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Synthprojects

Some synth projects, using arduino

Bicycle drummer

Uses an arduino nano, a dreamblaster s1 synth module, and a battery powered speaker : It plays a rock drum pattern, synchronized to the tempo of the bicycle wheel.

How it works : the Arduino measures the period of the reed switch pulse, and adjusts the tempo of a drum sequence accordingly. This drum sequence is sent by TTL level midi commands to a dreamblaster S1 module. The S1 is a low power waveblaster compatible module, it normally uses 5V but can be powered with 9V just as well. If the cycle period grows longer than 5 seconds, the sequence is stopped. As soon as a new period is detected the sequence is started and/or the tempo is adjusted.

Drone Beat

Arduino example code : drum and bass sequence with potmeter resonant filter control

Arduino Nano Dreamblaster S1 hardware shield

Kicad project files for the Arduino Nano shield from http://www.serdashop.com/ArduinoNanoSynthShield The Kicad project uses the excellent component library from Walter Lain : http://www.smisioto.eu/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm

MIDI Clock drum

Test program for DBSHIELD1 : arduino shield for DreamBlaster X2,S2,.. on arduino UNO : see https://www.serdashop.com/DBSHIELD1 for this shield. MIDI Clock drum usage : connect a midi signal with MIDI Clock to the midi input, the DBSHIELD1 will play a drum beat in sync with the incoming clock.