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#622 Arduino for Musicians

Book notes: Arduino for Musicians: A Complete Guide to Arduino and Teensy Microcontrollers, by Brent Edstrom. First published March 1, 2016.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Chapter 2 Introduction To Programming

Chapter 3 Introduction To Electronics

  • Project: Simple Theremin

Chapter 4 Interfacing With Arduino

  • Project: Metronome

Chapter 5 Music Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) I/O

  • very good, practical coverage of MIDI with Arduino and Teensy
  • do I have any midi devices??

Chapter 6 Real-Time Input: Musical Expression

  • Project: Force-sensitive Resistor FSR402, FSR406
  • Project: breath controller

Chapter 7 Music-Making Shields

  • Music Instrument Shield - Sparkfun
    • general MIDI
  • AdaFruit Wave Shield
    • wav file playback
  • GinSing ginsingsound.com
    • synthesis shield
    • EOL?
  • GameDuino
    • audio and video
    • spartan fpga
  • Codec shield

Chapter 8 Programming Part II

  • good C++ intro

Chapter 9 Audio Output and Sound Synthesis

Chapter 10 Audio Input

  • pre-amp
  • electret mic input
  • processing
  • Project: FFT

Chapter 11 Finalizing Projects

  • Project: Complete Metronome

Chapter 12 Standalone Arduino

Chapter 13 MIDI Hand Drum Project

Chapter 14 Stella Synthesizer Project

Chapter 15 Step Sequencer Project

Chapter 16 Emöte MIDI Controller

Appendix A: MIDI Control Changes

Appendix B: MMC Commands

Appendix C: Introduction to Bit Twiddling

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