{"id":598,"date":"2021-07-12T10:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mixxed.com\/blog\/?p=598"},"modified":"2022-09-22T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:04:44","slug":"crypto-fluctuations-synthesizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/crypto-fluctuations-synthesizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Mum No Computer Creates A Synth That Turns Crypto Fluctuations into Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Look Mum No Computer<\/a> has, once again, innovated and created an incredibly unique project, this time in collaboration with Estefannie<\/a>. Using a Raspberry Pi, some knobs, breadboards, resistors, a label maker, and other techy bits, they’ve created a synth that uses fluctuating cryptocurrency price points and converts that data into audio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using 10 cryptocurrencies, including Dogecoin, Bitcoin & Ethereum, the synth measures the values of these different coins and represents them as pitches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a multitude of the ten different currencies that are fluctuating in pitch as they do in value, the synth is as polyphonic as they come. Each coin is paired with a volume knob (actually, the breadboard is paired with a volume knob but that doesn’t sound as fun), which allows for isolating or pairing as many voices as you desire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Look Mum No Computer wasn’t the only tech guru that created this instrument. Any hardware needs a coordinating piece of software; that’s where Estefannie comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I needed to write a program that gets crypto values in real-time as input and outputs voltages that change every time the crypto coin value changes”, says Estefannie. If the value of a coin goes up, the corresponding voltage goes up with it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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