Taking the lid off the Piano Box 12-note paper synth

Last year, Portugal's Catarina Mota was part of a New York hackerspace team that created a toy piano made from Jell-O (and some electronics) for a competition in Brooklyn, NY. Being a lover of mixing electronics with low-tech materials like fabric and paper, she has now created a paper box that opens up to reveal a 12-key touch piano/synthesizer sporting some cool LED light action. The Piano Box is built around an Arduino Mega board running the CapSense and Tone libraries, and features twin speakers, capacitive keys made from paper-covered copper tape, and some custom code that's available for free download to allow anyone to make their own paper synth. .. Continue Reading Taking the lid off the Piano Box 12-note paper synth

Section: Music

Tags: Arduino, Digital music, DIY, Hack, Paper, Piano, Synthesizer

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