Lo-Fi Orchestra Learns Tubular Bells
Components initiatives typically tumble into 3 types: People that flash lights, people that make appears and these that go. This virtuoso effectiveness by [Kevin]’s “Lo-Fi Orchestra” manages all three, even though accomplishing an outstanding position of reproducing the 1973 musical traditional Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield.
Generating first rate polyphonic sounds of different timbres at the same time is a problem for uncomplicated microcontroller boards like Arduinos, so [Kevin] has embraced the “More is more” philosophy and break up up the position of audio technology in substantially the exact same way as a common orchestra could. Altogether, 11 Arduino Nanos, 6 Arduino Unos, an Arduino Pro Mini, an Adafruit Feather 32u4, and a Raspberry Pi working MT32-Pi make up this digital ensemble.
The servo & relay drumkit is a certain emphasize, providing some physical seems to go along with the usually good-point out generation.
The complete project is “conducted” in excess of MIDI and the flashing sequencer in the middle provides a visual indicator of the tunes that is nearly hypnotic. The general performance is break up into two films (right after the split), and will be common to enthusiasts of 70’s audio and vintage horror films alike. We’re astonished how precisely [Kevin] has captured the mood of the first recording.
If this all seems to be a bit familiar, it may well be since we have coated the Lo-Fi Orchestra ahead of, when it entertained us with a rousing rendition of Gustav Holst’s Planets Suite. If you are extra intrigued in real Tubular Bells than synthesized kinds, then test out this MIDI-managed established from 2013.
