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Post by robertlanger on Jul 17, 2019 8:25:58 GMT
Recently I purchased the book "Arduino for musicians" by Brent Edstrom; from my point of view an excellent introduction into all necessary fields and skills for making interesting synth stuff based on Arduinos.  It covers the chapters - Introduction to Programming in C++ (with examples that are always related to a musical context)
- Introduction to electronics - what is voltage, current, what are resistors, capacitors, opAmps....
- Synthesis methods / oscillators
- How to do audio input and output
- Using rotary encoders
- Using different sensors
- Principles of MIDI
- Moving from breadboard to a "permanent" project
...in short, everythink you need to make synth stuff around an arduino!
And although there are microcontrollers out there that are much more powerful (and not significantly more expensive) that the ATMEGAs used in Arduino, I personally like to sqeeze the maximum out of these simple chips; it somehow corresponds with my philosophy of AE modular.
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Post by spacedog on Jul 17, 2019 11:57:08 GMT
Recently I purchased the book "Arduino for musicians" by Brent Edstrom; from my point of view an excellent introduction into all necessary fields and skills for making interesting synth stuff based on Arduinos. It covers the chapters - Introduction to Programming in C++ (with examples that are always related to a musical context)
- Introduction to electronics - what is voltage, current, what are resistors, capacitors, opAmps....
- Synthesis methods / oscillators
- How to do audio input and output
- Using rotary encoders
- Using different sensors
- Principles of MIDI
- Moving from breadboard to a "permanent" project
...in short, everythink you need to make synth stuff around an arduino!
And although there are microcontrollers out there that are much more powerful (and not significantly more expensive) that the ATMEGAs used in Arduino, I personally like to sqeeze the maximum out of these simple chips; it somehow corresponds with my philosophy of AE modular.
Thanks, robertlanger. You are helping to wear down my resolve not to get into DIY  I notice that there is a companion website for the book, with code and videos. |
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Post by rockysmalls on Jul 17, 2019 12:41:00 GMT
Recently I purchased the book "Arduino for musicians" by Brent Edstrom; from my point of view an excellent introduction into all necessary fields and skills for making interesting synth stuff based on Arduinos. Thanks for the book tip Robert.. there is also another side to the Amazon ‘destruction’ policy not covered in these reports, one of my label distributers (Cargo uk) sends my stuff to Amazon on sale or return,, when the unsold stuff ( which is most of it) is returned to Cargo after 3 to 6 months it is generally in absolutely atrocious condition, much like the CDs/vinyl have been run over with a forklift truck and thrown around the warehouse by 3 year olds etc.. ie: completely unsellable by another shop or outlet.. these then get returned to me WITH A STORAGE CHARGE! for the 6 months.. as a tiny label this means i lose out twice , on the damaged goods and on the storage charges!! seeing any profit from a release is a miracle.. in a nutshell they are also destroying unsold products THAT THEY HAVEN’T AND WON’T EVER PAY FOR! ( sorry for shouty caps ) so you can imagine, Robert, I am there puking beside you |
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Post by NightMachines on Jul 30, 2019 21:17:44 GMT
Just wanted to say I bought this from buecher.de as an eBook for a good price. While their Tolino eReader iPad App surprisingly doesn’t offer many convenience features over buying a physical paper book, it’s of course still very well readable and a great book! I’m already half-way through and learned a lot of stuff where googling had failed me in the past somehow. Thanks for that recommendation, Robert!
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Post by Gaëtan on Jul 31, 2019 6:04:52 GMT
That sounds really great ! As a programmer myself, I find that it can be rather difficult to find some good resources on that subject for someone without previous knowledge of signal processing or electronics. Unfortunately I have zero time for this at the moment.
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