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Polynome 5000: A monome midi controller

Polynome 5000: A monome midi controller

Colin Mann of Los Angeles created a 64-button RGB monome midi controller sporting 6 slide faders, an IR sensor, a touch-sensor strip, 4 arcade buttons, a 4-digit nixie display, 6-port USB hub, and more. It’s sweet! After more hours than I’d like to admit, even if I actually knew how many, I’m done. I started […]

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Kaossonome touch-sensitive LED matrix

Kaossonome touch-sensitive LED matrix

Inspired by the Kaoss Pad and monome music controller/interfaces, Alexander Randon created the Kaossonome The Kaossonome is my first electronic music controller design. It interfaces the musician via a touchscreen, resting on top of a 256 LED matrix, and eight rotary encoders with push‐buttons, four on opposite sides of the LED matrix. Enclosed within an […]

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RGB Conway’s Game of Life board

Jonathan Guberman of Toronto, ON, wrote in with his lovely Game of Life monome game. This project has been gathering dust for over two years, and joining my local hackerspace (Hacklab.to in Toronto) inspired me to finally finish it! More: Game of Life Kit – Make: Video Podcast EKG-controlled Game of Life hoodie Game of […]

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BlipBox touch-sensitive LED matrix

Pingdynasty’s BlipBox project combines two 5×8 LED matrices with a TO576S transparent touchscreen to create an interesting MIDI/OSC controller with visual feedback – The BlipBox consists of a few simple elements cleverly put together. At the core there is a 10×8 matrix of super-bright LED’s with individually adjustable brightness. Overlaying this is a precision touch screen. […]

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