welcome to ginsing

sound and speech synthesizer for the Arduino

Explore the world of artificial voice, wave synthesisis, music, and more right from your Arduino!

GinSing is a combination of hardware and software that adds complex waveform synthesis, music, speech, and sound effects to your Arduino project. The hardware is a stackable Arduino compatible shield that features the Babblebot IC and an audio amplifier for direct speaker or line level audio output. The software is a simple interface library that lets you take full control of amazing sound capabilities with simple function calls.

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latest news

where in the world is ginsing?

Ever wonder what other mad genuises have used a ginsing in their projects? Well, we have created a google map with the locations of our customers around the world. You can vew the map from the top menu on the main screen, or follow the link below. We look forward to adding your town to our map!

ginsing world map

aRDiu5X GinSing powered

MaxHiRes has posted a cool video of his latest creation - the aRUIui5X. This cute little bot is a 60% scale model of the classic RB5X robot. The hardware is an Arduino Mega 1280 with the banana flavored GinSing, an Arduino Rev 3 Motor Shield, an HC-SR04 ultrasonic ranger, two solarbotics GM-17 motors and a LiPo battery on a custom charging circuit.

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arduino IDE 1.0 support is here

We have released the latest version of our GinSing software library and examples to support the new release of the Arduino 1.0 IDE. This release ( version 3.0 ) is functionally equivalent to the previous version but has code modifications to support changes in the Arduino 1.0 release.

To update to your GinSing to use the Arduino 1.0 IDE, first download the IDE, then replace the GinSing folders with the ones in release 3.0.  You may need to update your projects to use the new library via the Sketch->Import Library function in the IDE.

download Arduino 1.0 IDE            download GinSing release 3.0

free console link - tweak from your PC!

We have now made a fantastic tool available for free download, courtesy Scott Savage (the original inventor of the SoundGin IC). With the Soundgin Console program, you can connect your GinSing to a PC and have a full graphical interface to the sound generator. This is a great way to understand the concepts and features of GinSing in a realtime editing environment. It also provides useful tools that allow you to get started with your artifical speech, sound effects, and synthesizer projects. Find out more here:

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RSS feed our support forum

Thanks to deladriere, who suggested (and tested) our RSS feed on the support forum. You can subscribe to the feed by clicking on the RSS icon on the bottom of the support home page, or adding the feed to your reader as you do with any others. This will be a useful way to keep up with issues, fixes, and interesting projects posted by other GinSing users.