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Digital Electronics for Musicians

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Alexandros Drymonitis
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  • Hands-on projects and practical instruction from an expert on electronic music
  • Covers Pure Data, Arduino, and sensors
  • No previous programming experience required

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction to Pure Data

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 1-50

  3. Introduction to Arduino

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 51-96

  4. Embedded Computers and Going Wireless

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 97-139

  5. Getting Started with Musical Applications

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 141-176

  6. A Simple Synthesizer Using a MIDI Keyboard and Arduino

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 177-232

  7. An Interactive Bow

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 233-266

  8. An Interactive Drum Set

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 267-315

  9. A DIY Theremin

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 317-362

  10. Making a Looper

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 363-416

  11. A Patch-Bay Matrix Synthesizer

    • Alexandros Drymonitis
    Pages 417-479

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 481-490
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About this book

This is the perfect book for musicians who want to dive into the world of computer music and physical computing. This book is aimed at adventurous musicians who want to learn about music programming with Arduino, sensors, and Pure Data, and how to make new interfaces and even new instruments with that knowledge.
 
You’ll learn the basics of the Pure Data and Arduino languages, how to incorporate sensors into your musical projects, and how to use embedded computers, like the Raspberry Pi, to create stand-alone projects. Along the way, you’ll learn how to create a variety of innovative musical projects, including an interactive bow for stringed instruments, a MIDI clavier synthesizer, an interactive drum set, a patch-bay matrix synthesizer, a guitar looper, and even a DIY theremin.
 
If you are a musician or tinkerer who wants to explore the world of electronic and electroacoustic music and musical interfaces with Arduino, sensors, and Pure Data, Digital Electronics for Musicians is the book for you.
 
What You Will Learn
  • Learn the basics of the Pure Data and the Arduino languages
  • Learn more about the available sensors on the market, and how you can incorporate them into your musical projects
  • Focus on physical computing by combining Arduino and Pure Data, bringing the    physical world to the world of the computers
  • Make use of additional libraries that extend the capabilities of the Arduino
  • Make use of external objects in Pure Data that help achieve certain goals,  depending on the project
  • Learn how a Pure Data patch functions and be able to modify other people's work  that fits your needs
  • Learn how the Arduino language works, enabling the modification of already  existing code, according to your needs
  • Get insight on the serial communication between the Arduino and Pure Data
  • Learn how to approach various programming challenges in different ways



Who This is For 
Musicians who want to explore the world of electronic and electroacoustic music and musical interfaces with Arduino, sensors, and Pure Data.                                        


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About the author

Alexandros Drymonitis is a musician from Athens, Greece. He studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam where he got his first stimuli on music technology. Ever since he has been making electronic music using open source software and hardware, like Pure Data and Arduino, as well as giving workshops on electronic music programming and digital synthesizer building. He is also very keen on community building, and is a founding member of the Patching Circle Athens group, a group of users of visual programming languages.                         

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