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The Squonk Bellows - Not your average MIDI controller
Squonk is an american band with a highly unorthodox style, including a spectacular live show and larger than life stage props and instruments.
In this video I tell the story of how I helped them make a truly enormous instrument for their latest show "Brouhaha".
For more information about the Squonk project, upcoming shows etc, go to: squonk.org/
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The OHMs EWI gets even more awesome!
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In this video I present the new prototype of the Open Horn Music system. The Open horn is an electronic wind instrument, with on-board synths and audio output. It's not a toy, but a professional instrument with a huge feature set, and this new Open Horn has many new features and sounds, new electronics and battery power. Here's a video presenting the details of the previous prototype: ua-cam.co...
How to make your own MIDI over Bluetooth instruments
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This is a step by step tutorial tutorial on how to make a basic wireless MIDI instrument, using MIDI over Bluetooth, with Arduino and an affordable ESP32 board. I'll show you every connection and component, every bit of code and the libraries that you'll need to get your own wireless MIDI instrument up and running. (Except!!: I forgot to mention that before installing the ESP32 board package, y...
DIY wireless MIDI with the ESP32 and KLIK3
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The KontinuumLAB Instrument Kit keeps evolving. I'm currently working on the 3rd version of the KLIK which, among other new features, will have wireless MIDI over Bluetooth, which easily connects to your phone or tablet. In this video I talk about what that means and show you how it works. You can watch a step by step tutorial on how to get started with MIDI over Bluetooth using the ESP32 here:...
KontinuumLAB Instrument Kit, Welcome - Part 2
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The KLIK v2 has been launched, and this video is a part of a quick welcome for new users. This is part two of two. It goes over the rest of the instruments, not covered in part 1. See you in the Kontinuum!
KontinuumLAB Instrument Kit, Welcome - Part 1
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The KLIK v2 has been launched, and this video is a quick welcome for new users. This is part one of two. It goes over the contents of the KLIK quickstart guide and some different instruments and techniques. See you in the Kontinuum!
KontinuumLAB Instrument Kit V. 2 released
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The new KontinuumLAB Instrument Kit V.2 is now available for purchase. The KLIK was developed as a part of the KontinuumLAB instrument making workshops, as a tool for STEAM teaching, with a focus on music and electronics. You can find the KLIK over at www.kontinuumlab.com, where you will also find more information about the kit, and the workshops offered by the KontinuumLAB. See you in the Kont...
Cardboard instrument jam and original rap, featuring the KLIK-2
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The electronic Musical instruments used in this recording were all made using the KontinuumLAB Instrument Kit - version 2. They are the same simple cardboard prototypes we make in the KontinuumLAB workshops. In this song they are used as MIDI controllers, but they also have built in synthesizers and audio. Hope you enjoy. See you in the Kontinuum!
STEM / STEAM instrument making workshops with the KLIK-2
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Introducing the new KontinuumLAB workhops and workshop instruments, using the KontinuumLAB Instrument Kit version 2. These workshops are a great way of introducing many cool STE(A)M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) concepts in schools and other contexts. Using everyday items and simple tools and techniques we make cool electronic musical instruments, including keyboards, string ins...
My new EWI is bigger on the inside
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The OHMs ("Open Horn MIDI system") is my original, 3d-printed design for an electronic wind instrument. It has a unique set of features including biphonic playing, a flexing pitchbend mouthpiece, and on-board synthesizers and audio. I recently went back to this project, after abandoning it for several years, and this new version might be the coolest thing I ever made. This video contains a firs...
KontinuumLAB Code Class 1 - The Woodwind Algorithm - part1
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Welcome to the first “KontinuumLAB Code Class”. In this tutorial video I explain the KontinuumLAB woodwind algorithm, which is how I write the Arduino code for reading and interpreting the keys on MIDI woodwind instruments. This first part goes through the code in detail, while using a simple 4-key instrument as an example. I also adapt the sketch to work both with the Teensy microcontroller as...
New electronics for the KontinuumLAB DIY MIDI instrument workshops
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The next generation of KontinuumLAB workshop instruments will have some exciting new features, specifically battery powered operation, on-board synths and audio output. This is the "KLIK Mini", which is the kit used in my instrument making workshops, not the larger "KLIK" which I have been covering in detail on this channel recently. This has been a huge project for me, and I'm still working ou...
Making a KLIK stand-alone breath controller, - KLIK Tutorial #8
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Making a KLIK stand-alone breath controller, - KLIK Tutorial #8
Calibrating and playing the KLIK recorder. Simple DIY MIDI woodwind instrument
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Calibrating and playing the KLIK recorder. Simple DIY MIDI woodwind instrument
Making the KLIK Recorder, a simple DIY MIDI wind instrument - KLIK Tutorial #7
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Making the KLIK Recorder, a simple DIY MIDI wind instrument - KLIK Tutorial #7
Calibrating and playing the KLIK Membrane, DIY balloon based percussion instrument
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Calibrating and playing the KLIK Membrane, DIY balloon based percussion instrument
Making the Membrane, a balloon based MIDI percussion instrument - KLIK Tutorial #6
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Making the Membrane, a balloon based MIDI percussion instrument - KLIK Tutorial #6
Cheaper kits, lower prices and other news from the KontinuumLAB
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Cheaper kits, lower prices and other news from the KontinuumLAB
Calibrating and playing the KLIKsophone - DIY MIDI woodwind instrument
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Calibrating and playing the KLIKsophone - DIY MIDI woodwind instrument
Making the KLIKsophone, a DIY MIDI woodwind instrument - KLIK Tutorial #5
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Making the KLIKsophone, a DIY MIDI woodwind instrument - KLIK Tutorial #5
Calibrating and playing the KLIK C-Board - DIY capacitive keyboard
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Calibrating and playing the KLIK C-Board - DIY capacitive keyboard
Making the C-Board, a capacitive MIDI keyboard - KLIK Tutorial #4
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Making the C-Board, a capacitive MIDI keyboard - KLIK Tutorial #4
Calibrating and playing the KLIK MIDI string instruments
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Calibrating and playing the KLIK MIDI string instruments
Making a MIDI string instrument - KLIK Tutorial #3
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Making a MIDI string instrument - KLIK Tutorial #3
Calibrating and playing the KLIK MIDI Melodica
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Calibrating and playing the KLIK MIDI Melodica
Making a MIDI Melodica - KLIK Tutorial #2
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Making a MIDI Melodica - KLIK Tutorial #2
Calibrating and playing the KLIK MIDI Ocarina
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Calibrating and playing the KLIK MIDI Ocarina
Making a MIDI Ocarina - KLIK Tutorial #1
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Making a MIDI Ocarina - KLIK Tutorial #1
The KontinuumLAB shop is open!
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The KontinuumLAB shop is open!
K.L.I.K. launch announcement, kit contents and other news
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K.L.I.K. launch announcement, kit contents and other news

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @acidkyle2048
    @acidkyle2048 День тому

    u should turn the microkorg just inro a desktop without the keyboard its decent sound generator lool.

  • @oficinadavidapedralva6870
    @oficinadavidapedralva6870 День тому

    Obrigado pelo excelente trabalho que vem realizando. Você é nossa inspiração... Tenho uma pergunta: Você já pensou em usar os pinos touch do esp32 em seus projetos?

  • @mr.tv001
    @mr.tv001 2 дні тому

    so you reinveted silicone keyboards

  • @duffwuff
    @duffwuff 3 дні тому

    Oh my god that Korg MicroKontroller was a blast from the past, I used to have one of those!

  • @oservoasafe
    @oservoasafe 4 дні тому

    i hope one day my son sees me like i see this guy

  • @HubertMessenger
    @HubertMessenger 5 днів тому

    2 million test keystrokes!?! WoW!

  • @Gifwasweird
    @Gifwasweird 5 днів тому

    The Weezer key board.

  • @Sprong4
    @Sprong4 6 днів тому

    thumbs down for ripping apart a MicroKorg >:(

  • @neoqueto
    @neoqueto 7 днів тому

    So at work I use a laser to engrave small wooden candle holders. They are meant to be square, but unfortunately they come with +/- 2mm deviation in dimensions. I can't just arrange them in a grid and engrave my design on them. So I built a large 8x5 template where I put them in. The idea is to have springy sides so that they self-center. Initially I used foam, but it wears down quickly and becomes unstuck. Then I used laser cut acrylic leaflet clips, acrylic = plexiglass, and even though it's not real glass, it sure is brittle. Then I resin-printed compliant mechanisms with built in springs, but resin is also brittle. I wanted to use real metal springs, but encountered the same problem as in this short - cost. Then, as a last ditch effort, I used similar designs as with my acrylic leaflet clips, but this time made of birch plywood... and they do work, somehow... somehow wood is not bad at being bendy and springy. If (when?) they fail I will employ a rubber tube spring method, 100%.

  • @shottysteve
    @shottysteve 7 днів тому

    as a piano player, springs scare me. have you considered a print-in-place weighted hammer mechanism? or if weight is the problem, one that you could just fit a hexagonal nut into each hammer?

  • @jamesonthomas9583
    @jamesonthomas9583 8 днів тому

    bro is reinventing the keyboard

  • @Fracomusica
    @Fracomusica 8 днів тому

    See you in the continuum?? lmao i want more.

  • @Albanez39
    @Albanez39 8 днів тому

    Your video breaks out everytime I skip forward or backward. Doesn't happen to me with other UA-cam videos though. What kind of codec are you using for your exports?

  • @JustAnotherYoutuber6969
    @JustAnotherYoutuber6969 8 днів тому

    My dad opened up my piano because two or more notes didn't work and it used silicone.

  • @eross21
    @eross21 9 днів тому

    what are you using to for the switch at each key? is it capacitive, or mechanical? which ones specifically ?

  • @thebedroomshow9010
    @thebedroomshow9010 10 днів тому

    Feels like this guy is discovering trade secrets that companies have had in their manuals for years

  • @skizzytherealest
    @skizzytherealest 10 днів тому

    Talent

  • @MoreyFrenken
    @MoreyFrenken 11 днів тому

    I'm commenting 3 years later because this was 3 years ago and man your videos are so underrated😊😂

  • @RickyRatOfficial03
    @RickyRatOfficial03 12 днів тому

    You sound like Nikolai from cod zombies

  • @johnwynne-qx6br
    @johnwynne-qx6br 12 днів тому

    Great inventions 👍

  • @johnwynne-qx6br
    @johnwynne-qx6br 12 днів тому

    Great 👍

  • @spencerj
    @spencerj 12 днів тому

    Guitar hero controllers are made using silicon key structures

  • @MichaelKlimenko
    @MichaelKlimenko 15 днів тому

    Pure treasure❤

  • @jeremymurray-wakefield8011
    @jeremymurray-wakefield8011 17 днів тому

    Did you mean to say that after two million keystrokes it *doesn't* show weakening or deformation? Or perhaps you meant to say that after two million keypresses it *started* to show deformation? Either way, it's not clear from the video what you mean.

  • @MostlyPennyCat
    @MostlyPennyCat 18 днів тому

    Use two small magnets with NN or SS poles. Perfect spring forever.

    • @MostlyPennyCat
      @MostlyPennyCat 18 днів тому

      And if you have a coil under it, now you have a potentiometer to read. Or just use the two magnets to choose a circuit as they are conductive.

  • @griffingibson4389
    @griffingibson4389 18 днів тому

    dude you should build a keytar with a strum bar so you can strum through the keys youre holding down. had this idea for a while but you look like you can build just about anything.

  • @mais5762
    @mais5762 18 днів тому

    Any book recommendation to learn how to do this? Thanks!

  • @tdubmorris
    @tdubmorris 18 днів тому

    I see you discovered how many cheap keyboards are made

  • @Alexander_Vega
    @Alexander_Vega 20 днів тому

    Интересно, а с перегрузом как звучит?

  • @chuckebbs7541
    @chuckebbs7541 21 день тому

    that was bad ass!

  • @flowcrastinator
    @flowcrastinator 22 дні тому

    I can't wait to see more!

  • @zydiz
    @zydiz 22 дні тому

    this instrument is very amazing on its own, but your playing was groovy as hell man!

  • @steffanjansenvanvuuren3257
    @steffanjansenvanvuuren3257 22 дні тому

    silicon works; I used it inside a DIY keyboard.

  • @Teebyzmal
    @Teebyzmal 22 дні тому

    Secretly explodes when it hits 2,000,005

  • @augustjschroeder
    @augustjschroeder 22 дні тому

    Ingenious! So simple yet so effective

  • @skipper6528
    @skipper6528 23 дні тому

    Wow

  • @skipper6528
    @skipper6528 23 дні тому

    Well done sir

  • @DaanBruinhof
    @DaanBruinhof 23 дні тому

    omg i love it

  • @arutezza
    @arutezza 23 дні тому

    why stop there, id love to see something with mechanical key presses, maybe like a heavier linear switch

  • @dongkhamet1351
    @dongkhamet1351 23 дні тому

    Bravo! Skidegodt!

  • @arunsp767
    @arunsp767 23 дні тому

    Would you be including touch sensitivity?

  • @NubHavoc
    @NubHavoc 24 дні тому

    at 4 hits a second from the machine, the machine would have to run for nearly 6 days (I did the math) to complete 2 million hits. That's an awful long time.

  • @Reisul-0
    @Reisul-0 24 дні тому

    squishy

  • @treejay818
    @treejay818 26 днів тому

    silicone valley

    • @KontinuumLAB
      @KontinuumLAB 26 днів тому

      Like the uncanny valley, but for springs...

  • @ec6169
    @ec6169 28 днів тому

    I feel violated by your key testing robot

  • @71d464
    @71d464 28 днів тому

    from the sound of the keystroke on any piano you can tell it is some sort of silicone-type mechanism inside of the board

  • @bahmansamadi123
    @bahmansamadi123 28 днів тому

    How are you? Can I contact you via WhatsApp or Telegram or Instagram?

  • @bigposts6673
    @bigposts6673 28 днів тому

    How long does 2 million keystrokes take?

  • @ericitchyd2311
    @ericitchyd2311 29 днів тому

    Why not just print it in TPU?

  • @saillively
    @saillively 29 днів тому

    Yes