The Boxy Tone Kit

The Boxy Tone Kit Grades: 7–12+ Number of Students: 1–2 Number of Lessons: NA Hours of Content: NA (self-paced) Additional Resources: Boxytone Manual V2   Highlights: Greetings, you musical mad scientist you... ....and congratulations on your selection of a genuine Make: Dogbotic Boxytone. We know you have your choice of circuitry projects-in-a-box, and appreciate you chose us. Let’s be pals. The Boxytone is a musical synthesizer (or “synth” if you’re in a hurry). A synth is an instrument that pushes and pulls electric charges. The changing electric charges make a speaker go in and out. If a speaker wiggles around quickly enough, your ear and brain will recognize it as a musical note. The Boxytone has a bunch of nifty features: • One square wave oscillator with four tunable keys, • A master tuner that allows you to re-tune your keys all together, • Portamento switch, which makes your synth glide from note to note, • A built-in amplifier and speaker for instant playability, • USB powered, so you can irritate your co-workers, • 9V battery powered, so you can irritate your friends on the go, • Makes people say “oh woah that’s cool”