diyelectromusic

diyelectromusic, 9 months ago to random

Seeing as it is Proms season over here in the UK, I thought it might be fun to repost some of my #LoFiOrchestra classical pieces.

So this weekend I'm starting an 8-bit Lo-Fi Proms, posting inbetween doing other things.

Starting with my @arduino tone version of the fanfare opening for Janacek's Sinfonietta.

Background on the Lo-Fi Orchestra here: https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2020/09/19/introducing-the-arduino-lo-fi-orchestra/

If you have Lo-Fi classical pieces to post, do join me at the #LoFiProms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BroTjZgu1Bs

diyelectromusic, 3 months ago to SynthDIY

It's International Women's Day and a Friday, so we could do a #FollowFriday!

Do drop me your links to all the amazing women DIY synth makers and musicians you know on the Fediverse! Who am I not following that I should be :)

And here is article from Synth Anatomy from a couple of years back about some of the synth pioneers too:
https://synthanatomy.com/2021/03/5-women-of-electronic-music-history-who-influenced-my-life.html

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2024 #SynthDIY #MIDI #InternationalWomensDay2024

diyelectromusic, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

Its Delia Derbyshire Day!

Go out and listen to this pioneering electronic musician and marvel at the use of tape and effects that ultimately led to her iconic interpretation of the Dr Who theme among other things.

https://deliaderbyshireday.com/dd-day-2023-2/

#DeliaDerbyshire #DeliaDerbyshireDay #DrWho

diyelectromusic, 1 year ago to music

I'm Kevin, diyelectromusic in most places. I do MIDI and microcontroller based making, often reinventing wheels just to learn how it is done and writing it all up on my "Simple DIY Electronic Music Projects" blog trying to link music and STE(A)M: https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/

I also have a GitHub and YouTube channel with simple demos (home of the #LoFiOrchestra):
https://youtube.com/c/SimpleDIYElectroMusicProjects

Update: My blog and videos are now on the Fediverse (see profile)!

#STEM #Music #MIDI #MakersHour #Introductions

diyelectromusic, 7 months ago to random

That's it - the entirety of my #LoFiOrchestra videos are now on @MakerTube

If you want to follow directly from Mastodon, you can find them here: https://mastodon.social/@diyelectromusic@makertube.net

diyelectromusic, 1 year ago to random

Using a PCF8574 I2C digital IO expander with an Arduino as a MIDI Controller.

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2023/06/04/arduino-pcf8574-midi-controller/

#MIDI #Arduino #PCF8574

diyelectromusic, 7 months ago to random

Today is Ada Lovelace day, celebrating all the amazing women in science, technology, engineering and maths.

https://findingada.com/events/

#ALD23 #AdaLovelace #AdaLovelaceDay

diyelectromusic, 5 months ago to random

Here is a MIDI, Audio and (optionally) MiniDexed board for a Raspberry Pi 400.

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2023/12/18/rpi-400-midi-and-audio-pcb-design/

diyelectromusic, 8 months ago to Arduino

Happy Birthday Steve Reich.

Here is my Arduino relay version of his Music for Pieces for Wood.

#Arduino #SynthDiy #SteveReich #Relay #LoFiOrchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7TymYNGF4

diyelectromusic, 1 month ago to esp32

My experiments looking for the simplest, cheapest VCA possible to pair with my ESP32 envelope generator code...

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2024/04/20/esp32-dac-envelope-generator-part-2/

#ESP32 #SynthDiy

diyelectromusic, 4 months ago to ExperimentalMusic

I only got to visit #Iklectik once, but I'm really glad I did. Unfortunately they have now been evicted from their home of 10 years.

Maybe one day I can go back as part of one of their new ventures.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/iklectikfuture

#Iklectic #ExperimentalMusic

diyelectromusic, 5 months ago to random

Ok electronics folks. What do you think is more likely here - that my arduino EPROM reading code is wired up wrongly or that I have a problem with my DX100 ROM?

Left is the hex dump of v1.1 of the DX100 ROM binary, right is my Arduino dump of my own ROM.

The voice data area starts at 0x4DA0...

I have checked and tested my wiring, but I can't be 100% certain at this stage! And could the timing be out? I need a known good ROM to test with!! :)

diyelectromusic, 1 year ago to random

My #LoFiOrchestra has a "stand" in the new Subotnick room (one of four completely new rooms for 2023) of the #MakerMusicFestival2023.

Explore more here: https://www.makermusicfestival.com/building/Subotnick/

#MMF23

diyelectromusic, 9 months ago to random

Latest amusing comment "This is exceptionally dumb".

I love being exceptional :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azd64-3U5pI

diyelectromusic, 2 months ago to random

How many hours have been wasted due to no standard order for transistor pins I wonder...

Just found this useful guide - but what an abomination!

diyelectromusic, 5 months ago to random

This is pretty neat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htBwUdaE5wA

#VibesAndHorns #FirstNoel #Anomalie

diyelectromusic, 5 months ago to random

I was very kindly given a non-working Yamaha DX100 by @cymplecy

If it proves totally beyond my capabilities then I might stick a Pi in it (it was destined for the recycling centre anyway).

But I've decided to use it as an excuse to learn more about digital electronic systems and see how far I can get working out what is wrong with it.

My initial investigations are here: https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/diagnosing-and-attempting-to-fix-a-yamaha-dx100-part-1/

Short version: It still isn't working, but I'm still working on it :)

diyelectromusic, 2 months ago to Arduino

Happy Pi Day to all those who write their dates month first!

Here is my #Arduino Pi Day project from a couple of years back :)

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2022/03/14/pi-day-midi-sequencer/

#PiDay #PiDay2024

diyelectromusic, 1 year ago to random

It's the Glorious 25th of May and Towel Day, when we remember two authors who made the world a better place through their humour and outlook.

#GNUTerryPratchett #TowelDay2023 #Glorious25thMay #DouglasAdams

And 42 in my #LoFiOrchestra playlist! Nice :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSTjzO6AIB4&list=PLzYOzhIctkyXE8WAN9Wi2-h71igyO8RlM&index=42

Faintdreams, 4 months ago to random

AI "Prompt engineering?"

That ain't engineering.

diyelectromusic, 23 days ago to random

Wow - that's a lot of bits (at least for me) :)

Finally going to start soldering up one of my pcbs...

diyelectromusic, 3 months ago to 3DPrinting

I want to 3d print some button housings for tactile switches - the simple toggle/push buttons we see everywhere in electronics kits...

I actually eventually want to design something for one of those cheap matrix setups to go in.

So this morning I'm off to see what I can find, but if anyone already has an #OpenSCAD design that they can recommend with a good mechanism and mountings I could use as a starting point, I'd be very interested in hearing about it :)

#3dPrinting #SynthDIY #MakersHelp

diyelectromusic, 4 months ago to SynthDIY

Part 3 of my experiments with Synth_Dexed on a Raspberry Pi Pico is now up.

TL;DR: It plays over MIDI! I have 10 note polyphony, albeit with a single voice, only on channel 1, and at the somewhat Lo-Fi sample rate of 24000.

But it works!

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/raspberry-pi-pico-synth_dexed-part-3/

#MIDI #PicoDexed #RaspberryPiPico #Synthdiy

diyelectromusic, 4 days ago to random

Wow. Was this really four years ago now?

That was almost 300 videos and almost 500 blog posts ago...

I'll apologise right now for the countless posts to social media since then pestering people about them :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlDd8ZxMtac