The document summarizes the process of building a musical controller over multiple entries spanning several weeks. It describes initially working on programming, then building buttons and testing them. Challenges included limited wiring and needing to connect to a computer. Subsequent updates covered building the structure, assembling materials, finishing programming, and completing the final project for feedback.
The document summarizes the process of building a musical controller over multiple entries spanning several weeks. It describes initially working on programming, then building buttons and testing them. Challenges included limited wiring and needing to connect to a computer. Subsequent updates covered building the structure, assembling materials, finishing programming, and completing the final project for feedback.
The document summarizes the process of building a musical controller over multiple entries spanning several weeks. It describes initially working on programming, then building buttons and testing them. Challenges included limited wiring and needing to connect to a computer. Subsequent updates covered building the structure, assembling materials, finishing programming, and completing the final project for feedback.
The document summarizes the process of building a musical controller over multiple entries spanning several weeks. It describes initially working on programming, then building buttons and testing them. Challenges included limited wiring and needing to connect to a computer. Subsequent updates covered building the structure, assembling materials, finishing programming, and completing the final project for feedback.
programming. I chose to work on this for a little bit before I built the controller to see if I could translate what I wanted to do into coding, and to see the limitations of what I could do. For instance, I figured out how to change the instrument with the push of a button using if/then statements, and how to change the tempo.
For Next Time: Now that I
have a good framework for the coding, next time I’ll start on the actual controller. April 20th - 6:25pm I made the slime buttons for the controller and tested them to see if they worked. Surprisingly, they did. I hooked it up to the Makey-Makey and my Scratch test project and it worked better than I thought it did.
When sketching out my
initial blueprints, I didn’t think about a few things: the amount of wires I had, the fact that the Makey-Makey had to be connected to a computer, and how short the wires were. Initially, I wanted eleven buttons, but I only have seven wires. I need to edit my plans a little to fit the wiring.
For Next Time: Now that I
have the mechanisms down, I need to start building the structure everything will go on. April 22nd - 1:30pm I’m getting the materials together to build my installment, but I have to figure out how to work with it so it looks at least somewhat professional instead of just cardboard on a piano stand. This is the skeleton of my project.
For Next Time: I am going
to start assembling everything together and start working out some of this wiring. May 3rd - 5:34pm I finished the rest of the programming for my installation, opting for a D Major Pentatonic scale instead of an entire D Major scale. The part that took me the most amount of work was the button that changed the instrument, which (at least, in my limited knowledge of programming) took way too many if/then statements to do.
For Next Time: I’m ready
to start putting everything together and should be ready for Wednesday’s presentation. May 6th - 4:55pm It’s complete - the final project. While it turned out pretty well, I wish I could have made it look a little more visually appealing. I’m excited to get feedback on it tonight.