arduiNoise(beats);
Bit-music loving Arduino users - I ported (and modded a bit) one of the Noise Toy programs over to the lovely and talented Arduino platform. Just add a couple of momentary switches to pins 8 and 9 and connect stereo audio to 3 and 4 - you're done. Loud Objects' code proved quite fun to tinker/learn with - if you're curious, try experimenting with different tempo values.
Read on to view and download-o the code-uino.
/* Stereo BeatGen v1
- originally written by Loud Objects for the ATTiny85/NOISE TOY projects
loudobjects.com
- adapted/messed with for Arduino by Collin Cunningham
me [at] collinmel.com
assumes pins 3 & 4 connected to left & right audio
momentary switches between 8 & 9 and GND
*/
unsigned long NextRandom = 1;
unsigned long Bass_Start = 300, Bass_End = 600;
unsigned char Last_Val_Left = 1, Last_Val_Right = 1;
unsigned long Bass_Left_Period = Bass_Start, Bass_Right_Period = Bass_Start;
unsigned long Bass_Left_Sample = 1, Bass_Right_Sample = 1;
unsigned char Bass_Left_On = 1, Bass_Right_On = 1;
unsigned char Snare_Left_On = 1, Snare_Right_On = 1;
unsigned char Snare_Left_Sample = 1, Snare_Right_Sample = 1;
unsigned long Tempo_Period = 1200, Tempo_Outer = 1, Tempo_Sample = 1;
unsigned char Trax_Left[] = {
1, 2, 3, 0, 3, 2, 0, 1};
unsigned char Trax_Right[] = {
2, 1, 0, 3, 1, 3, 0, 2};
unsigned char Track_Index = -1;
unsigned long New_Rand = randomGen();
unsigned long NextRandom2 = 1;
unsigned long Snare_Length = 500;
void setup()
{
// SET PINS 3 AND 4 AS OUTPUTS
pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
pinMode(2, INPUT);
// SET PULL-UP RESISTORS ON PINS 9 AND 8
pinMode(9, INPUT);
pinMode(8, INPUT);
digitalWrite(9, HIGH);
digitalWrite(8, HIGH);
digitalWrite(5, LOW);
}
void loop(){
NextRandom2 = NextRandom2 + 9;
New_Rand = NextRandom2;
// UPDATE SAMPLES
if (Bass_Left_On)
{
if (!(--Bass_Left_Sample))
{
if ((Bass_Left_Period += 11) > Bass_End)
{
Bass_Left_On = 0;
}
Bass_Left_Sample = Bass_Left_Period;
Last_Val_Left = 1 - Last_Val_Left;
}
}
if (Bass_Right_On)
{
if (!(--Bass_Right_Sample))
{
if ((Bass_Right_Period += 13) > Bass_End)
{
Bass_Right_On = 0;
}
Bass_Right_Sample = Bass_Right_Period;
Last_Val_Right = 1 - Last_Val_Right;
}
}
if (Snare_Left_On)
{
if (!(--Snare_Left_Sample))
{
Snare_Left_Sample = New_Rand / 200;// % 10;
Last_Val_Left = 1 - Last_Val_Left;
}
if (!(--Snare_Length))
{
Snare_Left_On = 0;
}
}
if (Snare_Right_On)
{
if (!(--Snare_Right_Sample))
{
Snare_Right_Sample = New_Rand / 200;// % 10;
Last_Val_Right = 1 - Last_Val_Right;
}
if (!(--Snare_Length))
{
Snare_Right_On = 0;
}
}
// CHECK FOR NEXT BEAT
if (!(--Tempo_Outer))
{
Tempo_Outer = 10;
if (!(--Tempo_Sample))
{
if (++Track_Index == 8)
Track_Index = 0;
Tempo_Sample = Tempo_Period;
Bass_Left_On = (Trax_Left[Track_Index] & 1);
Bass_Right_On = (Trax_Right[Track_Index] & 1);
Snare_Left_On = (Trax_Left[Track_Index] & 2);
Snare_Right_On = (Trax_Right[Track_Index] & 2);
Snare_Length = 5000;
Bass_Left_Period = Bass_Start;
Bass_Left_Sample = 1;
Bass_Right_Period = Bass_Start;
Bass_Right_Sample = 1;
}
}
// OUTPUT
if (Last_Val_Left)
PORTD |= (1 << 3);
else
PORTD &= ~((1 << 3));
if (Last_Val_Right)
PORTD |= (1 << 4);
else
PORTD &= ~((1 << 4));
// BUTTON INPUT CHECKS
//pin 8 for tempo
if ((digitalRead(8)) == LOW)
{
randomSeed(analogRead(0));
Tempo_Period = (random(1627) / 15 * 25); // experiment with diff values for better range
}
//pin 9 for beat
if (digitalRead(9) == LOW)
{
unsigned char i;
for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
{
Trax_Left[i] = randomGen();
Trax_Right[i] = randomGen();
}
}
}
unsigned long randomGen(void) //pseudo random from original sketch
{
NextRandom = NextRandom * 3865 + 131;
return ((NextRandom >> 16) & 32767);
}
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Aug 28, 2008 02:30 PM
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| Posted by: VanessaC on August 29, 2008 at 12:37 PM |
Hey, seems like a great project, very straightforward which is nice, its not too complicated to get started with! I found a great project here that's similar, called the Arduino Synth: http://halfmachine.dk/posts/171
They say "We would like to make it possible to make installations which emits sounds and music without the need to have a computer connected. We needed to create a stand alone sound creation device which could be controlled by real time user input." ... "potentiometers are used to control the individual properties of each wave generator. In this way, sound can be controlled manually while playing music."
Thanks for the post, nice work!
Vanessa
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Posted by: Collin Cunningham on September 2, 2008 at 7:04 PM |
@VanessaC - Nice find! Glad you enjoyed the post.
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