Ever since I got hold of a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller I wanted to try out the Programmable Input Output (PIO) peripherals. I've also been on the lookout for microcontrollers with more serial ports than the usual one or two. The best I've found so far are ATmega2560 boards with four and the Teensy range … Continue reading Raspberry Pi Pico MIDI Channel Router
Month: June 2021
Arduino USB MIDI Merge
This project uses two off-the-shelf Arduino shields to provide a USB and Serial MIDI merge to a single Serial MIDI OUT. https://youtu.be/AB49UNDIrcM Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! These are the key Arduino tutorials for the main concepts … Continue reading Arduino USB MIDI Merge
Arduino MIDI Logic Analyser
After having a few issues debugging the MIDI connection for my Multi-Mode MIDI Step Sequencer I started wondering about the possibility of building a simple Arduino-based tool to help debug MIDI serial links. I'm thinking something like a MIDI "logic analyser". This is the result. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Logic Analyser
Multi-Mode MIDI Step Sequencer – CDR Format – Part 2
This post is the second part of my series to document the building of a "CDR format" (CD Rack Format) panel version of my Multi-Mode MIDI Step Sequencer. Part 1 detailed the build and testing of the panel. This part updates and enhances the Multi-Mode MIDI Step Sequencer code to run on the panel. https://youtu.be/YmQ7j-tDudk … Continue reading Multi-Mode MIDI Step Sequencer – CDR Format – Part 2
Multi-Mode MIDI Step Sequencer – CDR Format
When I put together the Multi-Mode MIDI Step Sequencer it was with an eye to creating some kind of "modular" style panel format. This post documents the building of a "CDR format" (CD Rack Format) panel version. This part details the build and testing of the panel. Part 2 will update and enhance the Multi-Mode MIDI … Continue reading Multi-Mode MIDI Step Sequencer – CDR Format
Universal Synthesizer Panel – Part 6
This is the last part (for now) in a series of posts describing how I've approached building a "universal synthesizer panel" to house a range of microcontroller synthesis projects. In the first part, I detailed the general idea and overall design of the panel. In part 2 I built the IO panel. In part 3 … Continue reading Universal Synthesizer Panel – Part 6
Arduino Tone One Year On!
One year ago I posted the following two articles: Arduino Tone Generator Arduino Note Generator Shortly followed by an associated video on YouTube and so the Simple DIY Electronic Music Projects blog was born! They were then followed by the Arduino MIDI Tone Module and many others since. So in honour of my one-year anniversary, … Continue reading Arduino Tone One Year On!
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