Page-Turning Pedal is Pretty Boss
Buying things to make your life easier certainly has its therapeutic joys, but if you really wanna feel good, you gotta make the thing yourself whenever possible. [Bjørn Brandal] happened to have a...
View ArticleAn Easy DIY Pedal Set For Racing Sims
The racing sim scene has always had a strong DIY subculture, as enthusiasts seeking the most realistic-feeling peripherals set out to modify off-the-shelf offerings for greater authenticity. Others go...
View ArticleThis ESP32 Bluetooth Page Turner Can’t Get Any Easier
Commercial Bluetooth pedals, designed to allow musicians to flip pages of sheet music on a tablet, have the sort of inflated price tag you’d expect for a niche electronic device. Rather than forking as...
View ArticleExercise Bike Hacked as Input For Xbox 360
If you like playing Grand Theft Auto, you’re pretty familiar with squeezing the triggers for accelerating and braking while driving around. [David Programa] decided this was too easy, and instead...
View ArticleADSL Router As Effects Pedal
Moore’s law might not be as immutable as we once though thought it was, as chip makers struggle to fit more and more transistors on a given area of silicon. But over the past few decades it’s been...
View ArticleAn Effects Pedal for Keyboards (and Mice)
Effects pedals for musical instruments like electric guitars can really expand a musician’s range with the instrument. Adding things like distortion, echo, and reverb at the push of a button can really...
View ArticleGuitar Distortion with Diodes in Code, Not Hardware
Guitarists will do just about anything to get just the right sound out of their setup, including purposely introducing all manner of distortion into the signal. It seems counter-intuitive, but it...
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