip from my pc.

I want a simple push button control....something like one of those
singing fish but for a different purpose.

I would like to have say 10 or more sound clips that it could play
randomly with the push of a button.
Or if possible and not to complicated multiple buttons for different
clips.

Can someone point me in the right direction here...book, website,
company that sells a kit?
What kind of a chip is normally used to hold the sounds for something
like this...how would I program it?

Looking for a way to do this and keep it small and not really
expensive.
I figure if that make greeting cards that play music and the singing
fish is not that expensive then I should be abe to make something like
this relatively small and cheap.

USB stick with mp3 player?

No, this has to be standalone and cheap. I was thinking something that
can be made for less then $15
I don't want it to be re-programmable. One time setup and that is all.
I have a few projects I want to put into my gameroom and have certain
sounds play if a lever is pushed or a button is pressed.

Is something like this possible in the price range I mention?

as;ldfkj wrote:

On 21 Apr 2005 00:14:04 GMT, John Bokma
wrote:

as;ldfkj wrote:

I was wondering if someone can help me out here.

I want to build a circuit that will play ramdom sounds that I can
put
onto a chip from my pc.

I want a simple push button control....something like one of those
singing fish but for a different purpose.

I would like to have say 10 or more sound clips that it could play
randomly with the push of a button.
Or if possible and not to complicated multiple buttons for different
clips.

Can someone point me in the right direction here...book, website,
company that sells a kit?
What kind of a chip is normally used to hold the sounds for
something
like this...how would I program it?

Looking for a way to do this and keep it small and not really
expensive.
I figure if that make greeting cards that play music and the singing
fish is not that expensive then I should be abe to make something
like
this relatively small and cheap.

USB stick with mp3 player?

No, this has to be standalone and cheap.

It is standalone.

I was thinking something that
can be made for less then $15

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=445902
$24.88

And I am sure that looking at e-bay will give you a price under the 15
USD.

http://www.google.com/search?q=sound%20recorder%20chip gives:

http://www.scary-terry.com/dsr/dsr.htm
http://www.mnsi.net/~boucher/Soundplayer.html
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/fwinkler/work03/isd.html


I don't want it to be re-programmable. One time setup and that is all.
I have a few projects I want to put into my gameroom and have certain
sounds play if a lever is pushed or a button is pressed.

Is something like this possible in the price range I mention?

I am afraid that making yourself such a device will get you less quality
for more or same amount of money.

--
John MexIT: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/
personal page: http://johnbokma.com/
Experienced programmer available: http://castleamber.com/
Happy Customers: http://castleamber.com/testimonials.html

"as;ldfkj" wrote in message
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I was wondering if someone can help me out here.

I want to build a circuit that will play ramdom sounds that I can put
onto a chip from my pc.

I want a simple push button control....something like one of those
singing fish but for a different purpose.

I would like to have say 10 or more sound clips that it could play
randomly with the push of a button.
Or if possible and not to complicated multiple buttons for different
clips.

Can someone point me in the right direction here...book, website,
company that sells a kit?
What kind of a chip is normally used to hold the sounds for something
like this...how would I program it?

Looking for a way to do this and keep it small and not really
expensive.
I figure if that make greeting cards that play music and the singing
fish is not that expensive then I should be abe to make something like
this relatively small and cheap.


Thanks for any help!!



Radio Shack used to sell a voice recorder chip. It was cheap and I think it
will do what you want. They didn't make the chip, so you should still be
able to find it (or something similar).

As I recall, it had an analog input and an analog output, The storage was
on-chip.

Bob

Bob wrote:


Radio Shack used to sell a voice recorder chip. It was cheap and I think it
will do what you want. They didn't make the chip, so you should still be
able to find it (or something similar).

As I recall, it had an analog input and an analog output, The storage was
on-chip.

Bob



The WINBOND chips are probably what you are talking about. You can still
get them at www.futurlec.com, in DIP.

http://www.futurlec.com/ICSFOthers.shtml

the ISD1110P gives you 10 seconds of recording time.

Regards,
Bob Monsen

And I am sure that looking at e-bay will give you a price under the 15
USD.

http://www.google.com/search?q=sound%20recorder%20chip gives:

http://www.scary-terry.com/dsr/dsr.htm
http://www.mnsi.net/~boucher/Soundplayer.html
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/fwinkler/work03/isd.html




The scary-terry link above is more what I am looking for.
With one possible advancement ....multiple sounds on 1 chip that will
play at random or in sequence with multiple button pushes.


I don't want it to be re-programmable. One time setup and that is all.
I have a few projects I want to put into my gameroom and have certain
sounds play if a lever is pushed or a button is pressed.

Is something like this possible in the price range I mention?

I am afraid that making yourself such a device will get you less quality
for more or same amount of money.

Your probably right but I would still like to try and make it myself.
I don't need cd quality sound for what I am doing.

Anyway, I will give it a shot.

Thanks for the help.

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