Microtonal Digilog Sequencer

This sequencer uses 16 to 2 multiplexing (via 2x 4051s), an SPI digitally controlled pot, an Arduino board and a square wave generator based on a 555.

The 16 pots to the left are the pitches. They are laid out like so (in terms of loop order):

02 04 06 08
10 12 14 16

01 03 05 07
09 11 13 15

The two pots on the right are tempo (lower one) and overal pitch (upper one).

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[tpfaff100]

It's "microtonal" no doubt because there's no way to keep the darned thing in tune! Love it.

[littlescale]

i mean, it stays in tune to itself i suppose. not in tune to other things. or a chromatic scale, for instance! ;-)

[privat33r]

Twenty years ago my bud Tom Haydu played his electronic concotion of 32 discordant horns; this is obviously complete ripoff of his work.

[littlescale]

yeah, totally................ [!]

[privat33r]

my attorney will be contacting you, and your small scale, in the morn

>> and great stuff by the way <<

[littlescale]

__ that's little-scale to you ^/^

[noiseintoner]

I dont know if its the marijuana talking, but this is the best music Ive heard in months

[Mercurium42]

Its stuff like this that make me wanna buy a bread-board and learn how to do that. Great stuff!

[tressler1129]

very cool especially the distorted effects

[firehandszarb]

at first I thought its OK, then I listened some more and wow! Sounds a bit like a zx spectrum game loading in parts (which can also be very musical to certain ears(mine)). So much new music these days is very bland, when this kind of diy electronic stuff is really refreshing and welcome.

[EightyPredatorsWide]

badass!!

[gaussman08]

it's the best handmade sequencer i ever seen :B

[pyromohanzed]

interesting composition

acid and gabber DJs could use this.

[maviddicic]

WTF?

[bman10030]

this is the most amazing thing ever

how did you create this?

[GENERALCHAOS13]

nice lol

[tpfaff100]

I built a six-oscillator (quadrature osccilator) board with a mixer some years ago. It is awesome- I still have it. It's the best fully analog laser control system I've ever seen. The biggest problem it has is with the potentiometer values wandering. You have to keep your fingers on it to keep the shapes steady. This is with the best pots and some of the best oscillators [circa 1990] around.