Analogue Electronics Lab 13
1. Nick Royall made a 8-step, 4-channel audio and MIDI step sequencer and keyboard. This project looks absolutely sick, but a little complex. The “all-in-one” concept is cool but a little cluttered, I like work with individual insturments with their own functions when producing. I would love to have an attempt at the Midi sequencer/ drum machine that nick made, and maybe add a 3d printed cover. Nick also included an 808 kick, a snare, and a hi-hat, if I was to focus on the drum kit, I would expand the sounds used to a snare, perc, and of course cowbell.
Paul Odenwadlt made a device that allows you to control a granular synthesizer with a Gamecube controller. This is another project that I am interested in, as it looks like more fun to use than it is to code. Paul does say that using a gamecube for anything else but gaming is a difficult task, so maybe using a different type of controller that can be mapped/rewired would be interesting.
Jordana Bombi made a motion-based controller which allows the user to change values in a computer without using the mouse. This is really cool, I would love make a project similar to this gloves and all. Since in technical terms Jordana’s project converts the given analog values into MIDI values, this could circuit could be used to make an entire suit that can control an array of functions.
2. The digital/microcontroller platform we’ll be using in Digital is called Arduino. It has been around for about 15 years, it is hugely popular, and people have used it to make seemingly any gadget you could ever think of. Google “Arduino” plus literally any concepts or things you are interested in. Find one project that is music or audio related, and one that isn’t, and link to them and write a little bit about each one.
The first project that caught my eye is related to music, and is made by Shajeeb. Shajeeb made a 32-Band Audio Spectrum Visualizer Analyzer. I found this project on the arduino projects website, and the project consists of 13 total components and a basic understanding of electronics components (which I now have), including the arduino kit. https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/Shajeeb/32-band-audio-spectrum-visualizer-analyzer-902f51
The second project that caught my eye is not music related, and was made by Teenenggr. Teenenggr made a modern typewriter (which I guess is kind of pointless), using some python code and linear solenoid’s to mimic the sound of a type writer when a key on the keyboard is pressed. I also found this project on the arduino projects website.
3. In digital electronics terms a switch or button is a digital input, an LED is a digital output, and a potentiometer is a digital input.4. I took intro to computer programming first semester, and unfortunatley failed. I was not very good with Python, but I hope that I can do some crash courses over the summer to get familiar with arduino.
Analogue Electronics Lab Spring 2020 