Bonnie Eisenman and her team used light sensors and torches to create a set of musical stairs at Princeton. The sensors are read using an Arduino and the Pi is used to produce the sounds. Read more and see more…
Category: Audio
Speech Recognition and Python turns the #RaspberryPi into a (almost) universal translator
Dave Conroy has published an extensive tutorial on how he turned the humble Pi into a translator for over 60 languages. The only extra thing you need in addition to your normal Pi set-up is a Logitech USB Headset. Read…
Wolfson Pi Audio Card for #RaspberryPi
Doug McFarlan at Wolfson has been leading a team to develop an audio card for the Pi in conjunction with Element 14/Farnell. The card, which plugs into the GPIO, features the following: 3.5 mm jack (4-pole) for a headset/boom mic…
Sam Aaron presents Sonic Pi on the #RaspberryPi
Here’s Sam Aaron talking at CPEU3 (at the O2 Arena) about his music programming environment Sonic Pi. He’s a great presenter and it’s very worthwhile listening to how this can be used in the classroom.
Podcast from the Preston Raspberry Jam #rjam
Alan O’Donohoe has posted up a podcast from last night’s (7 October 2013) Raspberry Jam in Preston. Plenty of interviews and a real ‘being there’ feel. Listen to the podcast here
RasPi.TV uses Sonic Pi to create Flight of the Bumblebee on a #RaspberryPi
Alex has been having fun with Carrie-Anne Philbin’s Sonic Pi tutorials and has recreated the classic Flight of the Bumblebee using his Pi. Read all about it and listen here
New distro for #RaspberryPi – RaspyFi – reaches version 1
RaspyFi is an open source linux distribution. According to their site, “it will transform your Raspberry Pi into an audiophile source, in 10 minutes without hassles. It comes ready to play, and it’s compatible with almost every USB DAC available.”…
Karaoke machine with a #RaspberryPi and USB microphone
Over at Pi Fun, Dextrus has written a tutorial on creating a karaoke machine with the Pi. You just need a USB microphone and he recommends running it headless using a wifi dongle. Here it is in action: Read more…
Simple way to broadcast video and audio with the #RaspberryPi camera and a microphone
Foundation forum member tjsheffler has been experimenting with getting a simple HLS stream from the camera module and syncing it with audio from a mic. He’s not been completely successful, but you can follow his progress and replicate his experiments…
Amplify the volume from your #RaspberryPi
Raj Vignesh has built a circuit to allow him to amplify the sound output from the audio output of the Pi. It currently uses an external 9V battery although he hopes to eventually power it from the 3V rail on…