Friday, July 10, 2009
The Music Box
Michael Schaffer, creator of software program Ardrumo (http://code.google.com/p/ardrumo/), was a great help and inspiration for this project, "The Music Box." Michael made an electronic drum kit using foam circles, some sensors, and an Arduino. Then he wrote a program to translate the sensors into Garageband. The result was a complete homemade drumkit DIY style with the option to change the sounds. I took his sensor idea and built it into a cigar box. All the sensors are hidden, so it makes it more of a mystery music box. It is all self-contained, and the options are endless. I have preset sounds like Mozart the Dove singing, my dog barking, and me whistling. So when I tap on a certain side of the box a different sound plays. Happy birthday Nikola Tesla! :)
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Say that's really something.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if the box can be any size ?
You definitely can. It's a matter of how
ReplyDeletethin the box is so the sensors can be triggered.
the schematics are here: http://code.google.com/p/ardrumo/.
Thanks for checking this out !
i can't believe that all those things work. You certainly are a magician man ! waiting for a flying skateboard !
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