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For decades now, we’ve been able to quickly and reliably interface musical instruments to computers. These tools have generally made making and recording music much easier, but they’ve also opened …read more Continue reading Flute Now Included on List of Human Interface Devices
Sometimes, whether we like it or not, ordering PCBs results in extra PCBs lying around, either because of board house minimums, mistakes on either end, or both. What’s to be …read more Continue reading Cyberpunk Guitar Strap Lights Up with Repurposed PCBs
Back in the 1990s, you could get a tape player shaped like a can of Coca Cola. [Simon the Magpie] scored one of these decks and decided to turn it …read more Continue reading Building a Tape Echo In A Coke Can Tape Player That Doesn’t Really Work
Call us crazy, but music was a whole lot more fun when it was on physical media. Or perhaps just easier to use, especially in the car. Whether your particular …read more Continue reading Make Your Music Simpler With the User-Unfriendliest Cassette Deck Ever
Unlike many modern microcontrollers, RP2040 doesn’t come with a native capacitive touch peripheral. This doesn’t mean you can’t do it – the usual software-driven way works wonderfully, and only requires …read more Continue reading Give Your Pi Pico Captouch Inputs For All Your Music Needs
During the 1980s, a moral panic swept across the landscape with the mistaken belief that there were Satanic messages hidden in various games, books, and music that at any moment …read more Continue reading Documenting Real Hidden Messages in Music
While it might not seem like it to a novice, music turns out to be a highly mathematical endeavor with precise ratios between chords and notes as well as overall …read more Continue reading Generative AI Now Encroaching on Music
Volume unit (VU) meters are cool — it’s an undeniable fact. For some reason, humans just dig lights that flash along with sounds. You can build a VU meter using …read more Continue reading Build Yourself a Vacuum Tube VU Meter
If you’ve ever looked into how artists from the 1960s made their music, you’ll learn about the many inventive ways in which the tape recorder enabled new effects. One of …read more Continue reading A Tape Echo For Anyone
There’s a scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory where a little flap in the wall flips down to reveal a small organ embedded there. Gene Wilder plays a …read more Continue reading 2024 Home Sweet Home Automation: A Piano-Controlled Smart Home