Lo-Fi Orchestra – The Dam Busters March

I have two more performances recorded after my Lo-Fi Orchestra rebuild. The first is a performance of Eric Coates' legendary Dam Busters March from the 1955 film of the same name. Listen out for the "piccolo" (R2R DAC) descant second time through the first theme. This is also quite a nice showcase for the Adafruit … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – The Dam Busters March →

The New Lo-Fi Orchestra Explainer

In honour of my 400th post to my blog, and having now designed and built a range of relevant PCBs I wanted to completely take apart the existing Lo-Fi Orchestra and rebuild it from scratch. This post details how the orchestra has been updated and will hopefully serve as a new explainer for the Lo-Fi … Continue reading The New Lo-Fi Orchestra Explainer →

The Lo-Fi Orchestra Explainer

I've had a few queries asking what some of the different sections of the Lo-Fi Orchestra are and whilst there is a bit of explanation in the post Introducing the Arduino Lo-Fi Orchestra! it doesn't really break down the projects in an easy to see way. And the orchestra as grown a little since then … Continue reading The Lo-Fi Orchestra Explainer →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Thunderbirds

The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents Barry Gray's march used as the main theme for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds. The opening features my Raspberry Pi, Clumsy MIDI and MT32-Pi on timpani and borrows heavily from a MIDI file that I've not been able to find any credits for I'm afraid. https://youtu.be/53PtHxF9Q1Y All music rights and copyright … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Thunderbirds →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Those Magnificent Men (in their flying machines)

The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the theme from the 1965 film "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" by Ron Goodwin. This is an arrangement originally for brass band, but unfortunately I've not been able to find the original arranger's name. https://youtu.be/gtHRl80DfFs All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Those Magnificent Men (in their flying machines) →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Theme from The Da Vinci Code

The Lo-Fi Orchestra turns its Arduinos to the music of Hans Zimmer in the theme from the film The Da Vinci Code. https://youtu.be/DwauJ72eSk4 All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. Kevin

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Theme from Good Omens

The Lo-Fi Orchestra performs "the one that got stuck in an Arduino" - a performance of the theme from the hit series "Good Omens" based on the excellent book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. https://youtu.be/mhPyRcBIq-M All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. Kevin

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Theme from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Originally known as The Journey of the Sorcerer by The Eagles, this is the iconic "book" theme from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as performed by the Lo-Fi Orchestra. Listen out for the part in the piece where it switches from simple time over into compound time. https://youtu.be/DSTjzO6AIB4 All music rights and copyright with … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Theme from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Theme from The Black Hole

The Arduino Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the main title theme from The Black Hole. A theme you don't here very much these days, but one I think really sets a great atmosphere for the film. I'm sure John Barry would have written the original for Arduino's had they existed back in 1979! https://youtu.be/XRhD5pE-MpE All music rights … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Theme from The Black Hole →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – A Shot in the Dark

The Arduino Lo-Fi Orchestra presents Henry Mancini's A Shot in the Dark. https://youtu.be/LFlu7AkWi_c All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. Kevin