Hi folks,
I'm working on a DIY project and at this time I'm asking for advice from the guitarist community about it. The project is a Guitar Motion Sensor, or GMS, that uses a triple-axis accelerometer chip to sense the gyrations of a guitarist moving about on stage, and control effects in response.
So for example one could put tremolo on the phi, or vertical angle so that when you tilt the guitar neck up to the sky the LFO of the tremolo speeds up and when you lower it horizontal it slows down or stops. Then perhaps put your auto-wah effect on the theta, or torso-twisting angle so that you get varying frequency of auto-wah as you sweep the guitar around in a circle. Sounds cool, eh?
Also there will be an optional stomp box on another USB interface that controls the software, and that stomp box will have up to four optional foot pedals. Or that's the plan anyway, I'm open to suggestions on that or really any aspect of the project.
I'm writing the initial software for the project in a programming language called ChucK that is freeware, and my software will be free as well.
Well I won't talk your ear off, I'll just close by mentioning that I've created a somewhat blog-ish sort of website to act as the central information point for anyone wanting to DIY their own GMS. If you're interested in the project, your best starting point would be to give the pages a quick skim-over. Just reading the headings and looking at the pictures will give you a feel for what the project is about, then you can zoom in and read the sections that interest you. Also there is free demonstration software that I've coded up that uses the mouse as a pretend GMS so you can try out the concept and see if you like it. Great, well, the website is here:
http://www.freedomodds.com/music/gms.htmlBest wishes and happy guitar DIY to all!