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drawdio music pencil lets you doodle electronic sounds
technabob.com - 12/2/2008
drawdio music pencil lets you doodle electronic sounds
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Feeling musically inclined, but haven’t the time or knowledge to write sheet music? Now you can produce your own sonic creations simply by doodling on a piece of paper. Designed by Adafruit (in collaboration with Jay Silver), Drawdio is an analog synthesizer circuit that straps to ...

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SlashGear:  Drawdio analog synth pencil: bizarre video demo

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DVICE Atom Feed:  Make music with your doodles via a magic pencil

Tech Blog:  Music Pencil Lets You Draw Electronic Sounds

Drawdio!
ladyada.net - 12/2/2008
Drawdio!
— ladyada.net — The best way to see how Drawdio works is to watch a video... Here is one of me playing with my kit right after building it (This is a video of an earlier revision so it looks a little different) (more) Drawdio!
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Drawdio analog synth pencil: bizarre video demo
SlashGear — ... the graphite doing the conducting but you yourself.  You start by drawing a line, then put your finger on one end and, as you continue sketching, all manner of strange 50s-sci-fi bleeps and wurbles are produced.  Drawdio is supplied as a kit, so there’s a little work with soldering and the like before you can start making music.  It’s on sale now, priced at $19.50. Click here to view the embedded video. [via technabob] ...

DRAWDIO, A Draw-Audio Thing
Mobilewhack.com — ... for many hours! Adafruit designed it and it can all be yours for $19.50, including the circuit board, all necessary hardware and a 2B pencil. Go ahead and draw! I mean sing! I mean make music! via technabob Tags: ...

Drawdio: an analog synthesizer on your pencil
Boing Boing Gadgets — The Drawdio is a lovely soft-lead pencil with an analog synthesizer circuit strapped to the spine, transforming your sinuous cursive into an array of electronica burblings, slides and squawks. I love it: onomatopoeic penmanship. Drawdio [Lady Ada via Technabob]

Make music with your doodles via a magic pencil
DVICE Atom Feed — ... an analog synthesizer circuit to a soft-leaded pencil, creating electronic sounds out of the conductive properties of the graphite in the pencil. As you draw, your doodlings and scrawlings get converted to electronic sounds. It might not create the next big pop hit for you, but you'll need to actually learn music for that. Hit a jump for a video of this magic pencil in action. Adafruit, via Technabob

Music Pencil Lets You Draw Electronic Sounds
Tech Blog — ... Called the Drawdio, this nifty contraption basically is an "analog synthesizer circuit that straps to any soft-leaded pencil, and lets you crank out electronic sounds while you sketch." Video after the break. The kit takes advantage of the conductive properties of the graphite in the pencil lead, and produces a veritable cacophony of sounds as you put pencil to paper. [via Technabob]

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