The Analog Cub Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) This weekend I participated with a few friends in HackISU, the campus weekend-long hackathon at Iowa State. We decided we wanted to make a musical instrument, so here we have the SynthePizer. We have a 32x32 LED matrix board displaying the UI, and we hacked into a Boogie Board writing tablet to control the input. Then, we placed a few audio files (in this case, an organ, a trombone, and a didgeridoo) into the system and as you move the stylus up and down the Boogie Board it changes the pitch of the note. We've got the whole thing running on a Raspberry Pi. While we didn't win anything for it, this was a ton of fun to make. Unfortunately, I could not think of any Rush I could attempt playing, as the board unfortunately isn't big enough to play a whole octave's worth of notes (it only went from G to a slightly sharp F). Here's the video. I'm the one playing the instrument with the board. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZdnCk43sI&feature=youtu.be Edited February 21, 2016 by BowlCity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Aw, damn. This probably should've been in Reverse Polarity. My bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 :blaze: :blaze: :blaze: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 :blaze: :blaze: :blaze: If we had more time we could've always added more instruments. A metal guitar definitely would've been next! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I heard you like playing with your instrument 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 This weekend I participated with a few friends in HackISU, the campus weekend-long hackathon at Iowa State. We decided we wanted to make a musical instrument, so here we have the SynthePizer. We have a 32x32 LED matrix board displaying the UI, and we hacked into a Boogie Board writing tablet to control the input. Then, we placed a few audio files (in this case, an organ, a trombone, and a didgeridoo) into the system and as you move the stylus up and down the Boogie Board it changes the pitch of the note. We've got the whole thing running on a Raspberry Pi. While we didn't win anything for it, this was a ton of fun to make. Unfortunately, I could not think of any Rush I could attempt playing, as the board unfortunately isn't big enough to play a whole octave's worth of notes (it only went from G to a slightly sharp F). Here's the video. I'm the one playing the instrument with the board. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZdnCk43sI&feature=youtu.beSweet dude. You have nice hands, and a voice that reminds me of Barry White. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 This weekend I participated with a few friends in HackISU, the campus weekend-long hackathon at Iowa State. We decided we wanted to make a musical instrument, so here we have the SynthePizer. We have a 32x32 LED matrix board displaying the UI, and we hacked into a Boogie Board writing tablet to control the input. Then, we placed a few audio files (in this case, an organ, a trombone, and a didgeridoo) into the system and as you move the stylus up and down the Boogie Board it changes the pitch of the note. We've got the whole thing running on a Raspberry Pi. While we didn't win anything for it, this was a ton of fun to make. Unfortunately, I could not think of any Rush I could attempt playing, as the board unfortunately isn't big enough to play a whole octave's worth of notes (it only went from G to a slightly sharp F). Here's the video. I'm the one playing the instrument with the board. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZdnCk43sI&feature=youtu.beSweet dude. You have nice hands, and a voice that reminds me of Barry White. That isn't me talking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Aw, damn. This probably should've been in Reverse Polarity. My bad! Moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Only nerds read Reverse Polarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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