Start: 10:20

• Tried to solve the buzzing problem but nothing worked.  Tried changing the wire to a thicker one and various type of capictors to try to filter the signal.  I also tried taking the amp out of the picture by using my headphones instead.  The buzz was still there.  There was some weird black dot on the ground trace that went all the way down to the trace.  The copper seems intact though so I don’t think this is the cause.
• Eventually got on the phone with sparkfun about it.  They said either I messed it up when I hooked it to the amplifier the first time with no decoupling capacitors or the board is defective.  The sales person was leaning towards it being defective since the board was still functional.  He said he had one in the office which they were using for a project that did not make the white noise.
• We can send it back to them or keep it.  The buzz is annoying, but it will slow down development if I don’t have one of these on hand, so its up to you.
• Removed the finger from the vice and found that the sound was actually mostly resonating through my desk.  Putting it directly on the desk made it sound louder then when it was in the vice.
• Saved the current test sketch and started editing it for use with the pressure sensor.
• Writing this I am realizing there are many functions I haven’t experimented with.  First and foremost, I need to make a list of which instruments will best serve our purpose.  Second  I need to see how to make notes hold out.  Third have to play with the attack to see how that effects the sound(how hard the sound starts before going steady).  Third look in the documentation for other things which may not be in the demo code(possibly effects).  I will look into these tomorrow.

End 6:20