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I know there are a few people here with some pretty impressive technical prowess. This question may be elementary but would any of you know if I can buy my own sound chips and put my own sounds onto them? Or if there is a place where I can send soundfiles to and they put them on the chip for me? I'm thinking of some basic stuff here, along the lines of those toys where you press a button and you hear a character speak a phrase.

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Marv:

try this, sounds like what you are after.


http://www.gmkmg.com/toy_product/htm/so ... odules.htm

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It pretty much depends on the total bit/sampling rate you need (how real do you need it to sound) and how much speech do you need to store on it as to how much this is going to run you.

Also, if this is only going to be a one shot thing, ask for engineering samples. Frequently you can get those for either free or at greatly reduced cost.

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Hey, thanks for the info guys. I'm going to contact that one company you linked eight6 and I'll try to use your clever product aquisition tip there jimbo [;)]

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Anytime Marv!
Here is another tip that might help you save a BUCH of money if you are working on a one-off project.

I did this with some high-end Analog to Digital conversion chips.
Get ones that are PIN COMPATIBLE with cheaper chips that are commonly used in low-end or inexpensive products.
Then unsolder the "cheap" chips and replace them with the high-end "PIN COMPATIBLE" stuff you received as free engineering samples.

WAMMO! You just turned a $100 dollar digital audio conversion card into one that outperforms the $1,500 Pro-level stuff.

That tip may or may not be relevant to what you are thinking about, but if what you want is kinda similar to something already out there, it may shorten your R/D phase considerably and give you a big leg up on the competition if what you are thinking has a commercial application.

Good luck! [8D]

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