Basic Stamps and Music
Hello all,
I do not have any of the basic stamps or have ever used one.
I am considering using one to simulate a wind instrument.
With the basic stamp as a stand alone device could I create
data for each note and play each note simultaniously depending
on what buttons are pressed to convincingly create a flute?
I know there is an add on device for speech recognition and
for playing .wav files put I want to avoid extra devices for
now.
I know I may need to build an audio mixer to output to a single
speaker or headphone.
Would this be a practical application and are there some
recommended tools to help with this project?
Thanks,
Alan
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I do not have any of the basic stamps or have ever used one.
I am considering using one to simulate a wind instrument.
With the basic stamp as a stand alone device could I create
data for each note and play each note simultaniously depending
on what buttons are pressed to convincingly create a flute?
I know there is an add on device for speech recognition and
for playing .wav files put I want to avoid extra devices for
now.
I know I may need to build an audio mixer to output to a single
speaker or headphone.
Would this be a practical application and are there some
recommended tools to help with this project?
Thanks,
Alan
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Comments
The Basic Stamp is not going to produce more than one note at a time. You
can have it output two frequencies at the same time, but its not truly
polyphonic.
Original Message
> I do not have any of the basic stamps or have ever used one.
> I am considering using one to simulate a wind instrument.
> With the basic stamp as a stand alone device could I create
> data for each note and play each note simultaniously depending
> on what buttons are pressed to convincingly create a flute?
> I know there is an add on device for speech recognition and
> for playing .wav files put I want to avoid extra devices for
> now.
> I know I may need to build an audio mixer to output to a single
> speaker or headphone.
> Would this be a practical application and are there some
> recommended tools to help with this project?
alan_fullarton@h... writes:
> With the basic stamp as a stand alone device could I create
> data for each note and play each note simultaniously depending
>
Probably not. The BASIC Stamp can generate tones, but not in the manner that
the device you suggest requires. You could pre-program a simple tune, but
the output would require serious filtering to approximate the sound of a
flute.
-- Jon Williams
-- Applications Engineer, Parallax
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alan_fullarton@h... writes:
> Would this be a practical application and are there some
>
Another thought ... you probably could use the Stamp as a custom interface
for a midi controller. Of course, you'd require a midi instrument to play
the notes.
-- Jon Williams
-- Applications Engineer, Parallax
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The art installation I did for burning man this year was a stamp-based
project which took class IIIa laser emitters / detectors and generated
midi data which got interpreted by a synth and amplified. Works good. IF
you want to see a board design or a CAD drawing I can supply it ; oddly
enough, I have gerber files, but no schematic. Basically, the board uses a
BS2 to have 15 input lines from switches (in this case photoresistors) and
the final line as an I/O line for the midi data. It's a pretty simple
circuit ; the programming was much more complicated. But I'm a programmer
by history, so it worked out well that way.
Check out http://www.zenchemical.com/burningman/congruence for a very
brief project description and some pictures, and let me know if you have
any questions about stamp/midi interfacing. I also have some extra boards
which I might let go ; the fabrication cost me $150 for 8 of them.
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 jonwms@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 10/4/01 7:30:12 PM Central Daylight Time,
> alan_fullarton@h... writes:
>
>
> > Would this be a practical application and are there some
> >
>
> Another thought ... you probably could use the Stamp as a custom interface
> for a midi controller. Of course, you'd require a midi instrument to play
> the notes.
>
> -- Jon Williams
> -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
>
>
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I will think about this method, it sounds good.
Thanks all for your help an ideas.
Alan
>From: "Sean T. Lamont .lost." <lamont@a...>
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>To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Basic Stamps and Music
>Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:03:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Oddly enough, I've done exactly that.
>
>The art installation I did for burning man this year was a stamp-based
>project which took class IIIa laser emitters / detectors and generated
>midi data which got interpreted by a synth and amplified. Works good. IF
>you want to see a board design or a CAD drawing I can supply it ; oddly
>enough, I have gerber files, but no schematic. Basically, the board uses a
>BS2 to have 15 input lines from switches (in this case photoresistors) and
>the final line as an I/O line for the midi data. It's a pretty simple
>circuit ; the programming was much more complicated. But I'm a programmer
>by history, so it worked out well that way.
>
>Check out http://www.zenchemical.com/burningman/congruence for a very
>brief project description and some pictures, and let me know if you have
>any questions about stamp/midi interfacing. I also have some extra boards
>which I might let go ; the fabrication cost me $150 for 8 of them.
>
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