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Month: May 2014

Hacking the Yamaha PSR-300

Posted onMay 22, 2014February 6, 2023Leave a comment

For one of my projects, I needed something to generate notes from MIDI data. I looked at eBay, and there were MIDI sound modules on there, but they were going for £40 upwards. I thought that there must be a way of doing it more cheaply.

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Key Bottle Opener

Posted onMay 19, 2014February 6, 2023Leave a comment

I wondered if it was possible to make a bottle opener out of a key, and it still be usable as a key. It turns out it is. Kinda.

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