Accelerometer Music Controller (Arduino Tutorial)

[@SoundSimulator]

Happy New Year! First video of 2022! NOTE: It's a bit hard to see in the video, so here's how the sensor is connected to the Arduino. A4 to SDA A5 to SCL 5V to VCC GND to GND

[@kelvint03]

this entire channel is a godsend

[@SoundSimulator]

You're too kind! Thank you so much!!

[@spenwozhere]

Mounting to a dome was a genius move. Cheers!

[@SoundSimulator]

Thank you!

[@studiospiraluniverse]

Happy New Year! Best way to start into 2022 - watching a new Sound Simulator video.

[@SoundSimulator]

Happy New Year to you as well! Thank you for watching as always!!

[@georgeioan9223]

Your videos are really inspiring, make me feel like i can built/patch anything! Thank you for your work!

[@SoundSimulator]

That's amazing to hear! I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing what you'll be creating!

[@ToPProjectsCompilation]

Nice project Takumi, we want to feature it on our channel (with proper credits). If this sounds good, then do reply.

[@SoundSimulator]

Sure thing! And thank you so much for featuring this project. I'll be looking forward to the video :)

[@simontyszkotheculture]

beautiful stuff takumi thank you. + having the patches available to download would be so very helpful.

[@SoundSimulator]

Thank you so much!! Yes, that's something I need to start doing as the patchers are becoming more complex.

[@eefefefefefefefef6531]

great ideas but the only issue is getting back to the initial position with the sphere I think some fairly sturdy springs and a wood surface might help but I'm being nitpicky here hahaha. Great video man excited to see future projects this channel is a goldmine

[@SoundSimulator]

Totally valid feedback! I completely overlooked the weight issue until I started filming. Yeah! I really wanted to incorporate springs to this but I'm pretty limited with building materials right now. I definitely want to revisit this when I buy a 3D printer. And thank you so much for your support!!

[@eefefefefefefefef6531]

@@SoundSimulator yes at first building materials are intimidating but if you start working with them regularly stopping yourself is the problem hahaha.Id say a fairly sturdy spring inserted on the bottom through a small hole and hold it down with pins on wood or any rigid surface can do the job the tricky part might be adding breaks so it wont wobble around

[@Mari-ne3eo]

Hey just found your channel thank you for everything you teach us! Im trying to do this accelerometer music controller but for x and y values I only get -0.00... do you have any ideas why? Did the exact same as in your video. Thank you so much !

[@PureRAWinsanity]

Thank you so much for the tutorials, they have helped me a lot in my journey to create a similar project. One issue I am facing is turning this into a wireless setup using NRF24 chips, somehow couldn't get the data to transfer. Any pointers? (I have searched on a lot of forums, but alas!)

[@uvia7114]

I love your tutorial! and since our smartphones already have an accelerometer, can i do the same thing in my phone?

[@michaelcasey2009]

Love the video. Did you make the wireless follow up video?

[@sCealt]

Very cool. Thanks for the video! I'm actually preparing to work on a similar interactive project but thinking to use the Pi Pico W instead and send MIDI over WiFi :)

[@SoundSimulator]

Making this wireless is definitely the way to go!! Have fun!!

[@sCealt]

@@SoundSimulator most definitely! thanks :)

[@TheOleHermit]

Amazing how parallel our paths are, although music is your media and laser art is mine. Only 5 minutes ago, I commented on your GEM video about using 7" Nextion multitouch HMIs to provide this same 2D controllability, instead of traditional faders. You're accomplishing similar control capabilities for 1/4 the price. But, with the touchscreens, I can have multiple 'pages' of granularity to reduce the overall desk size, knobs, and buttons. After all, we only have 2 hands and 10 fingers, right?

[@SoundSimulator]

It's exciting to hear that these tutorials are helpful for your laser project!! It could be fun to control visuals using sensors. Incorporating a pressure sensor to this can seamlessly add a third dimension of control!! And your other hand could be controlling the touchscreen?? I'm really excited about this project that you're working on! Again, please do keep me posted.

[@TheOleHermit]

@@SoundSimulatorYes, exactly. The desk is split between L&R, w/4 independent levels of control banks, complimenting the selected touchscreen pages. That'swhy RGB backlit indicators are needed for visual feedback of wtf is going on. Silk screened labels are obsolete. Same here regarding your projects. Is there such a thing as subconscious mutual brainstorming?🤔

[@matschipikora1694]

If I have two MPU'S I can then simply use basicMPU6050 imu1; basicMPU6050 imu2; inizalize them like this?

[@SoundSimulator]

you got the idea!!

[@AIEntertainmentPodcast]

Awesome. I will go to try something similar

[@SoundSimulator]

Awesome! Have fun!!

[@徐承昊-u1d]

Hello Takumi! May I ask what object you using to show the XY position? (I mean The graphic object) Thank you!

[@SoundSimulator]

[pictslider]!

[@dansimpson1729]

Great video! Is there any chance you could share the Max msp settings in a greater detail? I'm going to try and convert to pure data and I can't quite see the entire of the patch! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[@SoundSimulator]

This patcher is close to this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaSTf4Ofospjobc (download link in the description!) They both use VST reverb.

[@fedeboretti]

just what i was trying to doo!!! Great information!!! thanks! i would like to do a independent device who sends midi mensages to a volca or NTS1... how can i code that? thanks for the great content!!!! Happy new year!

[@SoundSimulator]

Yeah, I eventually do need to make a video on stand-alone MIDI device. Something that can send data via MIDI cable. I actually never sent CC (?) using Arduino before so your guess is good as mine! We might explore it when we start learning about embedded audio this spring/summer.

[@fedeboretti]

@@SoundSimulator yess!! I have made some standalone devices with the note and volts midi library!! But is hard to me to combine the MPU code with the MIDI library... I'm on it! If I found something will share it!!

[@SoundSimulator]

@@fedeboretti It's a tiny bit more expensive, but there are analog-out accelerometers that you can use with the MIDI code// But either way, there should be a solution!

[@nathangoyea6138]

This idea is awesome! Your tutorial has literally saved a project of my own. Are you able to share the MAX MSP patch you used?

[@SoundSimulator]

That's good to hear! I think what you need is shown in the video already. Let me know if you have any questions.

[@nathangoyea6138]

@@SoundSimulator ok thanks I'll try and recreate it

[@nathangoyea6138]

@@SoundSimulator Hi, not everything is on the page. Could you show where the biquad goes at the bottom left? Do you have any videos/know any that could show how to develop something like this? Thanks!

[@dvuemedia]

Nice idea, you could also substitute the accelerometer for a analog joystick too (Not as cool...).

[@SoundSimulator]

I always wanted to mess around with a joystick! I saw performance almost 10 years ago where the musician was creating this really cool synth sound using one.

[@santiagoterigi1949]

Hi! Beautifull! Thanks ! Do you imagine some way that this could be wireless? I mean wireless from the accelometer to the arduino

[@SoundSimulator]

For sure, this can be wireless// I haven't messed around with wireless modules in a while so your guess is good as mine. Google is your friend!

[@ΝΕΚΤΑΡΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΑΚΗΣ]

How? Video only for demonstration? Code?pc software?

[@SoundSimulator]

I recommend first checking out the Arduino to Pure Data (or Arduino to MaxMSP) tutorial video that I mention in this one :)

[@yichongwang]

How do I make a generative sequencer like yours🥺

[@SoundSimulator]

I recommend downloading PlugData which is very close to MaxMSP. And then follow my sequencer tutorials. Let me know if you have any questions!

[@Sefzzzzz]

what object is Scale_Quad?

[@SoundSimulator]

It's an abstraction. I did something similar in my Pure Data generative sequencer tutorial on this channel.

[@coltonlambert3628]

hello im just finding this video and im trying to do something similar for a class project but im struggling to get the data to have a max of 127 could you share your patcher/arduino code for me

[@SoundSimulator]

[scale] object is key!

[@lacheeky123]

only the gyroscope is in use here, not the accelerometer