My First DIY Instrument Was a FAILURE
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2022
- Many years ago, I tried to make a DIY musical instrument for the first time and completely failed.
What did I do wrong? Well, I skipped proof of concept!
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The lesson of this video applies to DIY music instrument, controller, and synth!
This channel is amazing! You've really helped me get my ideas off the ground :)
I'm really happy to hear that! Please feel free to share the project whenever you're ready!
I absolutely love your work brother. お疲れ様です!
Thanks for watching!!
Excellent advice. I usually order all of X that I think I will need. Then, I discover Y would have been a better choice. So, now I have dozens of spare M, N, O, P components that require parts cabinets for organized storage... just in case they are ever required.
I've got spare pots, caps, diodes, LEDs, touchscreens, Pi Cams, buck/boost convertors, power banks, audio HATS, encoders, servos, steppers, and their driver boards, plus every Arduino, ESP, Raspberry Pi, PICO, and Teensy MCU dev boards, metric screw kits, standoff kits, a variety of multicolored wire gauges, and even a SMD digital microscope (that I've only used twice).
"Education isn't free."
My home looks more like an electronics shop and that's exactly how this old hermit maker likes it. Just as well that I'm not married, because I get upset whenever my projects get 'tidied up' by someone else.😎
It's impressive that you can list off like that!
I kinda wanna do a community submission video where we each show our electronics shop! I know people watching these videos are gonna inevitably start developing one.
@@SoundSimulator It's an easy list to remember, because I've kicked myself over every unnecessary component.🤦♂️
Don't know whether I've become a compulsive Amazon shopping addict or gadgets hoarder. Most likely both.🙄
The breakfast nook has become the maker station w/ parts cabinets. There's a drill press, table saw, and compound miter saw in my kitchen (for outdoor use).😆
I'm finishing a laser projector on the dining room table.😎 The Kanuk shell & front panel of the custom MIDI controller is on the counter, and there's a Teensy waveform generator, Akai MIDI desk, and oscilloscope on a synth stand next to my recliner in the living room.🤩
There's a handful of 2 different types of multiplexers (can't decide which, but have both for when I do) on the coffee table with a breadboard.🤔
2 more laser projectors and a fog machine on top of a step ladder behind me. 4K TV & flame retardant roller screen in front. 5.2 Polk surround sound. Heaven.😜
But, it's gotten to the point that I have to pace myself to avoid paying accumulated deferred interest to Paypal credit. 😱
@@SoundSimulator im down to show my 'shop' 😬
@@kelvint03 Would love to check it out!
Very nice content, thank you for sharing! Have a nice day! ✨
Thanks!
This is a great video I want to share with my students.
Thank you so much! Yes, please feel free to show this video!
Two hundred bucks was a bargain for that experience. Thanks for sharing.
I really appreciate your saying that. The lesson learned definitely was worth it.
i used flex sensors in 1994,,from nintendo power glove for a midi body suit
That sounds rad! Do you have any video or documentation of it by any chance? Would love to check it out.
I don't know how they made it, but I think the Enhancia Neova ring's latency was ultra-low, 2 ms, between the ring and the base station, probably using a tailor made radio protocol, and think about how small the ring's "pearl" is, it's just awesome. I found it very cheap (at least compared to MSRP) for just 150 € (later I discovered the company is out of business forever when installing the software) , very sadly, but the software is working fine for calibration and different banks setup, and after calibration it doesn't need its software anymore, as it is plain MIDI over USB, and I find it very useful at least for behind doors and studio, even if it is just used for tremolo or vibrato, although you can control any other CC parameter with it and even calibrate it to your needs in 4 different banks. I think the problem is related to live performances and saturated 2.4GHz radio signals almost anywhere nowadays, which could add latency but only due to congestion of the radio-electric spectrum. If you can afford recording twice, or you have your studio in a cave, you're fine with wireless connections on the public spectrums, but if you're in a city and even using any of the 2.4GHz devices that saturate completely the radio-spectrum, it is just a brick, and buying your own private radio spectrum license is just not viable. I am thinking now about IEM's. I guess there may be some other kind of private/licensed radio frequency which could be used by paying some kind of license but I doubt you can find parts for Arduino. I guess you know that Mobile communication providers bought radio-spectrum licenses previously used for analog TV and even some DTV channels which now use less bandwidth.