NMC 2014

Monday Morning

Introductions

Class Overview: Why we’re here and schedule overview

Opening Sketching exercise - Take 15 minutes and draw the following:

1. Your favorite musical instrument 2. Something you think you could make this week 3. Something you could create if money, time, knowledge and physics were not considerations

Context / history / examples Signal flow and toolchain

Electronics overview

Monday Afternoon Background and Intro To Arduino

Arduino Hands on Lecture

Goal: send data, receive data

Challenge: Make an interesting instrument with one button

Tuesday Morning One-button show and tell Gestures - discrete vs. continuous

Continuous sensing in Arduino -- A/D and sending Serial

Scaling data in Max and/or in arduino

Go through sensors: FSR Bend Photocell Pot Softpot Hall Effect

Tuesday Afternoon Solder your accelerometer and proximity

Sensors: Proximity Accelerometer

Split off Max pro users from beginners

Goal: Create a musical interaction. using 1 continuous and 1 discrete sensor.   Think about how the physical gestures that you are using and the type of sensor (continuous or discrete) interact with the sounds you are controlling.

Homework: Come up with 2 ideas for your performance.  Sketch them out.  Include details such as materials, sounds, sensors, gestures.

Wednesday Morning Present your ideas

Serial data transitioning into MIDI

Making Connectors

Wednesday Afternoon

Advanced/ other sensing Encoders, Capacitive Piezo/microphone

Pair up and help each other narrow down your ideas for final projects.

Thursday Morning

Group check in about the state of your piece

Bonus topics on demand

Individual working with consultation

Thursday Afternoon

Individual working with consultation

Friday Morning

Set up and rehearse performance

Friday Afternoon

Final projects Wrap up Clean up