A modification for Yamaha synthesizers to add optical audio out.
This mod has been especially designed for:
- Yamaha MU100
- Yamaha MU100R
- Yamaha MU90
- Yamaha MU90R
For these synths, a connector board has been designed that enables this mod to be installed with little-to-no board modification.
On the MU100/MU90, this involves soldering an unpopulated header and bridging some pads.
On the Rackmount versions of these, the MU100R/MU90R, this will plug in directly to the molex connector for the analog board, no board modification required:
The main board has been designed to fit within the limited back panel space on the MU100/MU90 and to not run into the MU100/MU100R's expansion cards.
For the Yamaha MU100/MU90, the DIF0 must be bridged, all others left floating.
TODO: Rest of instructions
This includes the following synthesizers:
- Yamaha MU128
- Yamaha AN200
...and many others. This mod will work for any device that has a 16-bit, 18-bit, 20-bit, or 24-bit PCM/I2S data stream feeding into the DAC, and has a consistent sample rate of 32/44.1/48/88.2/96khz. If you would like to test this out on other devices, please feel free to submit a pull request detailing what device and what settings you set.
- https://esher.ru/blog/887.html - The main inspiration for this design, special thanks to vetal!
- https://github.com/vetal-esher/18bit-DIT - Vetal's custom AK4103A board that is designed to use coax with a transformer instead of optical.
- https://kurohane.net/wiki/index.php?SC-88Pro%E3%81%AB%E5%85%89%E3%83%87%E3%82%B8%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E5%87%BA%E5%8A%9B%E3%82%92%E4%BB%98%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B (Japanese) - Another AK4103A optical mod, designed for the SC-88 pro.
- https://github.com/w-dee/AK4103A-DIT - Another, general purpose AK4103A DIT modification.