DIY Airpiano

[Martin Walker]

Looking good!

[BJG145]

The guts of my Airpiano, ready to go in the morning post...





(Crosses fingers)

[tea for two]

Ben I find these inspirational. Also your Dualo* and DigiGurdy.

*(reminds me of Bob Holness Blockbusters lol).

[ManFromGlass]

Great looking case!
What wood is it?

[BJG145]

...not sure, I'll ask the joiner when it's finished...

[Folderol]

Mahogany, by the looks of it.
P.S. Although that covers a range of trees.

[Wonks]

I'd guess Sapele, one of the mahogany family, without actually being a mahogany.

[BJG145]

I'll work on something more glamorous but...it lives! It actually works.



It arrived programmed to play octaves over three levels. It was making crazy noises earlier but since the sun went down it's been fine.

[Drew Stephenson]

We definitely need a video demo for this!

[Folderol]

We definitely need a video demo for this!

Indeed. We positively demand it!
(otherwise there will be much frowning and stamping of feet)

[Martin Walker]

We definitely need a video demo for this!

Indeed. We positively demand it!
(otherwise there will be much frowning and stamping of feet)

Another demand from me - this HAS to be both seen and heard!

Martin

[BJG145]

Oh, definitely. But I need to practice a little first.

[Martin Walker]

Oh, definitely. But I need to practice a little first.

Practice? I thought you just waved your arms around a bit

Martin

[Wonks]

Oh, definitely. But I need to practice a little first.

Practice? I thought you just waved your arms around a bit

Martin

I think you’re confusing it with flying.

At least air piano is something you can practice on your commute to work and back. And it has the added benefit of keeping you socially distanced.

[BJG145]

I just took advantage of a few minutes of Saturday morning sunlight to take some better pics of the Aetherharp. Demo soon.

[Martin Walker]

Nice!

Looking forward to audio demo in due course

Martin

[ManFromGlass]

[Folderol]

Nice work.
Couldn't help noticing the slightly twisted switch though - will you be able to adjust that?

Also looking forward to the demo

[BJG145]

Nice work.
Couldn't help noticing the slightly twisted switch though - will you be able to adjust that?

...yeah but trust me Folderol, no-one else except you will notice.

[Folderol]

Nice work.
Couldn't help noticing the slightly twisted switch though - will you be able to adjust that?

...yeah but trust me Folderol, no-one else except you will notice.

For the sake of balance, I'm my own worst critic and 'see' every single mistake I made on house and garden going back for years
I'll cast a veil over electronics and software

[Wonks]

Nice work.
Couldn't help noticing the slightly twisted switch though - will you be able to adjust that?

...yeah but trust me Folderol, no-one else except you will notice.

I noticed, but said nothing.

[Arpangel]

Oh, definitely. But I need to practice a little first.

Practice? I thought you just waved your arms around a bit

Martin

I find this all a bit underwhelming, what I’m looking forward too are "real" advances into alternative controllers, not physical, but neural, where "we" can all connect to an instrument with our thoughts, our brains, in a controllable way.
This will come, and we will see the things we have now, as just a stepping stone.

[ManFromGlass]

We were exploring biofeedback controlling synths 45 years ago as students at university. Over the years I have occasionally come across other’s experiments and you can buy kits now that can convert brainwaves and/or galvanic skin response and/or heart rate etc to a synth controller.

I suspect what you are looking for might involve surgery and even then for precise control I don’t think we know enough about the brain yet. But I’m with you on how cool it would be!!

I have the Leap Motion beam controller and it can be fun but not as cool as this airpiano.

[Wonks]

Arpangel earlier today...