Walkotron!

Bre Pettis and Eric Beug create a mellotron-like instrument out of walkmans and then go crazy and hack a sequencer into an arduino! Step by step instructions available tomorrow in a pdf at makezine dot com slash podcast.

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[blah22322]

i miss bre...

[homebrewalright]

i could be a lot better with different samples. and holding the buttons down longer. the walkman mellotron its based on is awesome

[spinthepen]

Excuse me, am I the only one who has detected a huge mistake in the transistor circuit? I mean, what the hell is this topology? The be junction is not forward biased and this transistor will never be on!

[jadegirl3331]

what is this walkman of which you speak?

[3mptyLab]

Where the f**k did they buy those tape players without spending a fortune?

[LoLCalmSnow]

@lordace777 yep

[robfisher1]

wish they'd made it with notes

[dmanrocksable]

@godblesskiddchris your mommy says you're special when i fuck her

[dmanrocksable]

@ciscokid8893 im sure you couldn't make it.

[xanokothe]

when he showed the tapes, I thought "It could be done with arduino and sound shield easily, " then they did with arduino \ o /