Concerto for 3 MakerBots
The Crashspace MakerBot crew out of LA put on an amazing performance at the handmade music night there.
From the MakerBot Music Google Group:
We had a Handmade Music event at CRASHSpace in Los Angeles. We currently have three MakerBots and had a performance of a piece written specifically for them by Frank Capodieci.
One thing that I discovered while processing the MIDI files into gcode – mid2cnc.py does not seem to handle rests/silences. The three MIDI files play back on the computer the same duration. The three gcode files had vastly different build times. The ppi setting did not affect the overall playback time, just the pitch of the individual notes.
This is a fantastic off-label use of a MakerBot! We designed the MakerBot with hackability as our top priority because we knew that if we made it so that people could hack it that they would do things with it way beyond what we could imagine. This is an amazing example of hacked excellence… the hacking just sounds so good!
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Congrats! Wish I could’ve been there.
Great use of the tech/mech – it’s a fusion flavor. I can see a Flaming Lips style Zareeka composition not far behind. I think an augmented Cupcake composition a la John Cage would also be awesome!
Did you use TeamTeamUSA’s mid2cnc? If so, I’ve not experienced the rests/silences issue you mentioned. In any case, please add the problematic MIDI file(s) to the samples directory on GitHub so we can repro and fix the issue.
Part of the workflow we use when creating gcode files, is opening and re-saving the MIDI files in QuickTime or Sweet MIDI Player. It seems to fix many MIDI -> gcode issues.
Go!
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