The Two Week Electronic Instrument Challenge: Archive

22 tags

Watch

LAAAAADIIIEEESSSS, I introduce my latest project - The Laser Scooter! When I squeeze the handle on my razor scooter it triggers laser sounds and LED’s on the bottom. I came up with the idea when reminiscing with a friend about how we used to play a Star Wars version of Cops and Robbers in our old neighborhood on razor scooters. Trying to bring those days back. Let’s scoot. Ride or...

May 5th

3 notes

10 tags

Watch

Made an audio reactive video feedback installation with Andrew Vail and Ricky Christian last week. Using Arduino and the Processing Minim Library.

May 2nd

2 notes

9 tags

Apr 12th

4 notes

8 tags

Watch

Procrastinating in the studio with Arduino, Processing, and Fruit. Having a little too much fun these days.

Apr 8th

2 notes

9 tags

Apr 6th

8 notes

10 tags

Watch

This is a project I did the other week called Sound Effects Suit Jacket: Inspired by sitcoms and cartoons. I thought it would be fun to be able to add sound effects to my own life. So I made a sound effects suit jacket. The sound samples are triggered by a control panel with 4 buttons (3 for samples, 1 for changing sound banks). And then being played from an Arduino + Wave Shield through a...

Apr 1st

2 notes

Oct 6th

3 notes

12 tags

Aug 26th

1 note

14 tags

Aug 26th

2 notes

9 tags

Let's Go! Starting Druve Machine Prototype #2

I’m making the second iteration of the drum machine for steering wheels. I’m just waiting on the parts to come in the mail to start. This time around, I’ll be specifically focusing on the design and integration of the instrument. Instead of attaching a board to the steering wheel this time, I plan on using a steering wheel cover and installing pressure sensors into it and...

Aug 18th

4 notes

iaminukshuk asked: Hey mate! I'm working on making a mobile production studio where I can store sounds on an SD card and play them by using 12 Arcade buttons. I was just wondering how you got the potentiometers to change sound banks?

Jul 30th

stuarthooper asked: That is the most dangerous instrument I've ever seen. Well done.

May 3rd

19 tags

Watch

This is the first prototype for the Druve Machine, a drum sampler for steering wheels. There are three buttons for cuing different samples and the two knobs both control sound bank switching. The instrument was programmed in Arduino and the code is based of a Lady Ada tutorial I tweaked and messed with. I spent most of the two weeks battling to get the wave shield working (a chip that plugs into...

May 3rd

3 notes

11 tags

Done With Instrument #2

The first prototype for the Car Steering Wheel Drum Machine is done! I probably won’t be able to properly film it until Wednesday though. I’ve decided that this is a project I’m going to refine over the summer, so there will be lots more to come. Gotta say, I’m pretty excited about it.

Apr 30th

1 note

7 tags

Watch

Last nights progress. I got the basics of the drum machine all together. Today I am wiring up potentiometers and trying to get them to effect the sounds and switch the sound banks.

Apr 29th

1 note

7 tags

Apr 29th

1 note

8 tags

Watch

To say getting the Wave Shield running was a struggle is a bit of an understatement. I ran into a bunch of problems along the way, but I finally got it up and running. The wave shield plugs into the top of the Arduino and allows me to store memory on an SD card so I don’t have to plug into the computer to access files. In this test I just have two buttons mapped to sounds. The rest of the...

Apr 26th

1 note

pernotone asked: nice work ! did you make the sounds and the video loops ? are they video loops or live generated vid ? congrats anyway !

Apr 19th

4 tags

Watch

Getting samples to cue on key presses via Processing

Apr 19th

8 tags

Apr 19th

3 notes

11 tags

Here We Go! Round 2.

Instrument #2: A drum machine for car steering wheels. I’m really really excited about this one! You know how everyone likes to drum on their steering wheels when they’re driving in their cars? Well, I decided that within the next two weeks I’m going to make a prototype drum machine that attaches to steering wheels. The instrument design is going to be a lot smaller and...

Apr 19th

2 notes

30 tags

Watch

I finished the instrument! Special thanks to James Simpson for letting me use his motion graphics. Check out his vimeo channel http://www.vimeo.com/JSimpson. And also thanks to Andrew Vail, Ricky Christian, and Stephanie Gonzalez for helping me film. The instrument consisted of: 1 Arduino 1 Projector 8 Sample Buttons 3 Looping Buttons 4 Effects Knobs (Speed, Delay, Kick Rolls, Snare Rolls) 1...

Apr 12th

13 notes

5 tags

Apr 10th

3 notes

8 tags

Rough Draft Completed

Everything is functioning and functioning well! Looping, effects, multiple sound banks, iPhone, projector, visuals. I’ve decided not to post a test video of it, cause it’s almost done, and I feel like it just wouldn’t give the instrument justice. I still need to add another sound bank and refine the instrument, but I got the all the difficult programming done. I gotta say,...

Apr 9th

9 tags

Watch

So, I got the instrument frame done and all the electronics installed. Each button is cuing sounds and videos. My computer is having trouble keeping up with Max5, so I have to change some things to free up some RAM but no biggie. The motion graphics in this video are James Simpson’s. Check out his vimeo channel here: vimeo.com/jsimpson

Apr 8th

3 notes

9 tags

Apr 8th

5 tags

Apr 6th

1 note

10 tags

Watch

I wired up the rest of my knobs and was experimenting with an old Max Patch again. In the program, I was playing with the relationship of each knob to the others, thus the sounds change. The sounds were also being triggered when certain thresholds were crossed on the potentiometers. And yes, the amount of wiring at 1:23 is absurd. I’ve calculated that my final project will have: 56:...

Apr 5th

1 note

11 tags

Apr 5th

2 notes

6 tags

Apr 4th

3 notes

12 tags

Watch

So far I have 8 of the buttons soldered and I got them running through a breadboard and Arduino into MaxMSP. I just used another old Max patch here to test out the buttons. I’m using the cardboard as a placeholder for the buttons until I finish the frame.

Apr 3rd

1 note

9 tags

Apr 3rd

2 notes

7 tags

Watch

I’ve never used these buttons before, so i decided to test one out in one of my old MaxMSP patches. In addition, the button is also cuing the visual of the humming bird. I also decided to get one of the potentiometers rigged up to test out the feel of the knobs. Everything is going according to plan.

Apr 2nd

1 note

10 tags

Apr 2nd

3 notes

5 tags

Mar 30th

1 note

7 tags

Mar 30th

1 note

11 tags

Mar 30th

1 note

12 tags

The Goal:

To create an audio visual instrument in two weeks. The instrument is going to be programmed in MaxMSP, run through an Arduino, and housed in a 17” x 15” x 10” wooden box. Within the box there will be a projector, an Arduino, a breadboard, and wiring. The projector inside will be displaying cued visuals. For visuals, I will be using clips from James Simpson’s Motion...

Mar 30th

1 note