The eccentric thinkers at asciimation have developed a phonograph using the Arduino. In the steampunk tradition, the turntable is steam powered and made from scrap parts. The speed is controlled by the Arduino using six magnets and a coil as a pickup. They use the PID controller library in controlling the servo based on the […]
Tag Archives: music
SoundAffects turns sounds of city into music
SoundAffects is a project designed to turn streets sounds into music. It uses an Arduino to read data from street level sensors measuring temperature, light, color, weather, cell phone activity, noise and proximity. This data is then processed using a combination of Jitter, MaxMSP and Ableton Live to produce dynamic musical compositions which passersby can […]
Music from blenders
John Park is making a Blendophone for Maker Fair. This is a very unique musical instrument using an iPhone, Arduino, and 8 blenders. So far the Arduino is setup with a shield to connect it to a XBee for wireless and 8 PowerSwitch Tails that will allow the 5v output from the Arduino to switch […]
Convert your old media
Contemplating converting your old media into something portable? Quelab, a hacker-space in Albuquerque, NM, is doing just that with old player piano rolls. Via Hack a Day
Christmas music on the Picaxe
If you need a quick source of canned Christmas music in a project, don’t forget the Picaxe line of microcontrollers from Revolution Education. All Picaxe “M” chips have three Christmas tunes preprogrammed and playable using the PLAY command: Jingle Bells, Silent Night, and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!