This is a documentation of hardware and software developments of my augmented instrument.
I am working on an improvisation performance setup that involves sending real-time data from sensors on a plastic saxophone (jSax) to control parameters of effects in Max (by Cycling'74). I'm starting this project using the Arduino microcontroller because that is what I am most familiar with. I'm using Xbees to keep from being tethered to the computer.
Below is a photo of my first improvisation setup with the jSax and a photo of the jSax with the BNO080 IMU. I used a great deal of pedals (hooked to Arduinos), a MIDI Fighter Twister, and the always awesome Metric Halo ULN-8.
Now that the IMU has been used successfully in a performance, I am going to add more sensors to the jSax and document that (coming soon!).
