Week 1 | Principles Practices | Jan 17
Sketch of Final Project
Why I choose this project
The "MACHINE MUSIC". My interest in music and making made me choose to make a machine play flute. The melody of flute is always liked by people and I want to make it more interesting by making it play with a machine. By this I will be able to understand the mechanism of flute and also clear my concept of making a machine. I am planning to make design a flute by myself. In this world of automization where machines are replacing humans, I want to develop a machnie which will replace a flutist.
What us Flute
Flute is musical instrument which work on blow of air with 6 hole to be controlled by finger tips for melodius music. This instrument also has religious importance, in India if you go to Lord Krishna's temple you will always find a flute in his hand. In Indian classical music we use a Bamboo flute which is one of the important part and one of the oldest instrument. The flute pipe is closed at one end and the melodius sound in it is due to vibration created and resonant frequency produced at the open end. Flutes are also made from PVC pipes and here I am using one PVC flute.
Places where it can be used
In most of the band you will find a flutist playing melodious music. It will be able to replace a flutist if we make a machine which can produce the same melody sound like a flutist. By modifying this we will also be able to develop new musical instrument and if we have a machine making playing music, we can also produce our own music. This can also be modificed using Artificial Intellegence i.e the machine can learn to produce music and also play by itself.
Components that I am planning to use
Servo Motors : For controlling the holes instead of fingers
Variable rpm motor : For controlling the blow used in flute
Ultrasonic sensor : For measuring the distance of the peson(used as a input device)
Technical skills needed
Design a blower in Autocad
3D printing of stand used for servos
Laser cutting of stand used for flute and for holding of dervo
Making PCB
Algorithm for playing songs
Learning about the pitch and notes used in flutes i.e Flute Physics
