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Remixing with swing

Sweet Child O’ Mine (Swing Version) by plamere White Rabbit – The Swing Version by plamere Tristan Jehan‘s Swinger does a heckuva good job adding a convincing swing to prerecorded music. Written in Python, the code uses the Echo Nest Remix API to time-stretch half of each beat while condensing the remainder. Check out more […]

Circuit bent toy frog

Spotted in the MAKE Forums: Mischka modified this motion-activated greeting toy, making it into a simple sample and loop frog noise machine. There don’t seem to an explanation of how it was done, but it looks like a fun project! More: Flashback: Circuit Bending How-To: Circuit-bending the VL-Tone Circuit bending work station MIDI-controlled circuit bending […]

The A-Team music box!

The A-Team music box!

Simon writes – This is a little music box I created using a HK828 voice recorder and playback IC. This one chip allows you to record and play back 30 to 60 seconds of audio (depending on the quality) with a minimum of components quite easily. I made a simple ‘A Team music box’ but […]

Massive & free sound sample collection

Massive & free sound sample collection

Made available by the OLPC group this heaping helping(>10GB!) of audio samples is free for download. Loops, Grooves, Licks, Stings, Hits, Pads, Melodic Motives/Themes/Phrases, Sound-Effects, City and Country Soundscapes, Motors, Machines, Toys, Guns, Explosions, Swords, Armor, Cars, Jets, Pot & Pans, Acoustic and Synthetic Noises, Acoustic and Electronic Drums, Voices, Western and World Instruments, Real […]

DS sample scratching

DS sample scratching

wigidy-wigetty-Woah, Nintendo DS homebrew software has come a long way! DScratch is the first module made using my Protein engine – it’s a little audio manipulation software running on Nintendo DS, which ables you to play with an .wav audio sample, a recorded audio sample or even audio streaming from DS’s embedded mic; you can […]

Arduino Wave Shield pitch-control demo

Arduino Wave Shield pitch-control demo

Limor of Adafruit Industries posted this video demonstrating how the Waveshield kit can turn Arduino into a sample-bending audio tool. Consider for a moment that potentiometer replaced by – oh let’s say – photocells or maybe a force-sensing resistor. If you’ll excuse me – I’ve got some experimentation to go do – Wave Shield for […]