{"id":12029,"date":"2015-02-19T09:08:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12029"},"modified":"2015-02-19T11:15:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T11:15:07","slug":"duelling-pianos-with-raspberry-pi-play-street-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12029","title":{"rendered":"Duelling pianos with Raspberry Pi play Street Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is an absolutely incredible project that mixes art and technology. Absolutely astonishing – read on!<\/i><\/p>\n

To celebrate the re-opening of the Maison de la Radio<\/a>, France’s\u00a0principal and historical radio building situated in the heart of Paris, a team developed a system, called Pianette, whereby two upright pianos could be used to play a game of Street Fighter! They used a combination of piezo pressure sensors and analog-to-digital converters to supply Raspberry Pis with a musical control signal which was then converted into movement inside the game. The build, which was restricted to 41 days (!) because of the re-opening date, was on an epic scale and\u00a0much\u00a0of the time the team only had one attempt to get it right. You can see a video of a battle below and read more about the build on their blog<\/a>. All of their code, and the design files for the various boards they created, are\u00a0available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n