I like drum machines. However they are not always the easiest to build. I wanted one that is: A. Simple, Yet Powerful-If it uses lots of components then it is too complicated B. Sound-It’s not a a drum machine if it “beeps” C. Easily Modifiable-If I can’t change stuff for improvement it is kind of
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This tutorial shows how to play MIDI notes from an Arduino. MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a useful protocol for controlling synthesizers, sequencers, and other musical devices. MIDI devices are generally grouped in to two broad classes: controllers (i.e. devices that generate MIDI signals based on human actions) and synthesizers (including samplers, sequencers,
MIDI Note Player using Arduino Continue Reading
This example shows how to use the tone() command to generate a pitch that follows the values of an analog input Circuit image developed using Fritzing. For more circuit examples, see the Fritzing project page Connect one terminal of your speaker to digital pin 9 through a 100 ohm resistor, and its other terminal to ground. Power
Pitch follower using the tone() function using Arduino Continue Reading
Generate sound or output analog voltages with an Arduino. This Instructable will show you how to set up a really basic digital to analog converter so you can start generating analog waves of all shapes and sizes from a few digital pins on an Arduino. (This article is a companion to another Instructable I’ve written
Audio Output using an Arduino Continue Reading
So my boss came to me one last week and said he wanted to scare the trick-or-treaters who came to his home, and the kids who would come to work during a special Halloween Walk the community does. Thus was born the talking pumpkin. In short, I used an Arduino, an SD card read/writer, and
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The idea of this dress comes from a series of tweets with online friends @shineslike and @arduinogirl. @shineslike and I had taken a half day Arduino workshop given by @arduinogirl at the MCN 2011 conference. I was immediately inspired creatively by the sensory and interactive opportunities. Over the next few months I struggled with the electronics
Making the TFF: a dress that gets excited when tweeted Continue Reading
This walk-through will show you how to build a sensor to monitor your plant’s environment and use Stats in Sound’s ERC-20 app to turn this data into music, allowing you to listen to your plant’s reaction to it’s environment. For more information on this project, please visit www.statsinsound.org.uk. Below is a sample of music generated
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This example shows how to play notes on the buzzer mounted on the Arduino Esplora. Buzzers can generate different audio signals in audible frequency ranges. A note is an audio signal at a specific frequency. If you know the frequency of the notes you want to play, you can start to compose a melody. In
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This project is a part of experiments done while doing an artist in residence at Instructables. You can see the other projects here. Creating emergent patterns that can be converted into sounds fascinates me. So this is my first experiment in building an arduino platform for creating such patterns. This version uses a Gameduino as its
Matrix sound machine: Generative music with a particle system using Arduino Continue Reading
As a part of being an artist in residence at Instructables, I took it upon myself to build of couple of noise machines / music boxes. My interest lies in designing objects that would enable people to explore the world of sound synthesis and for me to get a better understanding on how the different
Making sound (noise) machines using Arduino Continue Reading
