Monthly Archives: October 2013

LoLa Prototype v1.0 = FAIL

As part of my research for the Institute of BackYard StudiesĀ , I am prototyping various components for a Lightly Oscillating Linguistic Organ (LoLa) – a musical instrument that harnesses the sinusoidal beauty of the pendulum wave. Inspired by a creative … Continue reading

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Hello Android

My research for the Institute of BackYard Studies requires a wee bit of programming on some android phones. Thanks to Dennis and Emma for responding to my twitter/facebook request for freebie handsets. First impressions – huawei ascend g510 running android … Continue reading

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Arduino – Crickets (played by Processing with minim)

I grabbed the minim library for better sound control in PROCESSING from compartmental.net, installed and eventually got it running. Pretty easy to play a sound from .mp3 or .wav file – in fact playing three at once sounds really cool. … Continue reading

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Arduino – Listen (Sound MIC input)

Picked up a freetronics MIC Microphone Sound Input Module at Jacar the other day. Let’s see what it can do. The ‘Hello World’ app from freetronics website reads SPL levels and writes them to serial port. Seems the values are … Continue reading

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