Author: Bi

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A21_Calculator Musicbox(Candy)

The project ‘CALCULATOR MUSICBOX’ is inspired by the old-fashioned calculator which sounds everytime a number is pressed. I find it really interesting to connect notes with calculator since both of them can be symbolized by numbers.

I try to keep the visual straight forward and simple. In this project, each number is connected to a chord and when the outcome is calculated, it is then transfered to part of the music loop together with the numbers pressed by user. A red dot is added to tell the starting point of one loop. For now, it is however not a real calculator as it can only work with * which I choose for bigger range of numbers of the calculated outcome.

Link to p5

a21 demo.

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COF_A20(Candy)

I started out with testing with different values. The empty String seems to work fine except for some very low note that can be barely heard without earphone.

Test with empty string solution

This gave a hint that lowering the note frequency may be a solution. I then tested out in P5. Then I googled the lowest value Tone accept, which is E0. Unfortunately, the low note problem still exists.

 

While discussing with Ying, he suggested 0 may be helpful. Yet just like the two tests before, I can still hear a low note beated with my earphone.

Even though none of the three is perfect, I think they all can be the solution for this since one can bearly hear the three notes and they all have the music played as wanted.