Randomwaves Drumboy and Synthgirl are Open-Source, ARM-Powered Grooveboxes for Music Creation


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Randomwaves introduces Drumboy and Synthgirl, two new handheld instruments designed to make music creation accessible and fun. These devices are built around an ARM Cortex-M7 processor which includes a 24-bit true audio generator and a 5.0″ LCD TFT screen, along with open-source code for customization. Drumboy focuses on crafting beats and percussion with 10 instrument […]

Turn Your Raspberry Pi into a Retro Music Player Using a RetroWave OPL3 Sound Card


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Many of us plan to turn Raspberry Pi or a similar single-board computer into a retro music player. There are several projects that we discussed using Raspberry Pi as a controller to build an 80s style music player. However, these projects use bulky hardware, which may not be as portable as this one. Chinese designer […]

Dadamachines Doppler is a new FPGA Platform for Open Music Hardware


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The new doppler board promises to meld the power of FPGA brains with microcontrollers and the accessibility of environments like Arduino. And the founder is so confident that could lead to new stuff, he’s making a “label” to help share your ideas. doppler is a small, 39EUR development board packing both an ARM microcontroller and […]

Tiny MIDI Player using ATtiny85


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David Johnson-Davies published another tiny project. This is an ATtiny85-based digital music box that will play a tune stored in memory in MIDI format: The notes sound like a music box or harpsichord, with a decaying envelope, and there are four channels, so up to four notes can play simultaneously. My demonstration program plays the […]

Voxos – A Glass That Allows Listening With Your Bones


https://www.electronics-lab.com/voxos-glass-allows-listening-bones/

In the last few years, we have seen an increasing interest in smart glasses. Some analysts believe that in the next few years, smart glasses will be at the center of consumer and business electronics in the same way that smartphones are today. Companies and Startups like Google, Intel, Vue, Vuzix, and many others have all come up […]

Tune Your String Instruments Perfectly With Roadie Tuner


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Roadie Tuner is a dream come true for guitarists! The automatic ring tuner, that is quick, easy to use, and three times more accurate than the human ear, is dedicated to beginner guitarists who are almost always frustrated with not knowing how to tune their guitar. This ultimate musician’s tool works on all string instrument to fine tune them […]