The goal of this Major Qualifying Project was to create an interactive MIDI controller that is intuitive to use and thus, enables people with various levels of expertise to make music. Based upon a glove concept and utilizing the playing technique of a trumpet (as the gestures of a hand were determined to be most conveniently translated), a MIDI device, the SansTrumpet, was created that can be utilized in various Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), such as GarageBand, ProTools, and Logic. The components of the SansTrumpet include a Teensy microcontroller, flex sensors, and a proximity sensor. The final product features the full pitch range of a standard trumpet, offers an alternative and intriguing visual aspect in performance, and allows for MIDI capability.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Mastromattei, Anthony
• Nguyen, Thomas Van

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043014-010349

Advisor

• Orr, John A.
• Barton, Scott D

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-04-30

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright