Quick Arduino Synth

getting a sense for how simple audio generation works with the Arduino platform. 

Auduino code available at 

http://code.google.com/p/tinkerit/wiki/Auduino

Seeeduino board with an Atmel 328

Seeed Studios have amazing things

http://www.seeedstudio.com/

first two pairs of potentiometers control a pitch and velocity each, and the fifth pot adds and subtracts. LED is from pin 13. the code is modifiable for chromatic and pentatonic mapping. 

this piece of hardware has stranded 22ga wire coming from the pots, but the prams for the board have solid copper.  the solder junctions were left uncoated for body contact points. 

this is proof of concept video. the victory is that it worked right off. 

poorish audio chain: android video phone sitting on top of the Vox Pathfinder. 

the enclosure is a hacked piece of electronic test equipment from Mendelson's Liquidation Outlet in Dayton, OH. http://www.meci.com/

it's best to go there in person. 

face plate is standard rack mount width, matching that Paia Vocoder kit tucked back in the arsenal. end product will be a plexi case for both, to be bussed together and used with external sound sources as well.