Music Creator

[Shravya Boggarapu]

I know this is extremely late. 

I don't know where Sam posted the abstract, so I'm posting what I gave him so that if any changes are there, it can be updated on the thread itself.

One doubt I had is that I don't know the range of a piezo sensor, as in, if we don't put something like a glass but instead another material, how effective is the sensing. 

[Adarsh Hasandka]

Thanks for putting up the abstract. The peizo sensors will most probably be the DDR ones we used last year and they worked perfectly. The only shortcoming was that people kept breaking the plastic tiles. Try to come up with some other material that will take the beating (probably something a little flexible would be better here).
Looks good we should be able to implement this easily. Since we have extra DDR boards, try to come up with the music generation part over the summer if you guys have time.
Regards,
Adarsh

[Shravya Boggarapu]

exactly what I'm trying to do...

Something like thermocol is firm but flexible enough... the circuit is actually not as complex as DDR also cause here there is no random generation of light. i'll get the whack a mole design from Leela

the problem with thermocol though will be 

1. Aesthetics- we'll have to make it opaque 

2. It is also breakable and deformable... so is has to be a block

the only advantage is that even if this breaks, ppl can't get hurt :p

But i'm trying to get a another alternative cause thermocol jus doesn't seem dependable enough

[Adarsh Hasandka]

what about using a square cut rubber/latex sheet/pad? or of opacity is not an issue, what about thick cardboard/hardboard? Have you considered these materials?

[Shravya Boggarapu]

it is best not to step on a hollow surface. :P

I did think of padding actually, that's the whole reason I brought this up, but won't it b costly? and harder to avail...
If we don't use the DDR wooden structure , we can make the whole thing much flatter (as in pads on the floor similar to a mouse pad)... but problem with this is where do we keep the circuit?

If we r using DDR boards (which v must to use the piezo sensor), how do we keep these circuits without it coming in the way of the legs?

[Adarsh Hasandka]

depends on the design of your thump pads. If they are a close grid like DDR board placement will be an issue. However, if they are individually placed pads in a certain arrangement (like a drum set/ piano/ what have you.) then board placement isn't a problem and we can put the boards on the mounting frame.

[Shravya Boggarapu]

it needn't be very close... but it can't b placed between pads either.
will it b ok to hav long wires and place all boards to the side?

[Adarsh Hasandka]

That is up to you. You can decide to design it however you want. It will still work fine even if we draw really long wires to each sensor.

[Shravya Boggarapu]

awesome!

i thought it needed to b close :P

[Samarth Singh]

I am just so awfully sorry that i have been inacitve here for a while now :(

Il just brief up and see what's going on and get back to this...busy compiling technites info as of now :(

[Samarth Singh]

Sorry bro adarsh,thought the abstract was already posted...neways

What about asbestos for use?just asking thought about that....or as u said.. rubber or latex...

[Shravya Boggarapu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJs3M3zhJv8&eurl=http://code.google.com/p/ardrumo/

this seems like an awesome way to go about our event....

i found a lot of possibilities, but this has min hardware

I wanna use an MIDI library for the music synthesis, cause it is standardized.

do u want me to go ahead with this or try something else??

http://todbot.com/blog/2006/10/29/spooky-arduino-projects-4-and-musical-arduino/

i like this approach also

One last point: do u want to show a preset sequence?? as in lighting up the one to hit?? cause otherwise, it may not hold ppl's attention for long... it'll be something like a karaoke, what say??

[Adarsh Hasandka]

Yeah looks good! I was thinking of something like this actually
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92VIEDtQKVI
if you can get a good range of tones with the midi synthesizer then it's cool. I think it would be better to have a freestyle mode as well as a karaoke mode. Also if you can get tones for different instruments, that would be awesome. That way if someone can come up with something really good, they can play it. Anyway go ahead with what you're doing. The next step after designing would be to make a small prototype. You don't need to make many keys, just a few to test would suffice. Once you are sure the electronics side is foolproof, we can consider the physical aspect of it. Good job!

[Shravya Boggarapu]

hey, thing is i'm basing my work on what is shown but it'll not be the same cause that is an already code but operating only on a mac OS X... there is a mac that someone i know has, but i'm not gonna ask them :-/ i'll code it for windows or linux and make necessary pads

i'll buy MIDI jacks to process the data... there r other designs as i mentioned and 

in the end if all fails, we can borrow the comp :-P

i think piano and guitar is also possible, they r the most popular MIDI implemented instruments... we'll need more pads then, for each

though first i'll work on the drums

yea, i will definitely include freestyle and karaoke, not a prob at all!! 

[Samarth Singh]

Sorry for the late inclusion ....i shud be teporting here more often...i ugree wth shravya regardong MIDI tones..guitar and piano radiest yo implenent..wr cud omplemrnt an electronix drumset tho i wud nd yo hv a look tegatding the hardware gng to it....to be honest..i gt no ptebious lnwldge regardong this so if its kool eith u shravya lme lnw ehen u free and v cn neet unoficialy nd take this forward...

On Aug 14, 2012 11:57 AM, "Shravya Boggarapu" <shravy...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Samarth Singh]

Sorry for horrible typos...typd from phone with latency...lme knw if smthn mosundstud or not undstud