midi

DIY Isomorphic Keyboard

This is a velocity sensitive MIDI isomorphic keyboard. 192 total keys. The project came out of Louisville Soundbuilders, a fortnightly meeting of circuitbenders, synth engineers and experimental musicians. After seeing a couple of my failed variations of a single-bus isomorphic keyboard, Tim was intrigued enough to design one even better. He designed multiple PCBs that [โ€ฆ]

Industrial Sound Controllers

Tristan Shone rolled out the โ€˜big gunsโ€™ for Maker Faire Bay Area 2010. His Industrial Sound Controllers are a musical force to be reckoned with and their sheer size and weight demand considerable attention upon seeing them firsthand. Tristan took a few moments out from setting up to speak with Becky Stern and myself before [โ€ฆ]

Self-playing musical instruments

Self-playing musical instruments

These MIDI & Arduino-driven musical instruments โ€” a violin and a glockenspiel(?) โ€” were created by Spanish artist Joan Vallvรƒยฉ as part of Sรƒยณnar, a music and multimedia festival going on this weekend in Barcelona. The โ€œViolรƒยญ MIDIโ€ and โ€œMetalร‚ยทlรƒยฒfon MIDIโ€ are part of the project to design and construct an automated musical environment. This [โ€ฆ]

BlipBox touch-sensitive LED matrix

Pingdynastyโ€™s BlipBox project combines two 5ร—8 LED matrices with aร‚ TO576S transparent touchscreen to create an interesting MIDI/OSC controller with visual feedback โ€“ The BlipBox consists of a few simple elements cleverly put together. At the core there is a 10ร—8 matrix of super-bright LEDโ€™s with individually adjustable brightness. Overlaying this is a precision touch screen. [โ€ฆ]