Hey everybody! I hope everyone's projects are starting to get off the ground - and don't forget that you can reach out to me with any questions that you have. I just wanted to make a post to discuss the project that I'm going to work on during t...
Hi everyone My name is Carmelito currently working out of Toronto,Canada as software developer in the day,and 3D printing enthusiast and tinker by night.And I also enjoying playing the drums when I find time. Creating music is always fun, but ma...
After completing the majority of the key mechanism for my vintage toy synthesiser, which I covered in my last blog post, I thought it was about time I cracked open the BeagleBone Black board and attempted to connect the key mech to it. Setting up the...
If you read my last blog post you would have seen that I started my project by prototyping ideas for the digitisation of the pianos key mechanism. Well, after spending the best part of a week attached to my soldering iron and multimeter I've fina...
Hi everyone, I wasn't chosen as a finalist but Chrystal and I have decided to partake in this challenge. We are both very happy with the choices of finalists and wish all the best to each and every one of them!! The Beaglebone Black fro...
Hey again! A LOT of things have happened in my life since the proect began (I randomly adopted a puppy, among other things), so I haven't had a lot of time to dedicate entirely to the project. Will most probably be able to dedicate more in a couple o...
To get started, my focus is on the Beaglebone Black(BBB) is on what Linux software is running on it and to determine if, in fact, it needs to be updated. If so, I then need to figure out what distribution and revision of Linux has the best chance of ...
The first part of this project I have decided to undertake is the development of the key mechanism - allowing the existing toy piano keys to generate note messages in the digital domain. I have decided to start with this particular task as, from a te...
In addition to the blog posts here, I will also be maintaining a github repo with the project, posts, ideas, work in progress, etc. Feel free to create issues if you have any suggestions or questions! The following is my original proposal (slightly m...
www.youtube.com/watchI collected my challenger kit from the parcel office today, and decided to do an unboxing video (with a little help from a slithery friend...) I'll be doing a series of videos during the course of the challenge, so let me kn...
Season's greetings, my friends! The suspense is killing me - I'm away for a couple of days for Christmas and I got a notification that my Challenger Kit is there waiting to be collected from the parcel office when I get back! If you're one of the sel...
I am musician, and a full-time Software Developer with over 15 years experience designing and building software solutions! I am also a hardware junkie, and quite often can be found tinkering with old 8-bit computer systems. Here is an exam...
Hi everyone!I'm Anna: a software developer and hobbyist hardware hacker. I run workshops covering introductory electronics, e-textiles, coding, Arduino programming, CAD & 3D printing, and organise NodeBots meetups in my hometown of Brisbane, Aust...
PreludePiano keyboard interfaces on synthesisers are great. A familiar interface for playing music, they can be used to trigger any type of synthesised sound or audio sample, but sometimes these often-plastic devices can take away some of the fun and...
由於英文不是很好，部落格以中文撰寫(雖然中文也沒多好就是了)。如果主辦單位有指定翻譯員，對文法與用詞有問題請與我聯絡，謝謝。Since English is not very good, with Chinese writing blogs (although Chinese did not much good it wants). If the organizer has designated translator, to grammar and terminology have questi...
Hello everybody! First of all I would like to thank element14 for your support and belief in this project. I am very eager to get started! Perhaps I should begin with an introduction. My name is Nadal, and I am a spiritual nomad with a deep love...
Hey everyone, We're excited to get started as one of the fifteen challengers in the "Music Tech Design Challenge"! We will start our blog posts by sharing our initial proposal submitted for the contest. nomad: a Generative Enviro...
www.youtube.com/watch Hi everybody, I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, as I'll be around here a lot during the element14 Music Tech Challenge!My name is Adam John Williams. I'm a London-based musician, artist & creative tech...
This is the first in a series of articles which cover the evolution of music effects pedals. If you haven't already done so, join our new MusicTech design challenge and build the music effects pedal of tomorrow! The problem was easy to state...
