Category: Blog
Enjoy the latest updates and musings from the studio.
Moving on to smaller platforms, I tried out the Gemma device that Adafruit puts out, and built the inner workings of their Chirping Owl project. I wasn’t very interested in the owl part of this, and the sounds are not very owl-like to start with. It was more about testing ...
The SensorMote project was educational, but I found Zigbee to be a bit difficult to set up, and wanted to explore other wireless options. My search led me to a variety of CC3000 boards, in both shield and breakout form. At the time (April 2014) Xively.com was offering free Internet of ...
The TV B Gone can be used to turn off just about any screen from a distance. Lots of fun. This is a kit available from Adafruit and a number of suppliers. I’ve had a lot of luck with Adafruit products and service and their tutorials are really good, so that’s ...
I’ve been returning to my Arduino projects in the past few weeks, and have been taking a course in Processing (the basis of the Arduino IDE) to help with the programming side of things. Back at EM2013 , I acquired a Teensy 3.0 micro-controller and two Wii NunChuck controllers (pictured above) courtesy of Gordon Good. ...
My quest for an easy-to-use, high-quality audio board pretty much came to an end when Adafruit released their Audio FX Sound Board, available in both 8MB and 16MB versions, with and without a built in amp. Interestingly, this board uses the VS1000D codec chip, unlike many similar boards thast use ...
Next in my exploration of Arduino-compatible audio boards is Adafruit’s compact and multi-functional VS1053. This board came out earlier this year just as I was getting preoccupied with moving, and I only recently discovered it. I got this board for Christmas from my dad, and put it together as soon ...
Dolunay (“Full moon”) performed at Bloomsburg University, and later that night had an after-party at Milk Parlour Ballroom. Dolunay plays Rumeli urban folk music of the Turkish people across the Balkans that will leave your ears bursting with beautiful melodies. This group features amazing musicians from the NYC Balkan music ...
Last year I embarked on an exploration of the Percussa Audiocubes, a MIDI controller designed to add visual feedback to performance and free the user from the computer when working with electronic music (or any other kind of music/audio). This year, Bert Schiettecatte, creator of the cubes, has upgraded them to ...
Last weekend I attended electro-music 2013 in Huguenot NY. This was my fourth year attending this wonderful festival, and as always I came away with many new musical concepts and friendships. Highlights included dueling theremins, triple Eigenharp performances and large analog modulars. Attendees ranged from all over the US, and as ...
In collaboration with children’s author and illustrator Robert Bender, and area multimedia group Box of Light: The Three Billy Goats Gruff features a few pieces of my music and is now available! ...