Drumming, Sampling, Jamming Robot

We know, we know, what’s up with all the music robot action on It’s A Beta World this week? Well, we think it’s pretty cool, and we are FutureMusic fer chrissakes! Anywhoo, Let’s Make Robots is showcasing their new drumming robot, which plays on any object it finds worth playing. The robot then samples itself with the built-in microphone, and then – get this! – plays a new complementary riff,...

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Stephen Hobley Reveals The Laser Harp

Stephen Hobley, a photographer by trade, has taken the wraps off his pet Laser Harp project. Here’s how Hobley describes the technology in his own words… LASER CONTROL: Basically an Arduino connects to a 12-bit DAC chip (TLV5618) using the SPI 3 wire interface. It sends numbers on a timer interrupt to the DAC to specify where the beams are, 0, 455, 900, etc… all the way up to 4095 for 10 beams. It holds each position...

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