BLIP festival wrap up
The squarewave ring in my ears finally faded, here´s a round up of the coverage from the Blip Festival 2006 in NYC - MAKE was a sponsor and had a table there with our kits and zines. The fest consisted of a small but growing community from around the world - there´s something delightful about artists, composers and makers creating music from tossed gaming machines that are almost as old as the performers.
- GSW Report: Blip Festival 2006, Part 1 - Link.
- GSW Report: Blip Festival 2006, Part 2 - Link.
- Blip Festival: 8-Bit is Enough - Link.
- Blip festival - Link.
- Music @ MySpace - Link.
- Videos @ Youtube - Link.
- Quick vid from MAKE - one & two.
- Photos @ Flickr - Link.
The folks there liked the year one MAKE (soldering primer) the MIDI & circuit bending issues and the Mintyboost for charging Gameboys and music players - thanks to all the folks who stopped by to say hi, chat and pick up MAKE stuff.
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M-Audio O2 25-Key Ultra-Thin Mobile USB Midi Controller $74.99
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Turn your DS into a MIDI keyboard
You might think the Nintendo DS is a kiddy console, but that notion is thrown out of the window with the introduction of the DSMIDIWiFi, turning your fun loving DS´ touch screen into a controller that sends wireless signals to a host program on your computer, making the melody in your head a reality. The DS MIDI Keyboard program turns your DS into a virtual MIDI keyboard along with pitch wheel/MIDI control adjustment while the Kaos DS is an XY controller that works just like a Kaoss pad. Last but not least, the Pulse DS will utilize the handheld console´s Programmable Sound Generator to produce synthesized MIDI tunes. You could say the DSMIDIWiFi is one of the best homebrew applications to come out in a long time.
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6-pack - Arduino-based controller for live audio/video performances
Here´s an arduino-based controller for live audio/video performances. Cheap to build and amazingly small...
"6-pack is an open-ended, highly customisable, and ultra-portable physical controller based on the Arduino board. 6-pack is an Arduino shield consisting of 6 linear potentiometer sliders that can be assigned to different variables in the user´s preferred software. It can be used to control a wide array of audio/video applications, from software synthesizers to HDJ systems. All, with a minimal footprint (3,5" x 2,5") and on the cheap (just a fraction of the cost of an equivalent MIDI interface). The project is open source. Schematics and source code included." Thanks Will! - Link.
Related:
- Chatter Pillow - Adium, PHP, Arduino, LEDs... wireless ... - Link.
- Arduino stamp & evaluation board for MSP430F417 - Link.
- Arduino, the Basic Stamp killer? - Link.
- Arduino Fever - PDF preview - Link.
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