Thursday, July 10, 2014

Tele Servo Bender emulates a lap steel sound using servos

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The servos are controlled by a cabled foot pedal via an Arduino running custom code


Though mostly associated with country music, there's a pretty good chance that you've heard the sweet singing tones of a lap steel guitar in whatever modern genre floats your boat. OK, maybe not techno or electronica, but certainly blues, rock, jazz and folk music. Rather than gently stroke the six to ten high action strings of an electric lap steel though, Dean Miller opted to recreate the sound using four servos controlled by a modified foot pedal array and an Arduino microcontroller running some custom code. The result is pretty astounding... Continue Reading Tele Servo Bender emulates a lap steel sound using servos



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