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The Raspberry Pi Pico-Powered Pico MIDI (H)Arp Turns Nearby Wireless Signals Into Music to Your Ears

July 28, 2021 by CrackedConsole

Driven by MicroPython on a Raspberry Pi Pico with Pimoroni Pico Wireless add-on, this music generator plucks Wi-Fi signals from the air.

Pseudonymous electronics and music enthusiast Kevin, of Simple DIY Electronic Music Projects, has shown off a Raspberry Pi Pico-powered MIDI project with a difference: It generates music based on nearby Wi-Fi signals.

The project was inspired by a 2015 device dubbed the MIDI Arp, which used an Arduino Nano board and a Microchip ENC28J60 Ethernet shield to turn address resolution protocol (ARP) requests into music — played through a Roland MT-32 synth module.

Modem Turned Into a MIDI Guitar Sort of: GuitArnet

July 27, 2021 by CrackedConsole

GuitArnet is an Arduino-based simple MIDI guitar with pitch, power chords and minor pentatonic connected to Ableton Live through MIDI.

Arduino Analog Keypad Mozzi Synth

July 26, 2021 by CrackedConsole

Back when I was messing about with LDRs I made the comment that there are many different kinds of sensors you could use to replace potentiometers in a synth. Having now had a play with analog keypads, I thought they’d be a fun thing to try. The conclusion – it works, but I’m still deciding if it is in anyway useful!

Arduino MIDI Mouse Controller

July 18, 2021 by CrackedConsole

I hate throwing away old electronics that still work but are no longer supported by modern appliances. My idea for this project came after finding an old PS/2 port roller ball computer mouse that I no longer had a use for. I’m a musician in my spare time and currently recording an EP with my metal band HELL SHEEP. I’m using MIDI controllers to create synth parts for our tracks on pro tools. Many people use a MIDI keyboard to write MIDI parts on the computer. I’m no pianist so I have been experimenting with different methods of writing MIDI, including using chess games and cellular automata. Trying to think of a way to re-use the old computer mouse, it occurred to me that it could be repurposed with Arduino as a nifty MIDI controller.

(For those of you who don’t know what MIDI is, check out this great video by Collin’s Lab.)

Zero Crossing’s Knucklehead Is a “Classic Twin-T Filter” Synth You Can Play with Your Face

June 30, 2021 by CrackedConsole

Designed to mimic the synthetic percussion generators of the ’80s, the Knucklehead is a super-simple music-making marvel.

New York-based electronic music specialist Zero Crossing has launched the Knucklehead, a compact percussion generator based on the vintage “twin T-filter” configuration.

“Knucklehead (KH) is a device that utilizes the classic ‘Twin-T Filter’ configuration found in many of the 1980’s approaches to a synthetic drum/percussion generator with a very high Q resonance,” the device’s creator explains, “that can be triggered into oscillation when ‘excited’ and ultimately returning to stability, creating the decaying ‘envelope’ associated with percussive instruments.”

Media Tower with a hidden Projector and Sound Bar

June 2, 2021 by CrackedConsole

Making a Media Tower with Pop up Projector and Sound Bar.

Raspberry Pi Used to Build Beautiful Music Table

May 20, 2021 by CrackedConsole

Redditor Dtphantom used a Raspberry Pi to build this awesome “music table” that is reminiscent vintage stereo consoles.

Back before smartphones, video games, and even TVs, families would gather around the stereo to listen to music and radio dramas. Stereos from that era were often built into large pieces of furniture, called consoles. They would usually be the centerpiece of a room, in the same way that we mount our TVs as the focal point of living rooms today. Stereo consoles are rare now, since music players and speakers have become miniaturized. But some people still like to focus on the music, which is why Redditor Dtphantom used a Raspberry Pi to build this awesome “music table” that is reminiscent of those vintage stereo consoles.

DIY SDR DSP Radio with Raspberry Pi and RTLSDR Dongle

May 7, 2021 by CrackedConsole

The radio presented above is capable of receiving the entire spectrum, from 500 kHz to 2 Gigahertz.

Software-defined radio (SDR) is a radio communication system where components that have been traditionally implemented in hardware (e.g. mixers, filters, amplifiers, modulators/demodulators, detectors, etc.) are instead implemented by means of software on a personal computer or embedded system.

Boochow’s RaspberryPi Pico Receives and Decodes MIDI Signals via Its USB Port

April 23, 2021 by CrackedConsole

Developed using the TinyUSB library, this project receives MIDI messages via USB and decodes them for printing via UART.

Pseudonymous developer “boochow” has used the popular Raspberry Pi Pico in the heart of a MIDI device with a difference: Rather than making music, it’s designed to monitor and display the MIDI signals received from a USB MIDI device.

Mictic’s Wearable IMUs Turn Your Movements, Gestures Into Music via Smartphone App or MIDI

April 13, 2021 by CrackedConsole

Prototyped on mbientLab Bluetooth IMU technology, the Mictic wristbands look to turn making music into simply moving your arms.

Zurich-based Mictic is looking to change the way people create and interact with music, using a wearable wristband-like instrument dubbed the Mictic and designed to translate gestures and movements into sound in real-time.

“Mictic is the Swiss-made XR [cross reality] wearable that turns your movements into sound,” Mershad Javan says of his company’s product. “It doesn’t matter if you already have a Grammy or have never picked up a musical instrument, with Mictic you’ll be expressing yourself the minute you put the wristbands on and connect via Bluetooth.”