I've managed to get myself a Korg Volca Modular and have been having a bit of fun playing around with it. I'm not going to do a review or get into the detailed specifications - there are loads of reviews online. I'm more interested in its hacking potential! There is a lot of information online … Continue reading Korg Volca Modular Notes
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Selecting Microcontrollers for Music
I was browsing some of the newer ATtiny chips the other day and started to make a note of some of their properties and it made me realise I actually have quite a few different microcontrollers at my disposal and many more I could be having a look at. But having committed to not attempting … Continue reading Selecting Microcontrollers for Music
Raspberry Pi Pico Capacitive Touch
I've now done a number of projects using capacitive touch, using a range of methods from native IO handling to the use of the MPR121 and off-the-shelf boards. Typically native IO methods require testing a response between a signal on one IO pin being received on another, with the timing of that response affected by … Continue reading Raspberry Pi Pico Capacitive Touch
Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 6 – MIDI Mozzi FM Synth
Putting together everything I have so far, this presents a basic MIDI controlled Mozzi FM synth. The full index of projects and my personal build notes can be found here: Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth. This post contains the following experiments: MIDI Mozzi FM Synth Further Mozzi MIDI Experiments https://youtu.be/clG0iOgls-Q Warning! I strongly recommend using old … Continue reading Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 6 – MIDI Mozzi FM Synth
Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 5 – MIDI IN
Having now tried a number of stand-alone projects, I thought it was time to get the Synth Shield hooked up to something else. And for music, that means MIDI! This project looks at building and using a serial ("traditional") MIDI IN circuit for the Synth Shield. The full index of projects and my personal build … Continue reading Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 5 – MIDI IN
Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 4 – Drum Machine
This post talks through the porting and operating of a commonly used sketch for an Arduino drum machine, showing how to get it up and running on the Arduino Make Your Uno Synth Shield.. The full index of projects and my personal build notes can be found here: Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth. If you spend … Continue reading Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 4 – Drum Machine
Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 3 – Adding GPIO
As you might have read, one of the main criticisms I had with the Synth Shield was that it didn't include an obvious way to get access to the unused GPIO pins on the Arduino. This is a great oversight in my view as the whole point of using Arduino is its hardware interfacing opportunities! … Continue reading Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 3 – Adding GPIO
Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 2 – Mozzi Experiments
Tones was the obvious first choice for some experiments, but I've now jumped straight to Mozzi experiments as the second suggested sketch on the Arduino tutorial is a Mozzi sketch. Otherwise I'd have probably saved this for a little later, but here are some Mozzi experiments you can do with your board right away. Of … Continue reading Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 2 – Mozzi Experiments
Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 1 – Simple Tones
Having now built my synth board, I'm going to start to talk about some of the projects that I can do with it. The full index of projects and my personal build notes can be found here: Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth. This post contains the following experiments: Controlling the frequency of a tone with a … Continue reading Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth – 1 – Simple Tones
Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth
As soon as I saw the Arduino "Make Your Uno" kit with the Synth Shield I wanted to get one and have a go. Unfortunately it wasn't available in the UK straight away and postage from overseas was pretty high on an already pretty high price, so I waited. But as soon as I saw … Continue reading Arduino “Make Your Uno” Synth