Oh My Ondas

A portable instrument that listens to a place — microphone, contact piezo, AM/FM/shortwave radio and GPS — and turns what it hears into music. Every capture is stamped with where and when it was made.

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USB-C MIDI HOST PHONES LINE OUT MIC MODE SHIFT REC PLAY MICSMPSYNRADOUT MICSMP SYNRAD PL. REIAL 41.380N 2.175E 92 BPM 2.8″ FM · RDS · GPS 7 98.1 MHz GPS REC OH MY ONDAS TUNE 1234 5678 ≈ 210 mm (A5)

Field Unit v1 concept · A5 · Indian temple stucco palette

Three ways to play

Picture

A snapshot of the sound of a place at one moment.

Soundscape

The engine listens to the place and composes from it, by rules (generative, not machine learning).

Interact

Play live: 8-track sequencer, sampler with 8 pads, synth and effects.

Where it is now

Web appWorking in the browser, with all three modes. Open it.
HardwarePrototype #1 on two breadboards: Teensy 4.1 + Audio Shield. Working so far: audio playback, OLED and LCD; touch pads provisional, mic recording not tested yet. Next: faders, then encoders, GPS, mic and radio. Layout · Build log
CostAbout €265 in parts for prototype #1. BOM
OpenFirmware, hardware and documentation are open source. GitHub