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Build Your First Synth - Complete Workshop For Musicians and Artists



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Welcome to our workshop on synth design and programming! If you're a musician or an artist this is for you - a step-by-step program to get you started building your first instrument!

Download the code:
https://bit.ly/SynthuxWorkshop01

Timestamps are available below if you want to skip through to a specific part:

00:00 - Introduction
02:45 - What is a microcontroller
03:11 - What is a breadboard
03:46 - Installing the Arduino software (Arduino/Teensy)
08:15 - Teensy quick setup
12:37 - Testing the LDR sensor
13:58 - Connecting the sensor
17:28 - analog vs. digital ports
21:20 - How to work with a breadboard
22:44 - How to reading a wiring diagram
27:22 - Arduino Setup vs. Loop
30:25 - Using the serial monitor to check sensor activity
35:10 - The delay function
38:09 - Creating an output for speakers or headphones
45:25 - Programming an oscillator on Teensy Microcontroller
57:12 - Creating 4 oscillators
59:53 - Combining the 2 pieces of code
01:03:49 - Programming the LDR to control the oscillator
01:05:14 - Sound!! Controlling the oscillator frequency (pitch)
01:07:30 - Defining usable ranges
01:09:50 - Whole numbers vs decimals in code
01:11:25 - The map function
01:12:20 - Defining and using variables
01:17:22 - Connecting 4 LDR sensors
01:19:15 - Done! 4 LDRs controlling 4 oscillators

Intro & outro music by Teunis Marseille. Check out his work here: www.instagram.com/teueunis
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