Gijs Gieskes’ Gakken SX-150 mod

Arduino Music

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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July 12th, 2009

Dutch artist and music hacker Gijs Gieskes has struck again, this time hooking up a cassette machine (with audio on one channel, a rim-shot on the other, used as a trigger ) to an Ardunio and the Arduino to a Gakken SX-150, to create a sequencer for it.

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SX-150 Analog Synthesizer Kit

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By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

View more articles by Gareth Branwyn

@garethb2

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