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Challenge Complete... Project update... & Ben Heck at Music Tech Fest!

2016-04-24T11:12:04Z

www.youtube.com/watch Challengers! The judging deadline has now passed - thank you so much to everyone who took part! If you're not finished yet, I'd still love to be able to follow the progress on your amazing projects. My project, LaserSc...(read more)

Fret Friend makes it easy to learn and remember guitar chords no matter the skill level

2016-04-12T20:54:43Z

Tim Berce’s Fret Friend makes it easier to learn to play the guitar by allowing players to mark the various chord locations. (via Fret Friend) Playing the guitar is easy, especially if your last name is Hendrix, Halen or Vaughan but for the res...(read more)

tEChnOLOGICAL communion: Testing the suit and final words

2016-04-12T01:34:21Z

Oh yeah, it works! I hooked the suit up to PureData and after some tweaking it worked! I made some small tests just to try it out, and it's really a lot of fun, playing around with this! I am very eager to get to know the suit and tweak it so that it...(read more)

tEChnOLOGICAL communion: Teensy code

2016-04-12T01:14:00Z

I coded the Teensy to receive all the inputs (I decided to go for 6 inputs for this initial prototype), and gave them different control numbers. In the beginning I didn't really get what these control numbers meant, but I figured it out qui...(read more)

tEChnOLOGICAL communion: Hooking everything up

2016-04-12T01:06:25Z

Then it was the thing about hooking everything up! This was really more difficult than I had imagined, but it all worked out well eventually! I spent some time soldering and tinkering to get everything to connect properly, after I had made the...(read more)

tEChnOLOGICAL communion: Calibrating the stretch sensors

2016-04-11T21:43:49Z

Today at our local hackerspace I did some calibration of the stretch sensor prototype I had finished. I was assisted by some other people who hang around here, who helped me out a bit with ideas on how to adapt the code in the best possible way. &nbs...(read more)

tEChnOLOGICal communion: Finished visual design of the suit

2016-04-11T21:35:51Z

There we go! I've finished up creating the base of the suit, onto which I will add stretch sensors and the electronics! It took some time to finish it up (a lot of stuff happened in my life as well these past few days), but now it's done!&nbs...(read more)

Kazumi - 15 - To be continued

2016-04-11T11:42:19Z

Firstly, I'd like to say that it has been great to take part in this challenge. Personally, it has been a great opportunity to return to making stuff after months of no hardware projects. Also, it has been very helpful to get myself with the Bela pla...(read more)

Kazumi - 14 - Drum Sounds

2016-04-11T11:41:10Z

This entry shows how Kazumi can be used to play drum machine sounds. The responsiveness of the instrument, thanks to the ultra-low latency Bela platform, makes it perfect for percussive instruments. I wanted to try this with some classic drum ma...(read more)

DIY Drum kit - which one will you make ..

2016-04-11T02:14:00Z

As Music Tech Design challenge comes to a close , here is blog post which gives you an overview of the DIY Drum kit and a couple of versions that I have been able to make using BeagleBone Black , a couple of capacitive touch sensors based on the MPR1...(read more)

Kazumi - 13 - Testing MIDI

2016-04-10T20:24:47Z

This post outlines the current MIDI compatibility, and shows how the new prototype being played for the first time. Unfortunately, lots of stuff has gone wrong these past few days and I have had to redo a lot of the electronics. One of the MPR12...(read more)

PlectralEFFECTS - Final Notes and Demonstration

2016-04-10T17:57:33Z

PlectralEFFECTS - Final Notes I have had a busy couple of weeks, and unfortunately the project has been on hold. I have been busy with getting our family home ready to go on the market. I did however complete the implementation ...(read more)

Vintage Toy Synthesiser - The End Result

2016-04-09T18:12:00Z

Simple Music MakerEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for Your Chance to Win a Fog Machine and a $100 Shopping Cart!Back to The Project14 homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll So this is my 18th and final blogpost for m...(read more)

Kazumi - 12 - Build Part 3

2016-04-09T11:01:07Z

I have almost finished the build of Kazumi.All the pad cables are done and connected.I've made a little circuitboard to attach to the analog input sockets on the Bela cape, which contains the circuit for all 7 piezos.I have cut some side panels f...(read more)

tEChnOLOGICAL communion: Revisiting design, pt II

2016-04-07T14:47:10Z

When constructing the upper body of the suit, I got into a creative flow which gave me entirely new ideas on how to construct the suit. As I was tinkering with how to put the pieces together I just got a vision which really took the design to a new l...(read more)