The guitar now has the following features:
- Power distributed to sensors via blocks of screw terminals with LED power indicators
- Three working MIDI output ports
- LCD screen with four-button menu system (up, down, enter, back)
- Ability to add as many sensors as there is room for on the guitar without horrendous wiring issues
The next steps are as follows:
- Wire in six knobs, two push buttons and a light sensor
- Add 9V power socket and latching on/off push switch
- Attach guitar pickups to smaller output jack and restring guitar
This will give me a fully functional version of the guitar with the ability to play guitar as normal and have a lot of control over the sound on the amp, as well as some basic control of my synth and sampler, via knobs, buttons and a light sensor. Just getting this far would be a massive success, given that I only took this up as a hobby a few months ago! But there is also a list of totally feasible upgrades that would come next:
- Fret detection and strum detection (as seen in a previous video), with note data sent to a synthesiser
- Miniature keyboard
- Accelerometer
Okay, bedtime now. Just wanted to get my excitement out there into cyberspace. Videos coming soon.
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