1 Topic by Arduinerd

(18 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I made a powered speaker from an old toolbox, along with my DMG is the cheapest music setup ever (or is it?...)

Details of the project are at the flickr link (below), but at the heart of it is a $8 amplifier from Adafruit which works great for these super cheap powered speaker setups. You can get the speakers for like $20 at Target or Amazon. Not super loud but has better base than most mp3 amp/speakers I've had/tried and with a little soldering you can make the thing yourself. I use a rechargable battery but I tested it using 3 AA batteries and it works fine. The amplifier is a class D amp but sounds great and is very efficient.

-Arduinerd

Flicker Link

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(44 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

Yamaha An1x
Yamaha Tx81z
Notation Xstation

I'll never part with them.

'nerd

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3 Reply by Arduinerd

(31 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

iRig iMix.

2 stereo ins, 1 mono in, runs off USB power (battery).
Small, light.

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4 Reply by Arduinerd

(1,620 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Here it is: http://flic.kr/p/dFU5e2

Nothing surprising here:
-Nintendo DSi  with Korg DS10plus, Retrobits, etc.
-2 Korgs
-iMix mixer
-Yamaha Portable Speaker w/usb power

All battery powered, fits in small case, ready to plug into PA.

Here's a variation of it in action:

Ruining (or possibly making AWESOME) another party by Dr_Speed, on Flickr

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5 Reply by Arduinerd

(12 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

>do i really need to use the debian wheezy? raspbian won't work?
I don't know how well raspbian will work, I only tried sqeeze and wheezy. Wheezy is the one that worked well.

I see what folks are saying about already having a PC and why would you use a Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is very cheap (about the same price as a DMG on ebay) and has HDMI out. I keep mine plugged into the TV, more as entertainment then as music production.

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My primary goal is to learn Milkytracker using the Raspberry Pi. I have not installed any other music software.

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7 Topic by Arduinerd

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Hi All,

FWIW I finally got the tracker Milkytracker working well on my $35 Raspberry Pi computer.

It seems to work really well and the audio stream works through both HDMI and the 1/8" stereo plug.

This seems like the cheapest way to get going on tracking (chiptune or otherwise), considering the Raspberry Pi is $35 and you can use an old SD Card, Mouse and Keyboard. I assume everyone has a monitor of some sort.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/51276066@N … hotostream

If you are going to do to give this a shot, here's what I did
-Install the latest bios
-Use the Debain 'Wheezy' distribution
-Run Milkytracker via "nice -10" to give it the CPU it needs on this weeny little computer
-Install/use alsamixer and use it to make sure the audio levels are adequate

Later,
   Arduinerd

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8 Topic by Arduinerd

(2 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

FWIW, all you Max4Live/Ableton users (am I the only one?), I see there is a free CZ-101 style plugin. It reports to model the phase distortion synthesis of the old Casio CZ synths. I have a CZ101, I really like the sound but the buttons and sliders are getting pretty grumpy, I may switch to this if the sound is spiffy enough.

http://www.ableton.com/library/kasio-m4l/

-Arduinerd

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(18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Does anyone know what the music API is? I see a simple music sequencer being demonstrated in a video.

There is a discussion of an FM synth as well:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2012/08/n … nstrument/

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