All Videos Tagged klangbox (Cigar Box Nation) - Cigar Box Nation 2024-05-09T13:39:18Z https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=klangbox&rss=yes&xn_auth=no DIY MIDI Organ - first tryout tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2012-08-16:2592684:Video:1210122 2012-08-16T00:35:07.502Z Elmar Zeilhofer https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ElmarZeilhofer <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/diy-midi-organ-first-tryout"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329944125?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>No, not a cbg... At the Metalab, a hacker space in Vienna, we tinker around a MIDI Organ. This vid shows the first tryout of a 16 tones-module, another 16 tones will follow.<br></br> <br></br> Solenoids: hand wound, 2200 turns, ~0.5A at 12V, a nail with permanent magnets on the top and bottom, rubber valve cut from a broken bike tire, the green LEDs are fueled by the inductive kickback… <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/diy-midi-organ-first-tryout"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329944125?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />No, not a cbg... At the Metalab, a hacker space in Vienna, we tinker around a MIDI Organ. This vid shows the first tryout of a 16 tones-module, another 16 tones will follow.<br /> <br /> Solenoids: hand wound, 2200 turns, ~0.5A at 12V, a nail with permanent magnets on the top and bottom, rubber valve cut from a broken bike tire, the green LEDs are fueled by the inductive kickback :)<br /> <br /> Pipes: PVC tubes 20mm diameter, lowest note: B (plugged)<br /> <br /> Wind chest: plastic food storage box<br /> <br /> Wind supply: still an issue, at the moment a 12V air pump<br /> <br /> Electronics: MIDI signal to Arduino to Shift Registers to MOSFETs to solenoids<br /> Arduino source code: <a href="https://bitbucket.org/wizard23/arduinomidiconroller/">https://bitbucket.org/wizard23/arduinomidiconroller/</a><br /> <br /> Built at Metalab, Vienna <a href="http://metalab.at">http://metalab.at</a> DIY MIDI Harpsichord tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2012-07-30:2592684:Video:1191686 2012-07-30T22:42:32.974Z Elmar Zeilhofer https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ElmarZeilhofer <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/diy-midi-harpsichord"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329937543?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>I wasn't in the mood to CBG... Here's the first sound check of a DIY harpsichord with 16 (now there are just 5, yet to be finished) Setup: MIDI signal to Arduino to Shift register to MOSFET drivercard to magnetic solenoids.<br></br> Inside each coil there is a nail which acts as a jumper, bearing neodym magnets at each end. The tongues are cut from an old plastic bottle. Later I attach… <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/diy-midi-harpsichord"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329937543?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />I wasn't in the mood to CBG... Here's the first sound check of a DIY harpsichord with 16 (now there are just 5, yet to be finished) Setup: MIDI signal to Arduino to Shift register to MOSFET drivercard to magnetic solenoids.<br /> Inside each coil there is a nail which acts as a jumper, bearing neodym magnets at each end. The tongues are cut from an old plastic bottle. Later I attach felt pieces as dampeners. Stay tuned.. Meena Cryle & The Chris Fillmore Band "In my Father's house" tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2012-07-03:2592684:Video:1160577 2012-07-03T23:21:57.066Z Elmar Zeilhofer https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ElmarZeilhofer <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/meena-cryle-the-chris-fillmore-band-in-my-father-s-house"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329934874?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />live at Spittelberg, Vienna... Chris playing a 3string cbg with a Flatpup on it... <a href="http://www.original-flatpup.com">www.original-flatpup.com</a> <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/meena-cryle-the-chris-fillmore-band-in-my-father-s-house"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329934874?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />live at Spittelberg, Vienna... Chris playing a 3string cbg with a Flatpup on it... <a href="http://www.original-flatpup.com">www.original-flatpup.com</a> Klangbox n°71: Experimental Cigarbox Guitar-Harp tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2012-06-07:2592684:Video:1128247 2012-06-07T17:28:43.641Z Elmar Zeilhofer https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ElmarZeilhofer <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/klangbox-n-71-experimental-cigarbox-guitar-harp"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329927419?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Bluesman Chris Fillmore testing his new instrument * 3-string CBG * 4 bass strings * Guitar pickup: Flatpup 3 shiftable between neck and bridge position (!!!) * basspickup: Flatpup 4 *… <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/klangbox-n-71-experimental-cigarbox-guitar-harp"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329927419?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Bluesman Chris Fillmore testing his new instrument * 3-string CBG * 4 bass strings * Guitar pickup: Flatpup 3 shiftable between neck and bridge position (!!!) * basspickup: Flatpup 4 * <a href="http://www.original-flatpup.com">www.original-flatpup.com</a> Klangbox n°70: "Bismarck" 3 string CBG tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2012-06-07:2592684:Video:1128398 2012-06-07T17:20:50.649Z Elmar Zeilhofer https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ElmarZeilhofer <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/klangbox-n-70-bismarck-3-string-cbg"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329926062?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Chris Fillmore test driving this Klangbox CBG with a magnetic Flatpup 3 Humbucker. This instrument is rudimental, I tried to make it with the least possible effort.… <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/klangbox-n-70-bismarck-3-string-cbg"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/329926062?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Chris Fillmore test driving this Klangbox CBG with a magnetic Flatpup 3 Humbucker. This instrument is rudimental, I tried to make it with the least possible effort. <a href="http://www.original-flatpup.com">www.original-flatpup.com</a>