The team at New York University have described some interesting methods of creating music with an Arduino and a voltage-controlled oscillator. It's always good to see a mixture of analogue and digital electronics - they're using pulse-width modulation from the Arduino to control an astable oscillator created with a 7555 timer IC. The pitch can then be altered with a potentiometer read by the Arduino and detected by a guitar tuner ... or a well-trained ear! And then the values can be recorded in the sketch to play specific tones.
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