Caspian Coberly, Jason Gao | DXARTS 490 Final Project

Music meal is an e-textile project that creates an experience of making music by dining tools such as plates, cups, and utensils.

Materials

• Arduino Pro Micro with an ATmega32U4 (USB HID support)
• Conductive thread / tape
• Velostat / Foam fabric
• Plate / Utensils
• 10 / 10M Ohms resistor
• Computer with DAW / Speaker
• String cheese

Code

• Github repo:

  https://github.com/jasongao97/MusicMeal

• Usage of open source code:

  • MIDIUSB: https://github.com/arduino-libraries/MIDIUSB
  • CapacitiveSensor: https://github.com/PaulStoffregen/CapacitiveSensor

Introduction

After visiting the place for the final exhibition - 'The 8', which used to be a cafeteria, Caspian and I decided to make an instrument that matches the environment. The basic idea was using utensils as keyboards and using plates as drums because of their shapes. Here are some initial sketches.

Features

Placing

Then we built some prototype to make sure everything was functioning. The string cheese was my favorite part. Not only did it bring variety (it worked as a fader while others worked as notes) to the project, it also added fun.

Testing string cheese

Confirming positions before sewing

Implement