Monome - open music controller

Posted on April 19th, 2008

Monome is a controller kit for electronic music performance, based on open source hardware and protocols. You can build the units yourself, or buy kits from monome.org.

The controllers themselves are basically a grid of backlit rubber buttons that connect to your computer via USB.

Many people use the device to create music with the free MAX/MSP synthesizer software, but it could theoretically be used with any application.

The schematics, parts list, and source code for the 40h unit are here

Tags: DIY, DJ, electronic music, interfacing, kit, MAX/MSP, monome, Music, music performance, open hardware, synthesiser
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Arduino - open source electronics platform

Posted on April 2nd, 2008

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
Arduino Home
The latest versions Arduino are based on the Atmel AVR microcontroller, and are programmed over USB.
You can buy them or build your own, since the hardware specs are released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5 license and are made available on the Arduino Web site.

In the near future I will be posting about some cool projects that use the Arduino.

Tags: arduino, atmel, diecimila, DIY, electronic art, electronics, electronics platform, freeduino, interfacing, open hardware, open-source, USB, wearable computer, wearable computing
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