NoiseAXE minisynth
posted Jan 9th 2009 11:30am by Strom Carlsonfiled under: digital audio hacks, misc hacks
The NoiseAXE is a miniature synthesizer based on the Picaxe 08M microcontroller. Its operating principle is fairly simple: a conductive stylus touches the leg of one of eight resistors to play one of eight notes, while a photoresistor controls the amount of modulation, creating a variable vibrato effect. While the synthesizer’s output is rather limited (the NoiseAXE isn’t exactly a Yamaha DX7), it’s still a pretty cool little project; you could use its unique sounds to add that gritty analog touch to your next electro hit. Check out the video clip below to see and hear it in action.
[photo: rarebeasts]
If you hooked the touch leg upto infrared reciever diodes or the like you could make it convert the IR in a room to sound..
arrange the IR diodes in a circle facing out.. so they dont all go off the same..
doing that, adding rotation may make an interesting effect…