I finally got together all the parts that I need to build myself a monome clone.
Arduinome parts
Arduinome is a clone of the open source monome 40h which uses an arduino microcontroller.
Wikipedia says, “The monome is an eight-by-eight grid of backlit buttons which connects to a computer using a USB cable and the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol. Originally developed as an open ended performance interface for electronic music, its developers have said “The wonderful thing about this device is that it doesn’t do anything really.” As a result, developers have begun to use the monome as an interface for other types of software, from text displays to games.”
Here is some video of vimeo user ro using a monome 256 running mlr and a monome 40h running vu_spec (part of the monome_base), which is an 8 band spectral display.
I am following the build instructions posted by Curious Inventor. I started soldering all the LEDs and diodes last night. In an hour and a half I got through all the LEDs and a quarter of the diodes. (there are 64 LEDs and 64 diodes) I think I should be able to finish the diodes tonight and get started on the unsped arduino shield.
I am waiting to hear back from machinecollective.org about when a case will be available to ship. The sooner the better. I can’t wait to use those blinky lights and soft buttons to mash things up with MaxMSP, Ableton Live and Max for Live.
build me one as well lol