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offline Hetzel from Montreal (Canada) on 2005-03-03 08:16 [#01520044]
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don't know if someone posted this...

Abstract:

This project was initially fueled by the desire to explore
the MIDI protocol. It was decided that this would be
accomplished by building a MIDI device. I also aimed to make
something novel that had never been done before. But to
balance out the unusual nature of its design, I wanted to
also to create something that was very musical.After much
consideration of different technical design aspects and
contemplating various musical ideas, I was able to arrive at
a project that would fulfill all of my musical and
engineering goals.An intelligent MIDI sequencer was designed
with hamster control. The MIDI sequencer intelligently
produced melodies by manipulating the musical elements of
rhythm and note-choice.

Guided by inputs based on hamster movements, Markov chains
were used to perform such beat and note computations. In
culmination, 3 simultaneous voices were produced spanning 3
octaves and 3 rhythmic tiers. Each voice was controlled by
two hamsters: one that was responsible for adjusting the
rhythmic qualities of the melody and another that modified
the note sequence. With all of these elements in
combination, an output was produced with very musical
qualities.All of this was implemented using an Atmel Mega32
microcontroller, distance sensors, a HamsterMIDI Controller,
and 6 hamsters.

Embedded C programming implemented the algorithms and
computations within the sequencer.Overall, this project was
successful. The control between the hamsters and the musical
intelligence turned out very well. The music sounds as good
as I imagined, and I am very satisfied with the outcome of
my design experience.

HamsterMIDI in AVI

 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-03-03 09:00 [#01520114]
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now posted three times in total!

 

offline Hetzel from Montreal (Canada) on 2005-03-04 07:42 [#01521275]
Points: 551 Status: Regular



Arrrggghhh

 

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