Month: September 2008

Painting pitches with DrawSound

The DrawSound project uses modified drawing and painting implements to interface with touchscreen driven audio software. In effect, this process renders visual art from the users manipulation of the output. Skip ahead to ~4min20s to see the setup in employed for use in the Sine Wave Quartet performance. – DrawSound PDF [via Synthtopia]

The Screechophone

MAKE contributor Larry Cotton fashioned this interesting playing card instrument, the Screechophone – I built this bizarre musical instrument–based loosely on the playing-card-in-the-bicycle-spokes principle–a while back, shot a quick video, then cannibalized it for parts. As you’ll see, the bicycle spokes were scaled down to a small white plastic gear. The card remained. I called […]

LilyPad Arduino workshop projects

LilyPad Arduino workshop projects

Leah Buechley, creator of the LilyPad Arduino, recently ran a workshop in Austria on using the LilyPad and its accessories. She showcases the students’ project in her flickr set, and there are some fun videos of them towards the end of it. It’s great to see kids having such success with the platform. More: A […]