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T-Stick Digital Musical Instrument (DMI)

The T-Stick is a DMI conceived by Joseph Malloch and D. Andrew Stewart at the Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory (IDMIL) at McGill University. It has been in development since 2006, has a relatively long history for a DMI, has multiple versions, several expert performers, and has an associated repertoire. More than 20 copies have been built unintended for commercial use. Nevertheless, it has been adopted by expert performers and composers as part of their musical practice including D. Andrew Stewart (Soprano user) and Fernando Rocha (Tenor user). It has appeared in dozens of public appearances in countries such as Canada, USA, Brazil, Italy, Norway, and Portugal.

This repository hosts up to date firmware for the T-Stick instruments currently at the IDMIL. The T-Stick Documentation data contains technical information as well as guides for how to use the T-Stick 4G/5G.

T-Stick Documentation: https://idmil.github.io/tstick-docs/

Documentation:

T-Stick connection guide for T-Stick 4G/5G

T-Stick firmware upgrade guide

How to build a T-Stick 4G

How to build a T-Stick 5G

OSC sensor data list for T-Stick 4G/5G

Instruments:

As of October 2021, there are over 20 instruments built at IDMIL and in use by several composers and performers:

  • 01 T-Stick Tenor (2G)
  • 06 T-Stick Sopranos (2G, 2GX, 2G-IMU)
  • 01 T-Stick Sopranino (2G)
  • 20+ wireless T-Stick Sopraninos (2G, 2GW, 3G, 4G, 5G)

Project info:

Project webpage at IDMIL: http://www.idmil.org/project/the-t-stick/
T-Stick Documentation: https://idmil.github.io/tstick-docs/
Official repository: https://github.com/IDMIL/TStick

IDMIL - Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory - http://www.idmil.org/
CIRMMT - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology - http://www.cirmmt.org/
Schulich School of Music - McGill University

Licensing

The code in this project is licensed under the MIT license.