[Lab] another hair brained project! clave!

Tue Oct 5 13:42:29 EDT 2010

  Bonjour,

You may be interested in testing one of these : 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEMmZKG_ytg

Alexandre*
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Le 10-10-05 12:17, Darcy Whyte a écrit :
> 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
>> ---
>>
>> "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
>>> ---
>>>
>>> "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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