l e c h o r d
The LeChord is an electronic midi controller project inspired by the Omnichord, an electronic instrument by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation.
Built over two semesters with a team of seven for Makers, a club at USC primarily focused on creative projects involving hardware and electronics.
Roles: Software
o v e r v i e w
The main components of the LeChord:
LeStrum
MIDI control interface
36 buttons
stylus & contact pad
Heart Case
cadded by the mechanical subteam
contains openings for the buttons, speaker, & strings
Daisy Pod
breakout board for the daisy seed
3.5mm stereo jack for TRS MIDI input.
built-in headphone amplifier with dedicated volume control.
Daisy Seed
open-source embedded platform for music
programmable in C++
h o w i t w o r k s / d e m o
each button is a different chord
hold a button while strumming the strings with the stylus to produce notes
buttons & wire strings are all soldered onto the LeStrum
lechord.movs o f t w a r e
Takes MIDI input from LeStrum and processes it using Daisy software
We referenced documentation and example Daisy projects from Electro-Smith and OscPocketD/VASynth by moonfriendsynth
Features:
Polyphony - multiple notes play at once
Waveform & pitch controls - knobs on the Daisy Pod can be turned to shift the waveforms of the sound and the pitch