A New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) Project
To create an instrument with a focus on defining a new interface for muscial expression.
- Teensy 4.1
- Adafruit Trellis Monochrome Driver PCB for 4x4 Keypad & 3mm LEDs
- Audio adapter board
- 4 x Potentiometers
- 4 x 10k Ω resistors
First three rows are dedicaded triggers for chords. Each button are assigned to a specific chord in a selected scale starting from the root note for the scale. The chords expand two octaves as default from C3-B3. The following image will show how the default setup if no modifications has been made.
The top taps are the modifiers that can be used to change the scale or set the chords to major/minor. These is shown on the following image
- Strumming Delay
- MIDI Velocity Randomization
- Octave specifier
- MIDI Control