Lo-Fi Orchestra – Janacek Sinfonietta

I've been thinking about other things I could play on my Arduino tones and they seem particularly suited to fanfares, so here is the opening movement of Janacek's Sinfonietta. For details of the projects used in this performance: Arduino Tone One Year On! Arduino MIDI VS1003 or VS1053 Synth https://youtu.be/BroTjZgu1Bs All music rights and copyright … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Janacek Sinfonietta →

Arduino LDR MIDI Piano

I always meant to go back to my Arduino LDR Pianola and extend it to more notes, but so far haven't quite got there. But this projects uses a multiplexer to link up eight LDRs to an Arduino and use it as a simple "keyboard" MIDI controller. https://youtu.be/Ne6J-a7ACwE Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second … Continue reading Arduino LDR MIDI Piano →

The Complete Lo-Fi Planets

Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presentation of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite is now complete. The original Lo-Fi Orchestra project started off as an attempt to bring a range of my "Simple DIY Electronic Music Projects" together to "perform" a single piece. After a number of initial performances, I decided to take the … Continue reading The Complete Lo-Fi Planets →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Neptune from The Planets

Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the final piece, Neptune, from Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. This features the Adafruit Feather MIDI, Music and LEDs on the celesta, the Arduino MIDI VS1053 Synth as the 'harp', and the Raspberry Pi, Clumsy MIDI and MT32-Pi using the Fluidsynth soundscape as the voices. This has been programmed … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Neptune from The Planets →

Auduino Slider Waveform Granular Synthesis

Now I have a version of the Auduino that will use a wavetable as the grain for the granular synthesis, I can start some alternative experiments, so first of all I thought I would try to use my slider potentiometers to build the wavetable. https://youtu.be/HABkDbIHvO8 Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment … Continue reading Auduino Slider Waveform Granular Synthesis →

Auduino Wavetable Granular Synthesis

The original Auduino used a clever trick to efficiently calculate a triangle wave to use as the "grain" for the granular synthesis, but I always wanted to try it with a wavetable to see if that would work. This project gives that a go. https://youtu.be/qA2BzSjeX1U Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment … Continue reading Auduino Wavetable Granular Synthesis →

Arduino Touchscreen Mini MIDI Tenori-On

The next experiment with my cheap touchscreen is to re-create my mini Tenori-On, but this time with more "buttons". https://youtu.be/kqZEotcWZY8 Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! These are the key Arduino tutorials for the main concepts used in … Continue reading Arduino Touchscreen Mini MIDI Tenori-On →

Arduino Touchscreen Auduino

Continuing my experimentation with my touchscreen Arduino, this project adds five touchscreen slider potentiometer inputs to my Auduino granular synthesizer. https://youtu.be/O5qaZX_7GSc Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! These are the key Arduino tutorials for the main concepts used … Continue reading Arduino Touchscreen Auduino →

Arduino Touchscreen PWM Sound Output

Somewhat inspired by Daphne Oram, the thing I really wanted to do with my touchscreen was to use it to draw a waveform. I now have all the bits and pieces I need to do this, so in this project I'm combining the touch screen with PWM sound output and the "drawing" idea from my … Continue reading Arduino Touchscreen PWM Sound Output →

Arduino PWM Output Filter Circuit – Part 2

I've been using my solderless breadboard version of my Arduino PWM Output Filter Circuit quite a lot so thought it might be useful to commit it to protoboard and build it onto a simple shield. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to … Continue reading Arduino PWM Output Filter Circuit – Part 2 →