[Lab] another hair brained project! clave!

Tue Oct 5 12:17:25 EDT 2010

I was thinking that the striker would look cooler sweeping over about 100
degrees. I'll try both configurations as the piece isn't due for about a
year. :)

I figured the response time would not be an issue since software can
compensate for the swing time. Just like a real clave player.

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:

> And a solenoid would be better since they have a fast response (strike and
> release) and would allow the clave to resonate or vibrate better
>
>
> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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>
> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote
> their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
> jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This could all be done with the arduino and a Microphone :P no need for a
>> PC
>>
>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>> ---
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>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote
>> their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am making a piece of art work which will detect music beat and then
>>> play the clave to the music.
>>>
>>> If you are unfamiliar with clave, here is a video to explain it:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LWxIqnbxWQ
>>>
>>> The particular rhythm I want is the reverse (or forward) rumba clave
>>> (both common in Salsa and rumba music).
>>>
>>> I was thinking that processing.org and an arduino could be used to
>>> listen in on music and determine the tempo by finding equidistant peaks of
>>> volume. Attempt to group the beats into 8 and determine the strongest of 8.
>>> Assign it as beat 1. Then strike the Clave on 1, 2.5, 4, 6 and 7. Clave
>>> strike could be a solenoid, or perhaps a DC motor.
>>>
>>> Any comments or ideas of the technology?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Emily Daniels <emily.daniels at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm very excited too! Guy I expect to see ALL of your awesome robot
>>>> creations there!!
>>>>
>>>> Emily
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wohoo!
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't wait!
>>>>>
>>>>> I had an application to present the Squirrel in within an hour of the
>>>>> original event announcement.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Darcy
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>>
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