[PD] electro-mechanical piano (player piano) - Arduino, Solenoid Issue

[Martin Peach]

On 2013-06-26 03:51, Charles Goyard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this is largely off-topic, but there you go :)
>
> Epic Jefferson wrote:
>> I've had progress building an Arduino-powered solenoid system for a
>> controlling a piano's hammer mechanism (removing the keys) via pd.
>> So far I've found the solenoid I want to use.
>
> With solenoids you will not get velocity (or at least, not reliably).

You can vary the on-time of the solenoid to get velocity.

Martin