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Hello, I work as the template for the Music Hackspace's User Pages. My name is Dent, Arthur Dent, I'm the guy with the striped t-shirts and the purple headphones. I'm into post-colonial minimalist punk reggae and soldering. I think the [http://youtu.be/0h-RhyopUmc Reactable] is the best thing since sliced bread. In fact, I've actually sliced bread on it. 

==My Music Software==
I love using these: 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(software) Max MSP]
I can make patches that process microphone input! And I'm figuring out how to trigger a synthethiser with them. 
* [http://www.ableton.com/live Ableton Live]
I do all my MIDI stuff here, and always welcome creative suggestions as to how to use it. 

==My Music Hardware==
* Accelerometers
I have been wiring [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arduino-ADXL345-Triple-Axis-Accelerometer-Breakout-Module-/270813689450?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0dc0f66a these] to my congas, violin, and garden table. They're good to determine something's inclination, they make good controllers. I have a bunch left and will swap them for piezoelectric microphones, a yamaha preamp, or tortilla chips. 
* BeagleBoard
This is effectively a powerful little computer that can do the kind of Digital Signal Processing that a musician would dig, and there's some awesome people who distribute open-source software that makes it easy to build musical stuff on it! It's the [https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~eberdahl/Satellite/ Satellite CCRMA]!

==My Programming Languages==
* [http://processing.org/ Processing] (fluent. Spielberg asked me to do the audio-triggered visual effects for Star Wars)
* [http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/software Arduino] (beginner. My code heats the chip so much that I've fried eggs on it, but I still haven't managed to get a sound out of it.)
* Java (including the javax.sound.midi API) (beginner. I've made an online multiuser synthethiser but it only works in particular time zones. I've no clue why. Help)
* C++ (disastrous. I posted my code on stackoverflow and Linus Torvalds insulted me over the phone. He probably got my number because of a security hole in that freaking online synthethiser... I want to learn more!)

==Music Hackspace Projects I Participate In==
* [[Embedded Audio]]
* [[Hack traditional instruments]]

==I'd like to Collaborate/Give a hand with...==
* Music software workshops (e.g. Pure Data, Ableton Live, etc.) 
* General audio hardware tinkering 
* Audio programming for congas
* Sharing production tools and techniques for congas
* Practicing congas
[[File:Saxoface.jpg|200px|thumb|left|this is a cool image of a project I made! You can upload and display yours by clicking [[Special:Upload|here]]]]
==My Traditional Instruments==
I play these: 
* Violin 
* Conga
* Bass guitar
'''Go congas!!'''

==Things that inspire me==
* [http://www.reactable.com/ The Reactable] Because it's so shiny and it doesn't wobble. Well... it does if you put the right LFO in. 
* [http://youtu.be/UGT1tZT9C1o Tim Exile] I love his experiments.
* [http://youtu.be/QAvS0pc9NIw Kutiman] He's shown we're all (or can be) beautifully connected.




==My Websites/Projects==
* http://www.soundcloud.com/arthurdentsoundcloud/
This is my soundcloud! You better leave positive comments on my tracks or I'll solder my congas up your laptop.
* http://www.arthursreallycoolblog.com/
My blog gets updated once every two months if there's a full moon on that tuesday. But there's tons of cool pictures of my dog eating the arduino and getting punished with a conga. 

==To create your user page==
# Click on this page's "Edit" tab (at the very top).
# Select all the text in the text box and copy it.
# If you don't already have an account in London Hackspace's wiki, create one by clicking on the "Log in / create account" link on the top right of the page. 
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# Click on the "Edit" tab.
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# To insert a link within the Hackspace wiki, get the last bit of the page's URL and type it as such: <code><nowiki>[[Hack_traditional_instruments|the hacking traditional instruments project]]</nowiki></code>.
# To display an image [[Special:Upload|upload it]] and follow the instructions.
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--[[User:Ariel|Ariel]] 04:00, 28 October 2011 (UTC)