Opto-isolator plus diode
from notesandvolts.com
http://www.notesandvolts.com/2012/01/fun-with-arduino-midi-input-basics.html
Mingus
by Thomas Reichman
Let’s be less productive
“It is the accuracy and detail inherent in crafted goods that endows them with lasting value.”
By Tim Jackson, in The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/opinion/sunday/lets-be-less-productive.html
Zach Poff
A story that updates itself
This would be kind of a Mad Libs thing where you would write a story that could adapt to any era by switching out expressions, references, etc., Like the relationship of HTML to CSS.
Arduino Midi shield
Arduino MIDI
Midi control using 1 resistor.
I substituted 330 ohms for 220 and it worked fine.
http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Midi
here’s the pinout data for sparkfun midi jacks:
http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Prototyping/Connectors/MIDI-RA.pdf
musical improvisation games
notes
- An essay on phasing… http://musicimprovex.blogspot.com/
- Cue cards… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_%28Zorn%29
- http://www.4-33.com/scores/cobra/cobra-notes.html
- team building exercises, arrggghhh… http://ask.metafilter.com/148329/Teambuilding-exercises-for-musicians
- traditional jazz improv exercises… http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/jazz/Examples.html
- Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_improvisation
- check out this book: http://www.giamusic.com/products/P-7173.cfm
Improv
by Dave Morris
Plans
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us — “
ByJoseph Campbell