Music Thing Modular Radio Music (Certified Pre-Owned)
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Music Thing Modular Radio Music (Certified Pre-Owned)
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Sadly Radio Music is no longer available because it relied on the Teensy 3.2 microcontroller which is no longer made.
Radio Music is a virtual radio module, so it behaves a bit like a radio. It is designed to be a source of unexpected audio, not a drum loop player or a sample mangler. That said, plenty of people enjoyedMusic Thing Modular it for playing drum loops or mangling samples.
In 2017, the module's firmware was completely rewritten and updated, bringing new features including pitch shifting, .wav file support and a new way to configure settings on the module. You candownload the latest firmware here, which will run on any Radio Music module.
On the same siteyou can configure your Radio Music, changing various internal settings.
It's a well documented project, with a lengthyRadio Music Wikiand an activeissues listfor people seeking help with a build.
The wiki also contains a hugesuggested audio bankcontaining lots of interesting things.
Like a radio, the module works on a series of banks and stations. Each of the 16 banks can contain many different stations. Each station is an audio file stored in a folder on the SD card. Choose a bank by pressing and holding the RESET switch. Choose a station by turning the STATION knob or plugging a voltage into Station.
Because the audio streams from the SD card, it can handle long files easily. In the default setting, it switches between long recordings just as if they were radio stations — as if the audio was playing in the background.
Radio Music runs on aTeensy3.1 (or 3.2) microcontroller, which is programmed by USB and runs a very well documented Arduino-like language, so it's easy to hack.
Chord Organ is just an alternative firmware for Radio Music, but is also available as a separate module. You can turn a RM into a CO (or vice versa) at any time using a normal Micro USB cable.