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DESCRIPTION:People doing strange things with electricity!\n\nAlong with the
  usual freewheeling chaos\, the quick talks continue this month with Jim S
 now\, presenting "Designing and building the Mosaichord\, an expressive mu
 sic keyboard for just intonation.":\nThe Mosaichord is an expressive MIDI 
 controller/synthesizer designed around a musical scale with 28 notes per o
 ctave\, where the frequencies of all the notes are related to each other b
 y whole number ratios\, to enable better consonances and more varied disso
 nances than can be achieved in the 12-tone equal tempered scale. Internall
 y\, the Mosachord uses force-sensitive resistors under the keys and is con
 trolled by a Teensy 4.0 microcontroller.\n\nDorkbotPDX is a relaxed\, info
 rmal show-and-tell for electronic artists\, circuit designers\, microcontr
 oller programmers\, retro computing enthusiasts\, video game designers\, d
 igital archaeologists\, and mod synth gearheads in Portland\, Oregon.\n\nB
 ring your electronic wonders\, monsters\, and works-in-progress for others
  to see\, or come see what others have been working on! Whether it's code 
 or circuits\, electronic creativity of all sorts is welcome here.\n\nTable
  space with power will be available for project show-and-tell\; we'll have
  a table for drinks and snacks\, feel free to contribute to the communal c
 ache/BYOB. The Free cart is back\, take or leave some components (don’t 
 leave TOO much\, if you have big stuff\, maybe check the Discord/mailing l
 ist to see if anyone is interested in taking it first!)\n\nInfo and links 
 to our Discord and other social channels are at https://dorkbotpdx.org\n\n
 /More on the Mosaichord\nhttps://desideratasystems.com/mosaichord.html\nfi
 rmware source code: https://github.com/jimsnow/microtonal-controller\ndemo
 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqbWnDhip0A\n\nMore info: https://dorkbo
 tpdx.org\n\nEvent page: https://events.pdxhackerspace.org/occurrences/dork
 bot-2026-02-09
LOCATION:Section 2
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>People doing strange things with electricit
 y!</p><p>Along with the usual freewheeling chaos\, the quick talks continu
 e this month with Jim Snow\, presenting "Designing and building the Mosaic
 hord\, an expressive music keyboard for just intonation.":<br>The Mosaicho
 rd is an expressive MIDI controller/synthesizer designed around a musical 
 scale with 28 notes per octave\, where the frequencies of all the notes ar
 e related to each other by whole number ratios\, to enable better consonan
 ces and more varied dissonances than can be achieved in the 12-tone equal 
 tempered scale. Internally\, the Mosachord uses force-sensitive resistors 
 under the keys and is controlled by a Teensy 4.0 microcontroller.</p><p>Do
 rkbotPDX is a relaxed\, informal show-and-tell for electronic artists\, ci
 rcuit designers\, microcontroller programmers\, retro computing enthusiast
 s\, video game designers\, digital archaeologists\, and mod synth gearhead
 s in Portland\, Oregon.</p><p>Bring your electronic wonders\, monsters\, a
 nd works-in-progress for others to see\, or come see what others have been
  working on! Whether it's code or circuits\, electronic creativity of all 
 sorts is welcome here.</p><p>Table space with power will be available for 
 project show-and-tell\; we'll have a table for drinks and snacks\, feel fr
 ee to contribute to the communal cache/BYOB. The Free cart is back\, take 
 or leave some components (don’t leave TOO much\, if you have big stuff\,
  maybe check the Discord/mailing list to see if anyone is interested in ta
 king it first!)</p><p>Info and links to our Discord and other social chann
 els are at https://dorkbotpdx.org</p><p>/More on the Mosaichord<br>https:/
 /desideratasystems.com/mosaichord.html<br>firmware source code: https://gi
 thub.com/jimsnow/microtonal-controller<br>demo: https://www.youtube.com/wa
 tch?v=rqbWnDhip0A</p><p>More info: <a href="https://dorkbotpdx.org">https:
 //dorkbotpdx.org</a></p><p>Event page: <a href="https://events.pdxhackersp
 ace.org/occurrences/dorkbot-2026-02-09">https://events.pdxhackerspace.org/
 occurrences/dorkbot-2026-02-09</a></p>
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