Playable 8 Bit Violin

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Playable 8 Bit Violin

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Ranjit Bhatnagar built this playable 8 bit violin as part of his Instrument-A-Day project this month. I was hoping it would only play square waves at discrete frequencies, however it actually sounds really pretty when played as a normal violin.

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4 thoughts on “Playable 8 Bit Violin

  1. kaylie says:

    Would you be willing to sell it? :D And for how much!!!!?

  2. Hello world! | musically designed says:

    […] love to doodle, draw, and paint. I recently built an 8-bit violin, with much help from http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/22/playable-8-bit-violin/ and I would like to share some images of the violin I built. I named him Edgar in honor of his […]

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