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== Rough Schedule ==
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'''Elevator Pitch'''
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* ''A multi-functional, compact MIDI controller for DJs and producers looking for getting the most out of the least space.''
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== Steps / Schedule ==
  
 
11/03 - order parts, finalize design, and create housing template
 
11/03 - order parts, finalize design, and create housing template
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Current concept sketches for multi-functional midi controller
 
Current concept sketches for multi-functional midi controller
  
== Research + Info ==
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[[File:Compound_fader.jpg|border|1000px]]
'''Examples of other work'''
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* Victory Siren on the White Holly by Dan Das Mann (Sausalito Lighted Boat Parade): http://oaklandvictorysiren.com/movies/victory_siren_on_the_white_holly.php#more
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* Musical Siren by Bart Hopkin: http://windworld.com/features/gallery/musical-siren-built-by-bart-hopkin/
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* Siren Organ by some kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAHGhRABI9g (skip to the last 10 seconds): air generated by him, not very loud
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* THIS: Siren Organ based on 1915 Loman patent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSn4EUNXz4M
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* Same person as above: The Helmholtz doppelsiren (double siren? for beating paterns): http://www.renebakker.com/2012/works/helmholtz-doppelsiren/
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(* what the hell NAMTA? http://www.namtamusic.com/siren-wi-organ-lessons)
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* Vertiges, a pretty serious piece composed for "siren organ": https://vimeo.com/61600835 - not exactly clear how this instrument is a siren (and perhaps its name is given more for its timbre). appears to be sensors in the horns that detect distance to the hand. very beautiful implementation though. more here: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/jean-francois-laporte/Content?oid=915538 - "built instruments with names like the Tu-Yo and the Siren Organ out of air compressors, pneumatic valves, and boat horns"
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* not totally related, but I always find the Swarmatron inspiring in its tone; love the continuous oscillators: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuM4yBFI03E
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* a homemade pipe organ. We can make individual air valves like he does http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/organ/organ.html. How it works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5baNcgIA8o
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Sketches for the bridge of the compound fader
  
'''MVP'''. We built a disc with evenly spaced holes attached to a rotating motor and a 9V battery. Blowing on the spinning disc does indeed produce pitch! The motor was rather noisy until we figured out a position to squeeze it (near the top) that makes it virtually silent. Then, we iterated, and attached a potentiometer (fader) to control the voltage. This successfully created a moving pitch that sounded very siren-like!
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[[File:IMG_0959.jpg|border|500px]]
  
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The bridge of the compound fader, with rotary encoder and slide potentiometer attached
  
'''The Plan'''. We want to build a "siren organ" with some faders to control rotational speed of the motor(s) (frequency), other faders to control the applied air pressure (volume), and buttons to control solenoid valves to turn the sirens on/off.
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== Research + Info ==
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'''Examples of other work'''
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* Yamaha / Toshio Iwai -- Tenori-on (http://www.global.yamaha.com/tenori-on/)
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* Jazzmutant Lemur (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_BMnwIbWJw)
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* Dillafiler (https://ccrma.stanford.edu/wiki/Dillafier)
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* Ableton - Akai APC40 (http://www.akaipro.com/product/apc40)
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* Icon Digital USA - iControls - Mini USB MIDI Controller (https://www.icondigitalusa.com/content/icontrols-mini-usb-midi-controller)
  
  
'''Unlimited Time + Resources Vision'''. It's more about unlimited money than time--I think we can achieve something cool. We're ditching the bike idea, I think.  
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'''MVP'''
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* For a minimum viable product, I need to accomplish my goal of developing multi-functional faders, faders which function as encoders and buttons. So, I need at least a simple casing to house the electronics, which would at minimum be four complex faders.
  
  
'''Elevator Pitch'''. An "organ of sirens" with the feel of a MIDI instrument. Faders control the volume and frequency of mechanical sirens, while buttons turn them on and off.  
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'''The Plan'''
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* I want to have, by the final deadline, a clean and polished product with four multi-functional components, four programmable single buttons, and a tactile controller for directional interaction, all sending MIDI messages to my computer via USB.
  
  
'''Materials Needed'''
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'''Unlimited Time + Resources Vision'''
<br>* motors (6, one for each disk)
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* With unlimited time and resources, I would want to expand on my current idea and revisit my original concepts for a modular MIDI controller, with multiple separate modules of faders, potentiometers, button banks, tactile controllers or joysticks, and piano keys.
<br>* MOSFETs (6) http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_669951_-1
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<br>* tubes/air hose (24)
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<br>* solenoid valves (24):
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<br>* 7psi model (might need more): http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_169835_-1
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<br>* air directional control valves: http://www.mcmaster.com/#air-directional-control-valves/=p6xufn
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<br>* arduino (1)
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<br>* power source (1?)
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http://www.12vadapters.com/adapter/power-supply/12v/10-amp-10a.html
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<br>* keys/piano/organ interface (faders + buttons + enclosure)
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<br>* disks (12)
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<br>* enclosures for the disks (6)
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<br>* horns? (6)
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<br>* also check out air (pneumatic) controls for air rifles, potato canons, pipe organs, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6own141z0 shows how to make a homemade check valve with pvc connectors and a bouncy ball.
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'''Next Steps'''. The next steps are to build a 5-fader, 4-button, 1-motor model, where 4 faders are devoted to air hoses over the individual rings of 1 disk (different pitches) and control the air pressure of each hose, and 1 fader is dedicated to the spin of the motor. The 4 faders could possibly control ball valves to partially open/close the air hoses as opposed to flow, which we do not have a good grasp of how to control (cheaply; a regulator might work). The buttons could also serve as the valve control, or could power on/off the air supply.
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'''Materials Needed'''
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<br>* X-Large Linear 10k Taper Fader -- 4x
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<br>* RGB LED Rotary Encoder -- 4x
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<br>* Circular RGB LED Singular Button -- 4x
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<br>* 5-Way Tactile Switch -- 1x
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<br>* Power source -- 1x
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<br>* Arduino -- 1x
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<br>* Frosted Black Acrylic

Latest revision as of 18:44, 4 November 2014

Elevator Pitch

  • A multi-functional, compact MIDI controller for DJs and producers looking for getting the most out of the least space.

Steps / Schedule

11/03 - order parts, finalize design, and create housing template
11/10 - finalize housing template, laser cut housing, begin assembly
11/17 - finalize assembly and begin programming
11/24 - finalize programming
12/1 - solve any remaining issues and take care of fine tunings
12/2 - make and practice presentation
12/3 - final presentation
12/4 - documentation

Sketches

IMG 0935.jpg

Original off-the-cuff concept sketches for a modular midi controller, note magnetic connections

IMG 0937.jpg

Fine-tuned 3d sketch of the modular midi concept

IMG 0936.jpg

Abandoning modular midi for the sake of time and complexity, focusing on a single component

IMG 0938.jpg

Current concept sketches for multi-functional midi controller

Compound fader.jpg

Sketches for the bridge of the compound fader

IMG 0959.jpg

The bridge of the compound fader, with rotary encoder and slide potentiometer attached

Research + Info

Examples of other work


MVP

  • For a minimum viable product, I need to accomplish my goal of developing multi-functional faders, faders which function as encoders and buttons. So, I need at least a simple casing to house the electronics, which would at minimum be four complex faders.


The Plan

  • I want to have, by the final deadline, a clean and polished product with four multi-functional components, four programmable single buttons, and a tactile controller for directional interaction, all sending MIDI messages to my computer via USB.


Unlimited Time + Resources Vision

  • With unlimited time and resources, I would want to expand on my current idea and revisit my original concepts for a modular MIDI controller, with multiple separate modules of faders, potentiometers, button banks, tactile controllers or joysticks, and piano keys.


Materials Needed
* X-Large Linear 10k Taper Fader -- 4x
* RGB LED Rotary Encoder -- 4x
* Circular RGB LED Singular Button -- 4x
* 5-Way Tactile Switch -- 1x
* Power source -- 1x
* Arduino -- 1x
* Frosted Black Acrylic