Zynthian Revisited

After having a quick play with Zynthian just over a year ago, I've always had it in the back of my mind to make a "proper" Zynthian box with its own interface and controls. This is the first part of that project, hooking it up to a touchscreen and some rotary encoders. In Part 2 … Continue reading Zynthian Revisited →

Arduino Touchscreen X-Y MIDI Controller – Part 2

Whilst being able to use a cheap touchscreen with a DIY shield gets me so far, there are a number of cheap touchscreen shields around and I've had one for a while, but not managed to really get it going. I thought it was perhaps about time to see what I could do, so I … Continue reading Arduino Touchscreen X-Y MIDI Controller – Part 2 →

Arduino Touchscreen X-Y MIDI Controller

I have a list of other projects I'd like to use my cheap touchscreen MIDI controller for. For details see the original discussion here: Arduino Touchscreen MIDI Controller. In this project I turn it into an "X-Y" controller - essentially a two-dimensional potentiometer. Moving in the Y direction changes one value and moving in the X … Continue reading Arduino Touchscreen X-Y MIDI Controller →

Arduino Uno Dual Merge MIDI “Shield” – Part 2

I've been meaning to have a try at PCB design for a while. I'd like to add it to the list of things I'm amateurly enthusiastically ignorant about. I've not seen anything like my Arduino Uno Dual Merge MIDI “Shield” available anywhere but it is built of individual designs I am very familiar with, so I … Continue reading Arduino Uno Dual Merge MIDI “Shield” – Part 2 →