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The Qweremin

(linusakesson.net)

38 points

by: aebtebeten

3 days ago

4 comments

  • yshklarov

     

    2 hours ago

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    For those who don't recognize the name: Linus Åkesson (lft) is the one who made "Nine", that C64 demo with the wizard and nine sprites that was popular a few months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42940553).

  • keymasta

     

    3 hours ago

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    This is super cool! I would love to see the specific mapping of keys that were used which were said to be inspired by the accordion. Even though that's a way less interesting detail than the way that the spoon picks up the distances and the "bit banging" used to achieve 8-bit precision on the modulation from two 4-bit connections.

    Sounds pretty swell!

    I wonder if the spoon controller could be adapted to send modulation parameters to arbitrary instruments via a midi port. I would buy a spoon modulator if it was reasonably priced. It would be a great add-on to a piano style keyboard without pitch bend or mod wheel etc

  • bobbiechen

     

    3 hours ago

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    Very nice! I've played around with the (Arduino-based) OpenTheremin and it is indeed very hard to hit pitches consistently, even with a good ear and steady hand. I wonder if you could add another control dimension to get pitch bending too...