Arduino Music and Audio Projects

The book is a good start for people who are interested in digital music. These days, the Arduino board is kind of a "must" for beginners who are new to coding, so I won't speak much about it. It is a good choice of coding platform.The book gives a good understanding of how digital music works these days, especially with MIDI interface etc. It is also very readable with many figures, high quality and printed with color, supporting the text throughout the book.The only negative thing is that the book does many, many things via the usage of libraries. Well, isn't this what Arduino is appreciated for? Yes, definitely.However in my opinion, the extensive usage of libraries keep the reader away from the topic. As an example, there is this chapter "Signal Processing" towards the end of the book. It informs the reader of some very, very basic principles of signal processing. This trend can be acceptable since this is a beginner book. Yet it does not even do the most basic stuff without the help of libraries. I would love to see the code for sampling an outside source via the analog to digital converter, storing it in an array, filtering it in the appropriate way and playing it back. The author does this, yet the code takes only a few lines because of the library commands. I can't see the analog-to-digital conversion taking place, nor the filtering taking place, nor the outputting taking place. All I see is a big, Get_Samples_Music_Filter_and_Play(); command which does the whole thing. I would love to see some more details, and less using of library commands.Nevertheless, it is a good book, so I am giving it a 5/5

If you're in to audio and Arduino development, you need to get this book. The projects are fun and well-designed. The schematics are good, but could use a few more pictures of the physical builds. More of the book is devoted to MIDI topics and projects than digital audio. Another chapter or two on digital signal processing would bump this up another star, as the audio effects shield project is pretty nifty.

I liked the variety of the projects. The book started with simple building projects that explained the basic principles. The projects' difficulty increased gradually towards the end of the book. Some of the most challenging projects require components and parts that are not easily available. The most difficult projects require experience on tinkering and knowledge on programming and electronics.

The over explaining of some things. Good ideas for circuits.

I am building several musically oriented projects and this was helpful.

Woohooooo! It has lots of stuff I've been trying to figure out!

Good book with specific information regarding the use of Arduino with music synthesis and MIDI.

Cook presents music programming on the Arduino in greater depth than is found elsewhere. The approach is also very practical -- detailed construction and code accompanies the project designs. Useful background information is also included which helps understand the designs. Numerous colour images are also unique to a publication of this kind.

keeps inside data i wasn't able to find elsewhere

The author has a really clear writing style and the book is very well organized..

Bought thi8 for my son in Brisbane and he is very happy and satisfied with this.

Le livre en lui-même est excellent, mais la livraison l'a écorné sur les coins et marqué et rayé sur la couverture.