Arduino OPL FM Drum Machine

I've finally returned to having a look at my Arduino OPL FM Synth. This time I'm taking a look at the drum channels. https://youtu.be/IBDu9h4716U 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 … Continue reading Arduino OPL FM Drum Machine →

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 Slider Phased Rhythms

There is an interesting video going around social media of someone playing a simple drum beat at 120bpm, 119bpm and 121bpm and you can hear the rhythms going in and out of phase, so I thought it perhaps time to update my Arduino Mux Slider Phased Relays to actually play a rhythm. https://youtu.be/hpoJ7eNfn_8 Warning! I … Continue reading Arduino Slider Phased Rhythms →

Arduino Mozzi Sample Drum Sequencer

This project combines the Arduino Mozzi Sample Drum Machine with the code from the Arduino VS1003 Drum Machine and the buttons from the Analog Keypad Tone Controller. https://youtu.be/e_hVGe0Z_mE 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 … Continue reading Arduino Mozzi Sample Drum Sequencer →

Arduino VS1003 Drum Machine

I picked up some cheap matrix button boards a while back and wanted to use them as some kind of MIDI controller, so linked up with the Arduino MIDI VS1003 Synth I thought I'd make a self-contained simple drum machine. https://youtu.be/xzDqOiP5L4g Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I … Continue reading Arduino VS1003 Drum Machine →

Arduino Piezo MIDI Controller

This project uses piezo sensors to build a simple "drum" MIDI controller. This is a relatively simple build, but there are a number of excellent examples of doing this "properly" out on the Internet. Here are some that are particularly great: Marco's DIY Percussion Kit. todbot's Arduino Drum MIDI drum kit. The YAMMI Drum with … Continue reading Arduino Piezo MIDI Controller →

Arduino MIDI Relay Servo Drumkit

I wanted some alternative sounds to use with the Arduino MIDI Relay Drumkit so dug around in my bits box for some cheap servo motors. These are very easy to control from an Arduino and make a sound that I decided would make a pretty good cymbal style sound to contrast with the relays as the … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Relay Servo Drumkit →

Arduino MIDI Relay Drumkit

This projects links up the ideas from the Arduino Relay Bolero and Arduino MIDI Tone Module projects to create a MIDI drumkit out of relays. This builds on concepts we've already met in the above projects. In Arduino MIDI Relay Servo Drumkit the kit expands to include "servo cymbals". https://youtu.be/3m7usT0Gd5Q Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Relay Drumkit →