Atlhack » electronics http://atlhack.org The weekly notes of a geeky Atlanta-area meetup Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:58:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dorkbot recap for 8 April http://atlhack.org/2009/04/13/dorkbot-recap-8-april/ http://atlhack.org/2009/04/13/dorkbot-recap-8-april/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:47:17 +0000 alexr http://atlhack.org/?p=364 This past week, Mark and I went to Dorkbot ATL, where there were presentations by Travis Thatcher and Scott Driscoll about their DIY music projects. Travis (recompas) built this amazing modular synthesizer — it’s all plugs and wires and analog electronics, built into a lovely metal casing with silk-screening. Apparently you can read about it on his blog. Scott built these crazy control surfaces and possibly-crazier Max/MSP code that they talk to. There was much bleeping, booping, mashing-up, and mixing. It was awesome, and it made me want to learn to build electronics!

Also, some Freeside Atlanta people came to talk about starting a non-profit organization that will run a hackerspace in Atlanta. They’re for serious; this is happening. Mark is at their meeting tonight.

More in-depth discussion and links on the dorkbot site.

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