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New Piece - "Dream State"

20/4/2019

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"Dream State" is the first piece made for TRAVIS II.  It is semi-improvised. Different sound processes were mapped to each of the four strings, as well as different parameters for the visuals. 
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Tune Ups

17/4/2019

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I re-printed the fingerboard to be as short as possible. I also added an undercurve to the header piece. However, I still found the fingerboard to be slightly too high and asked Aaron to shave off a bit from the ebony piece. He did that, plus added a small piece of wood for support. I found that this not only strengthens the fingerboard, but also makes the violin sound better and cuts out the majority of the buzzing that was happening before on certain notes. Now I am only getting buzzing on first finger, G string (A). 
​I also shortened the wires and added a clamp to keep the wires down and away from the bow.

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3rd time's the charm...

2/4/2019

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Had another mess up with soldering the shield. But I got it! I found that the front end still needs pressure in order to work the best. But the Arduino case is snug enough that it provides that pressure. Also, it’s not quite perfect because sometimes the FSRs are a little jittery when they are at rest, and they should not be like that. However, I can fix that in Max because I was previously having the same problem with the Softpots and the MKR (for some reason the Lilypad was fine). 
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    Welcome to the TRAVIS blog!

    ​If you would like to see a summary of my work, please click here.  

    This blog is where I post updates on TRAVIS I & II as I continue developing them.
    TRAVIS I is an augmented violin that uses two Softpot sensors on the fingerboard to control sound fx, and two FSR's to bang presets.
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    My wired prototype, uses an Arduino Lilypad USB. It was made by myself, and under the supervision of Dr. Bob Pritchard. 

    The wireless version uses an Arduino MKR1000. There was a group of engineering students who collaborated with SUBCLASS. Their names are Jin Han, Esther Mutinda, Carol Fu, and Lily Shao. For their own capstone they are utilized the same MKR1000 for the RUBS (Responsive User Bodysuit).  They named their capstone, WiRED (Wireless RUBS Environment Development). I have been modifying their work for my own purposes, as well as collaborating by making pieces with RUBS. 
    Bob Pritchard continues the RUBS project with TASTE. 

    TRAVIS II is was made in collaboration with Lora Oehlberg and luthier, Aaron Pratte. 

    It has four touch sensors​ made from conductive 3D print PLA and a voltage running down the strings. It also has four round FSRs clamped to the body. 

    You can find a videos and performances here. 

    A summary of my wifi connection troubleshooting can be found here. 

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