Arduino MIDI Touch Piano

Just to complete the set, this is the Arduino Touch Piano – Part 2 stripboard version generating MIDI rather than tones. https://youtu.be/lJJe-0p2Y7k Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or second hand keyboard for your MIDI experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! This builds on all the knowledge gained so far … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Touch Piano →

Arduino Touch Piano – Part 2

This is a minor update to the Arduino Touch Piano. I have some conductive copper tape so wanted to make an actual keyboard shape for the touch piano. But adding copper has made the sensing a lot more unreliable, so one trick the Capacitive Sensor library suggests improves reliability is to add a small capacitor between … Continue reading Arduino Touch Piano – Part 2 →

Arduino Touch Piano

This is another variant of the Simple Arduino Music Keyboard but this time using touch capacitive sensors. Basically a keyboard with touch sensitive keys. This generates a tone internally, but it would relatively easy to change it out output MIDI commands. In Arduino Touch Piano - Part 2 I update the circuit for better performance and build … Continue reading Arduino Touch Piano →

Arduino LDR Pianola

This project uses light-dependent resistors to build a pianola roll by detecting light and dark on a piece of paper to play a MIDI note. This one is a bit fiddly, but in terms of building the circuit and understanding the code, I've kept it in the "beginner" category. The issue is that it is … Continue reading Arduino LDR Pianola →

Arduino Nano MIDI Keyboard

This project takes the Arduino Nano 12-Note Keyboard and updates it with MIDI capability! https://youtu.be/91Q-Ml86JKA Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or second hand keyboard for your MIDI experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! Parts list An existing Arduino Nano 12-Note Keyboard 2x 220 resistor male header pins 5 pin … Continue reading Arduino Nano MIDI Keyboard →

MIDI Patch Button

This project uses the Arduino MIDI Library again, as described in my previous project Arduino Simple MIDI Controller, alongside a button as input to provide a "hotkey" patch change message to your keyboard or synth. These are the key Arduino tutorials for the main concepts used in this project: Arduino Button The Arduino MIDI Library … Continue reading MIDI Patch Button →

Arduino Simple MIDI Controller

This is another variant of the Arduino Tone Generator but this time instead of generating a tone or note, the Arduino is sending MIDI messages! MIDI is the Musical Instrument Digital Interface and has been the means of having one digital instrument control another since at least the 1980s. There are lots of MIDI tutorials on … Continue reading Arduino Simple MIDI Controller →

Arduino Reich Relay

As a follow up to my Arduino Relay Bolero I started to think about other things I could do with the relay and remembered Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood, written for five percussionists to play on five pairs of tuned claves. I had five relays, so sought out the score and got to work. … Continue reading Arduino Reich Relay →

Arduino Relay Bolero

There are a number of add-ons you can get for Arduino projects that make a rather satisfying sound when activated. This project uses a relay board, which is mean to allow an Arduino to switch a higher power load (such as turning on a light bulb or similar), but I'm just using the click as … Continue reading Arduino Relay Bolero →

Arduino Nano 12-Note Keyboard

This project builds on the Simple Arduino Music Keyboard but expands it to a full octave of chromatic notes. As there are more buttons this time, I've actually soldered this together onto a piece of stripboard and built in space to use an Arduino Nano as the controller. In Arduino Nano MIDI Keyboard I add MIDI out … Continue reading Arduino Nano 12-Note Keyboard →