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All toy instruments should have MIDI jacks -
The idea was to take a child's toy xylophone and get the computer to play it. Now I know that the computer is capable of making noises electronically but it is much more interesting to watch an instrument being automatically played. I am sure you have all seen crowds around fair ground steam organs, whereas tapes of the same hardly sell at all.Sounds quite nice. Retrofitting persussive instruments with solenoids can be a bit of a challenge - check the site for more build details - MIDI Glockenspiel [Thanks, Alex!]
I love this kind of thing.
The whole external monostable oscillator for setting the firing time seems a little silly, though. Certainly it'd've been easier to let the arduino generate a signal of the correct duration set by a trimpot attached to one of the analog input pins, no?
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Biggest Arduino shield ever :P
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mayhaps - but the pocket piano shield sure gives it a run for its money :o
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