RSSBehold! MAKE subscriber Mike Cook brings us the Arduinocaster -
Arduinocaster is a an Arduino based MIDI instrument modelled on a guitar sometimes called a keytar. It uses switches and LEDs to control six "strings" which are held down in guitar like chords. Triggering the strings is through an opto reflective switch for a continuous repeating strum and four touch sensitive switches for a one off sequence. There are three banks of four picking / strumming / arpeggio styles and a three octave capo. Voice change information can also be sent.
A definite departure from the familiar keytar design, the Arduinocaster was in attendance at the recent Maker Faire UK. Hmmmm ... I could swear I saw this axe in an old Buck Rogers episode ... or maybe it was Peter Davison-era Doctor Who? Either way - Sweet!
More:
MIDI Library for Arduino
In the Maker Shed:
Make: Arduino
Peter Davison-era, surely =)
We had a go on this at Maker Faire UK. It inspired my friend no end... I pity his wife!
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Surely you recall Mr. David's work in the "The Quality of Leadership"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Trips:_The_Quality_of_Leadership
*ahem* yup, I meant "Davison" -thnx ;)
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