Zynthian and Clumsy MIDI

I'm really getting through my Raspberry Pi Synth "todo" list now! Next on the hitlist was doing something with Zynthian - the Open Synth Platform. This is an excellent software-synth that runs on a Raspberry Pi and is available in a fully self-contained kit or can be run "raw" on a Pi. The recommendation is … Continue reading Zynthian and Clumsy MIDI →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Mercury from The Planets

Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presents Mercury from Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. This video features the Arduino Multi Mozzi String Synth quite heavily with the Arduino PWM MIDI Synthesis with Mozzi for most of the quadruplet runs in the flutes. The Arduino MIDI VS1053 Synth gives us the harp and the Adafruit Feather MIDI, Music and … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Mercury from The Planets →

Raspberry Pi, Clumsy MIDI and MT32-Pi – Part 2

This is a short follow-up to my previous post - Raspberry Pi, Clumsy MIDI and MT32-Pi - to explore the General MIDI capabilities of the MT32-Pi. https://youtu.be/RcpGciIM-KA Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! If you are new to the … Continue reading Raspberry Pi, Clumsy MIDI and MT32-Pi – Part 2 →

Arduino Top Octave Generator – Counter Experiments

After building my Arduino Top Octave Generator I went off an ordered some binary counter devices to use to produce some "lower octaves". This is a test run project to explore how the 74HC393N devices I have work. In part 2 I start to explore how to expand this to multiple keys and octaves. https://youtu.be/MO8jG0fjUSU Warning! … Continue reading Arduino Top Octave Generator – Counter Experiments →

Pi Pico Keypad MIDI Step Sequencer

As soon as the Raspberry Pi Pico came out accompanied by the Pimoroni Keypad, people started making MIDI controllers with it. So far, most of the ones I've seen have used the USB MIDI library from Adafruit for Circuit Python, but I wanted to get some "real MIDI" out of it, so I've hooked one … Continue reading Pi Pico Keypad MIDI Step Sequencer →

Raspberry Pi, Clumsy MIDI and MT32-Pi

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll have noticed my trusty Roland MT-32 MIDI sound module in various experiments. It even featured in my "Raspberry Pi Plays Bach" video which was my first play with MIDI on the Raspberry Pi Pico. I've been wanting to experiment with some of options for using a … Continue reading Raspberry Pi, Clumsy MIDI and MT32-Pi →