Arduino for Musicians

The Arduino platform provides a virtually limitless range of creative opportunities to musicians who are interested to explore new technologies. In Arduino for Musicians, Brent Edstrom provides a comprehensive guide to the underlying technologies enabling the creation of custom instruments that respond to light, touch, breath, and other forms of control.

Brent Edstrom is the author of several books, including Recording on a Budget and Musicianship in the Digital Age. An avid programmer, he has used a variety of programming languages to create custom ear training, music synthesis, and music notation applications, and has taught courses in music and computer science. He is a professor of music at Whitworth University.

- Table of Contents
- Forward
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Chapter 2 Introduction To Programming
- Chapter 3 Introduction To Electronics
- Chapter 4 Interfacing With Arduino
- Chapter 5 Music Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) I/O
- Chapter 6 Real-Time Input: Musical Expression
- Chapter 7 Music-Making Shields
- Chapter 8 Programming Part II
- Chapter 9 Audio Output and Sound Synthesis
- Chapter 10 Audio Input
- Chapter 11 Finalizing Projects
- Chapter 12 Standalone Arduino
- Chapter 13 MIDI Hand Drum Project
- Chapter 14 Stella Synthesizer Project
- Chapter 15 Step Sequencer Project
- Chapter 16 Emöte MIDI Controller
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Appendix A: MIDI Control Changes
- Appendix B: MMC Commands
- Appendix C: Introduction to Bit Twiddling
- Index