your video about FSR helped me alot undestanding how Analog triggers on PS4+ controllers works. THats a good solution to get analog inputs from DIY controllers, Wheels, peddals , handbrake, and flying joysticks; for Sims, Simcade racing games, Arcade racing games, a lots of similar entretaiment software. Hope you keep creating content, if you enjoy it. i know we will too.
Awesome!!! Have ever considered moving the synth controls (knobs e and lcd) to a coupled pedal set. It might bring you some more flexibility to manage selectable patches as well quickly usage at stage and live performance. Really nice job - congrats
Only just come across your channel, and honestly all I can say is WOW. Just WOW!!!. Definitely going to look into the BLE midi. I have some USB host modules that I've used before for USB midi input. Would be nice to stream that out over blue tooth. Also have some of those cap touch modules the idea was going to be a stylophone without a stylus, but I started an analogue synth build and never got around to it.
This MIDI wind controller project is wonderful. Congratulations I am a musician and composer from Brazil and have also practiced electronics for many years. I really like midi controllers, audio, musical synthesizers, lighting and automation. But I'm still a beginner in microcontroller and DSP programming. If possible, I would like to exchange information and experiences accumulated in our practices. Sorry for my basic English. I have an original Arduino MEGA Board, but I found the Tensy and ESP32 boards very interesting. I'm currently interested in building a midi keyboard, preferably without mechanical contacts, I've been observing the possibilities of infrared sensors, such as the CRY70 and TCRT5000, to instantly generate midi codes for each key pressed: Midi Channel, midi note, speed, after Touch and others. The codes being generated from the voltage proportional to the approach of a reflective element to the IR pair. Thank you for your attention, and success in your projects. Have a great week. Cheers
Love it!…those pich bending future is brilliant!..and nobs for fx- - looper!..is- must!.. I wonder - if you will ever make some for players- let us( me)..know!..i would love to spread joy!..😢
Thanks for your comment and suggestions Enno! I personally think that having the display on the front would be a problem aesthetically... Also, the display call functions in the code introduce a slight delay, which means that it's not a good idea to play the instrument and navigate the menu at the same time.
Great work! I see you finally switched to the MPR121 modules for the capacitive sensors. These are great, I'm actually building my own cardboard midi sax, based on an ESP8266 together with two MPR121 modules and your breath sensor setup.
Awesome stuff. Maybe instead of audio delay effects, it would be easier to implement a MIDI sequencer that records a beat while you hold Record button and then loops it. I did not feel skilled enough to build the entire wind instrument from scratch. So I first bought a used Yamaha WX11 for cheap to experiment with and to get the feel of it. That device doesn't even have a standard MIDI out. What I did was add an Arduino Mini Pro with a NR24L01 and USB battery and 9V converter (because WX11 needs ~9V on input) to WX11 and an Arduino Micro Pro with a NR24L01 to my PC and made myself a wireless WX11. I did not choose Bluetooth MIDI because it often adds some latency. With those two NR24L01 I can push about 3.7k of reliable (through a custom ACK logic) payload bytes per second with sub-2ms latency. Now I feel ready to experiment with a fully custom build. Still, haven't yet decided on the implementation. I definitely like the idea of a small device as your OHM. I'm a bit wary that arms could get more tired if you have to hold them up, closer to your mouth, so in this regard, it might be better to aim for a tube-like device. What are your experiences with OHM? Don't your arms feel more tired than after playing a sax? Another thing is that my mouth seems to salivate too much, at least when I open it wide enough for a sax-style mouthpiece, such as Yamaha WX11. Usually, off-the-shelf EWIs solve this with a drain tube running down to the end. But it's still ugly to have my device dripping, yack. I would want at least to have a hidden tube exit with a small shelf where I can put a small sponge that will soak up it all, and then I can discretely squeeze it with a soft tissue. Of course, it would be even better to design a sealed mouthpiece that doesn't require opening my mouth too much, thus, hopefully, keeping my saliva reflexes at bay. Regarding the buttons, I haven't yet decided if I want MPR121 + touch or maybe go for WARBL (also an interesting wind controller with open hardware and software) design with optical reflection sensors. With those, you get a pitch bend effect for every finger, similar to how a real wood instrument works when you partially hover a tonehole. Also, regarding the pitch bend - should I go for Yamaha style with lip-pressure and Hall sensor, or Kontinuum-style with the entire mouthpiece bending. So many decisions to make... and not enough time, as always 😀
a lot of time passed since the last update! Are you still working on this / did the community move somewhere else? Would love to buy a kit for this and try this out :)
Hello! really big fan of you work. i have a technical question: how do you implement velocity on the capacitive buttons? is it a thing of teensy or not? I was looking at the MPR121 module for capacitive buttons (that can be used with arduino as a reliable touch sensor instead of using teensy that has the same circuit built in) but the velocity part i really dont understand
I'd love to make one of these and I'd love to buy a kit but they are out of stock =( will you restock your shop soon? If not soon, would you be able to provide a schematic so i know what pins to use on the teensy without the breakout board and other modules? I'd love to make one in the meantime to tinker with it so when the kits come back in stock I can have a more reliable one!
I'm new to a lot of this sort of thong, so sorry if this is a dumb question. I was considering getting an ewi for use with the plg150-vl card in my yamaha mu2000 ex. Could I use this instead without it being super laggy due to the usb?
Amazing job! I was playing with a disposable vape pen the other day and I saw it includes an air pressure sensor which passes it’s analog output to the coil serving as a heating element. I instantly thought about your instruments. Have you tried to mod one of those into a Bluetooth midi instrument? The problem is the ones I have access to are way too damn thin for the smallest modules.
How do you shift octaves? ….. oh wait, you’re a sax player so there’s going to be keys. I love the octave shifting with breath pressure that is on the WABL , as flute player
The OHMs sounds amazing! Really great job Kontinuum! I'm wondering if the schematics and code will be released as an open source project? Would love to try and build this for my new year project
Thanks! Definitely don't count on making this your new year project, at least not this new year, sorry. My priority right now is to make the next version sales worthy. If that works out, then I'll consider my options for sharing code and schematics, and maybe putting together a DIY OHMs kit. Anyway, the project right now is still not where I want it to be. I already have a whole list of things to implement on the next iteration. It's a super enjoyable and functional instrument (and yes, it sounds pretty amazing), but sharing it properly would take enormous amounts of work on documentation, answering questions etc. which I'm not prepared to do right now, certainly not before it's actually "finished".
@@KontinuumLAB Of course, take your time! Will look forward to the updates on this project! I'm just curious, since you're thinking of extending the implementation in the next interation, how much flash memory space/IO options do you have left on the teensy 4.0?
@@AbhipolV The real priority for the next version is to perfect the body and keys. As for the memory, I'm at 98% of capacity for the Teensy 4.0, but I'll probably be moving to the Teensy 4.1 which will give me a lot more flash memory for samples and more pins as well.
@@KontinuumLAB 98% hahaha I was expecting around that number given all the capabilities built into the device. Anyway, keep up the excellent work! Excited to see more of the OHMs!
Someone PLEASE invent a kit that you retrofit to an old junk saxophone, that turns it into a EWI, with headphone jack, for practicing. The trick will be to replace the mouthpiece, with one that bypasses the air outside the horn (after your breath input has already been transduced into a usable control signal). From there, you only need to add something to the keys, to tell the brain box what note you're playing. Perhaps Hall effect sensors, perhaps optical... who knows. If you make it simple and bulletproof, you'll sell A MILLION UNITS. Or just make it open source.
PLEASE: Have an intelligent harmonizer onboard!???? Better yet be able to load midi files onto it and play the sequence in step--- a keypress is a beat or half beat etc..... This wins me over hands down!!!!
Your channel is ridiculously underrated
I've really enjoyed watching the development of your instrument ideas, from the simple cardboard DIY ones up through the OHM. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Jeff!
There's some brilliant innovation there. And that pitch bend design has the best articulation of any EWI I've ever seen or played. Kudos!
This is incredible, i was searching 3d printed Ocarinas and discovered your channel. This and your Ocarina sound amazing. You are a genius.
It's been such an awesome thing to see the advancement of this instrument. Looks like a really fun project
Powerful little beast! I want one!
great job. I'm waiting for the sale !!!! 🙂
your video about FSR helped me alot undestanding how Analog triggers on PS4+ controllers works. THats a good solution to get analog inputs from DIY controllers, Wheels, peddals , handbrake, and flying joysticks; for Sims, Simcade racing games, Arcade racing games, a lots of similar entretaiment software. Hope you keep creating content, if you enjoy it. i know we will too.
I'm sold.
Awesome!!! Have ever considered moving the synth controls (knobs e and lcd) to a coupled pedal set. It might bring you some more flexibility to manage selectable patches as well quickly usage at stage and live performance. Really nice job - congrats
So excited! This is amazing ❤
Only just come across your channel, and honestly all I can say is WOW. Just WOW!!!.
Definitely going to look into the BLE midi. I have some USB host modules that I've used before for USB midi input. Would be nice to stream that out over blue tooth. Also have some of those cap touch modules the idea was going to be a stylophone without a stylus, but I started an analogue synth build and never got around to it.
This MIDI wind controller project is wonderful.
Congratulations
I am a musician and composer from Brazil and have also practiced electronics for many years. I really like midi controllers, audio, musical synthesizers, lighting and automation. But I'm still a beginner in microcontroller and DSP programming.
If possible, I would like to exchange information and experiences accumulated in our practices.
Sorry for my basic English.
I have an original Arduino MEGA Board, but I found the Tensy and ESP32 boards very interesting.
I'm currently interested in building a midi keyboard, preferably without mechanical contacts, I've been observing the possibilities of infrared sensors, such as the CRY70 and TCRT5000, to instantly generate midi codes for each key pressed:
Midi Channel, midi note, speed, after Touch and others.
The codes being generated from the voltage proportional to the approach of a reflective element to the IR pair.
Thank you for your attention, and success in your projects.
Have a great week.
Cheers
Sounds like you already have some good ideas of how to make what you want. Best of luck with your projects!
Love it!…those pich bending future is brilliant!..and nobs for fx- - looper!..is- must!..
I wonder - if you will ever make some for players- let us( me)..know!..i would love to spread joy!..😢
When you gonna sell it? Amazing!
Thats really amazing and I love to see all that progress!
Thanks for your comment and suggestions Enno! I personally think that having the display on the front would be a problem aesthetically... Also, the display call functions in the code introduce a slight delay, which means that it's not a good idea to play the instrument and navigate the menu at the same time.
Great work!
I see you finally switched to the MPR121 modules for the capacitive sensors. These are great, I'm actually building my own cardboard midi sax, based on an ESP8266 together with two MPR121 modules and your breath sensor setup.
Thanks! Yeah, the mpr121 is great. Best of luck with your build 🎶
Brilliant work man!
Simply FANTASTIC.....
awesome work!
Awesome stuff.
Maybe instead of audio delay effects, it would be easier to implement a MIDI sequencer that records a beat while you hold Record button and then loops it.
I did not feel skilled enough to build the entire wind instrument from scratch. So I first bought a used Yamaha WX11 for cheap to experiment with and to get the feel of it. That device doesn't even have a standard MIDI out.
What I did was add an Arduino Mini Pro with a NR24L01 and USB battery and 9V converter (because WX11 needs ~9V on input) to WX11 and an Arduino Micro Pro with a NR24L01 to my PC and made myself a wireless WX11.
I did not choose Bluetooth MIDI because it often adds some latency. With those two NR24L01 I can push about 3.7k of reliable (through a custom ACK logic) payload bytes per second with sub-2ms latency.
Now I feel ready to experiment with a fully custom build. Still, haven't yet decided on the implementation. I definitely like the idea of a small device as your OHM. I'm a bit wary that arms could get more tired if you have to hold them up, closer to your mouth, so in this regard, it might be better to aim for a tube-like device. What are your experiences with OHM? Don't your arms feel more tired than after playing a sax?
Another thing is that my mouth seems to salivate too much, at least when I open it wide enough for a sax-style mouthpiece, such as Yamaha WX11. Usually, off-the-shelf EWIs solve this with a drain tube running down to the end. But it's still ugly to have my device dripping, yack. I would want at least to have a hidden tube exit with a small shelf where I can put a small sponge that will soak up it all, and then I can discretely squeeze it with a soft tissue.
Of course, it would be even better to design a sealed mouthpiece that doesn't require opening my mouth too much, thus, hopefully, keeping my saliva reflexes at bay.
Regarding the buttons, I haven't yet decided if I want MPR121 + touch or maybe go for WARBL (also an interesting wind controller with open hardware and software) design with optical reflection sensors. With those, you get a pitch bend effect for every finger, similar to how a real wood instrument works when you partially hover a tonehole.
Also, regarding the pitch bend - should I go for Yamaha style with lip-pressure and Hall sensor, or Kontinuum-style with the entire mouthpiece bending. So many decisions to make... and not enough time, as always 😀
a lot of time passed since the last update! Are you still working on this / did the community move somewhere else? Would love to buy a kit for this and try this out :)
I'd love to make one! are there any resources available? or is it a product by now? (hope so honestly!)
This is great!
Thanks!
Hello! really big fan of you work. i have a technical question:
how do you implement velocity on the capacitive buttons? is it a thing of teensy or not?
I was looking at the MPR121 module for capacitive buttons (that can be used with arduino as a reliable touch sensor instead of using teensy that has the same circuit built in) but the velocity part i really dont understand
Cool
What's the latest on this super cool instrument?
I'd love to make one of these and I'd love to buy a kit but they are out of stock =( will you restock your shop soon? If not soon, would you be able to provide a schematic so i know what pins to use on the teensy without the breakout board and other modules? I'd love to make one in the meantime to tinker with it so when the kits come back in stock I can have a more reliable one!
I'm new to a lot of this sort of thong, so sorry if this is a dumb question. I was considering getting an ewi for use with the plg150-vl card in my yamaha mu2000 ex. Could I use this instead without it being super laggy due to the usb?
Amazing job! I was playing with a disposable vape pen the other day and I saw it includes an air pressure sensor which passes it’s analog output to the coil serving as a heating element. I instantly thought about your instruments.
Have you tried to mod one of those into a Bluetooth midi instrument? The problem is the ones I have access to are way too damn thin for the smallest modules.
midi oboe??? JK
Incredible! How do I get one?? Biphonic mode blows my mind
There might be a small batch of these for sale at some point in the future. Stay tuned...
@@KontinuumLAB How much will you sell them for. I am very interested!
This is amazing how much is it
How do you shift octaves? ….. oh wait, you’re a sax player so there’s going to be keys. I love the octave shifting with breath pressure that is on the WABL , as flute player
awesome
Bravo magnifique 👍
I need one 🤩I'll be happy to pay for a prototype! Please take my money 💰💸!
The OHMs sounds amazing! Really great job Kontinuum! I'm wondering if the schematics and code will be released as an open source project? Would love to try and build this for my new year project
Thanks!
Definitely don't count on making this your new year project, at least not this new year, sorry.
My priority right now is to make the next version sales worthy. If that works out, then I'll consider my options for sharing code and schematics, and maybe putting together a DIY OHMs kit.
Anyway, the project right now is still not where I want it to be. I already have a whole list of things to implement on the next iteration. It's a super enjoyable and functional instrument (and yes, it sounds pretty amazing), but sharing it properly would take enormous amounts of work on documentation, answering questions etc. which I'm not prepared to do right now, certainly not before it's actually "finished".
@@KontinuumLAB Of course, take your time! Will look forward to the updates on this project! I'm just curious, since you're thinking of extending the implementation in the next interation, how much flash memory space/IO options do you have left on the teensy 4.0?
@@AbhipolV The real priority for the next version is to perfect the body and keys. As for the memory, I'm at 98% of capacity for the Teensy 4.0, but I'll probably be moving to the Teensy 4.1 which will give me a lot more flash memory for samples and more pins as well.
@@KontinuumLAB 98% hahaha I was expecting around that number given all the capabilities built into the device. Anyway, keep up the excellent work! Excited to see more of the OHMs!
Is it too much to ask for a saxophone that actually sounds like a saxophone, but also has a volume control?
Someone PLEASE invent a kit that you retrofit to an old junk saxophone, that turns it into a EWI, with headphone jack, for practicing.
The trick will be to replace the mouthpiece, with one that bypasses the air outside the horn (after your breath input has already been transduced into a usable control signal).
From there, you only need to add something to the keys, to tell the brain box what note you're playing. Perhaps Hall effect sensors, perhaps optical... who knows. If you make it simple and bulletproof, you'll sell A MILLION UNITS. Or just make it open source.
🤣
#suatmm Shut Up And Take My Money!
Will you also work on an EVI version?
Don't currently have any plans for that..
@@KontinuumLAB Instead of creating an EVI version could you add the EWI’s version of trumpet fingerings?
Whoa 360p time!
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PLEASE:
Have an intelligent harmonizer onboard!????
Better yet be able to load midi files onto it and play the sequence in step--- a keypress is a beat or half beat etc.....
This wins me over hands down!!!!
IMPRESSIVE :):) I'm waiting for KLIK3 SPECS:) & AVAILABILITY FOR PIANO. BEST WISHES FOR YOU:):)