My shapeways sample kit arrived. I decided to get this to see what the options were like for 3D print materials from them. It’s a handy reference, and apparently I get a $25 store credit too. So all in all not a bad deal really.
Category: Making things
I enjoy making things a lot. I don’t get enough time to do it though. When I do make stuff it takes all sorts of different forms, like electronics, fixing stuff (with Sugru etc), using conductive ink, conductive textiles, and the list goes on.
MIDI, Arduino and the Molecule Synth
I’ve been thinking about this now and trying to decide how I’d use the MIDI on the molecule synth. It doesn’t really work in the way I’d expected, but nevertheless it’s still quite an interesting feature to play with.
My plan will be to use either Lemur or TouchOSC to control the module over MIDI, but the first choice is what kind of synth to load into the MIDI module?
Mozzi would be an obvious choice, but to start with I think I’ll go with the stuff that’s in the manual.
Shruthi-1 Template nearing completion
This is where I’ve got to with my Shruthi-1 template in TouchOSC. It’s really coming along, and I hope to be able to start testing it very soon. Of course, as you make these things more and more ideas come to you, which isn’t much help in actually finishing anything off.
Punchdrunk, part 1.
Originally I wanted to release Punchdrunk as a collection of 60 1 minute songs which described a single fictitious day in a person’s life. However, I’ve never finished all the songs. So I’ve decided to release it in a series of batches.
The first batch is 20 instrumental tracks, which would have been the first 20 songs on the whole album.
After this I’ll release another two batches of instrumentals and then finally a collection of the actual songs that I did finish.
credits
released 09 February 2013
These tracks were made with Bhajis loops on a Palm PDA, a Tungsten T3, Zire 72, Tungsten E and a Song Clie NX73V.
Enjoying making …
Making things is a load of fun, whether it’s TouchOSC templates, arduino stuff, or synth kits. I’m glad to be getting back to it again after what has seemed to be a long time.
TouchOSC Page up
You can now find my TouchOSC page here. The long term plan is to include templates I make so that anyone can download them.
Getting ready for some Raspberry Pi geekery
Looking forward to getting this moving, other projects permitting of course.
More Mozzi sounds
Sample sounds from an Arduino with no additional hardware running the Mozzi library.
Messing with Mozzi
I’ve been spending some time with the Mozzi synthesis library for Arduino, and it really is amazing! I had no idea that the arduino could do that kind of synthesis so well. I’m really impressed with it and now I’ve got loads of ideas for how to put it into practice.
Here come the short waves …
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1968367277/size=grande3/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/
Some more new (old) music from me that I still haven’t finished and now don’t intend to. This short collection of tracks is probably even less polished than the previous, but it is something I really liked the idea of, but just didn’t finish off in the end.
I hope you enjoy it. Just remember, it isn’t finished at all!
I am Ashley Elsdon 