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I Turned a 1920's Typewriter into a MIDI Controller

William Sun Petrus
872 subscribers
66K views 5 years ago
This is a remington portable typewriter, made in the 1920's. I've attached a lot of wires, an arduino and plugged it in. It now makes cool noises. FULL SONG: https://lnkfi.re/edmtypewriter   / williamsunpetrus     / williamsunpetrus     / williamsunpetrus   If this gets 100 likes, i'll give out the Ableton project file so anyone else with a trigger finger and a MIDI input device can have some fun :) Edit: Wow, that 100 like mark got smashed in under 24 hours! Thank you so much! I'm working on a tutorial now so you guys can play this asap on your midi controller of choice and will release everything once ready!! :) Edit 2 Tutorial + Project File :    • [How To Play] 1920's Typewriter EDM MIDI C...   For real though, whenever a hammer contacts with the "live plate", it will send a signal to the arduino. The arduino recognises which hammer has been pressed and fires a signal into my PC via the cable, and into Ableton. Ableton sees some MIDI infor …...more
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I Turned a 1920's Typewriter into a MIDI Controller
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66,927Views
2020Apr 22
This is a remington portable typewriter, made in the 1920's. I've attached a lot of wires, an arduino and plugged it in. It now makes cool noises. FULL SONG: https://lnkfi.re/edmtypewriter   / williamsunpetrus     / williamsunpetrus     / williamsunpetrus   If this gets 100 likes, i'll give out the Ableton project file so anyone else with a trigger finger and a MIDI input device can have some fun :) Edit: Wow, that 100 like mark got smashed in under 24 hours! Thank you so much! I'm working on a tutorial now so you guys can play this asap on your midi controller of choice and will release everything once ready!! :) Edit 2 Tutorial + Project File :    • [How To Play] 1920's Typewriter EDM MIDI C...   For real though, whenever a hammer contacts with the "live plate", it will send a signal to the arduino. The arduino recognises which hammer has been pressed and fires a signal into my PC via the cable, and into Ableton. Ableton sees some MIDI information and understands that it needs to trigger that specific sound. This song is composed of 17 difference sounds, played live for you, right here, right now. This typewriter is actually just a small part of a much bigger project, so there's still a lot more to come! A lot of people have asked to see an unedited version for proof of functionality so i'm happy to oblige! Unedited version:    • I Turned a 1920's Typewriter into a MIDI C...   Software Used: Loop Midi Hairless Midi Serial Ableton Hardware Used: 1920's Remington Compact Typewriter Arduino Mega Audio Samples Used: Skrillex - Try it Out (02:43, "O"(kay) sound) Gorillaz - Dare (00:07, "Ah" sound) Death Grips - Takyon (00:00, "Tak" sound) Arduino Code: https://github.com/williamspmedia/typ... Hope you enjoy! →Subscribe For More: https://goo.gl/3ERn2G PS. every time I push a button, the LCD screen updates with the next line from the Green Eggs and Ham script by Dr.Seuss

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William Sun Petrus

872 subscribers