Year: 2022

Arduino Touch Music – Revisited

This is a short demonstration of different ways to use my Touch Keyboard PCB, revisiting the following previous projects: Arduino MIDI Touch Piano Simple Arduino Music Keyboard Arduino MPR121 Touch Piano https://youtu.be/dc5dEkdLkxY Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments.  I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! This … Continue reading Arduino Touch Music – Revisited →

Touch Keyboard PCB – Part 2

This is the build guide for my Touch Keyboard PCB. 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 microcontrollers, see the Getting Started pages. Bill of Materials Touch Keyboard PCB (GitHub link below) Pin headers Build … Continue reading Touch Keyboard PCB – Part 2 →

Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK and TinyUSB MIDI

I've been meaning to take a proper look at the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK for quite some time, but have been putting it off.  With good reason it would appear!  But I've finally got to the start of being able to build the Tiny USB test MIDI application myself and so have a good … Continue reading Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK and TinyUSB MIDI →

Arduino VS1053 General MIDI Synth – Part 3

Having prototyped a patch changer for my Arduino VS1053 General MIDI Synth this shows how that can be achieved in a slightly more useful manner using a shift register to control the 7-segment display. It also follows through a build using my Arduino MIDI Proto Shield PCB. Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or second hand keyboard … Continue reading Arduino VS1053 General MIDI Synth – Part 3 →

Raspberry Pi Pico Dual MIDI Carrier

I mentioned in Raspberry Pi Pico Multi MIDI Router - Revisited that I have several dual-MIDI interfaces for a Raspberry Pi Pico designed by @VE7FIM from Twitter.  In that post I built a simple proto-board carrier for the Pico.  In this post I have a pcb design for something to do the same.  This is definitely … Continue reading Raspberry Pi Pico Dual MIDI Carrier →

Zynthian Revisited – Part 3

Following on from my prototype IO boards for my Zynthian, here is a PCB design that will hopefully work much better. Update: Find the Build Guide here: Zynthian Revisited – Part 4 Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments.  I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! … Continue reading Zynthian Revisited – Part 3 →

Raspberry Pi v1 Model B Synth Board – Part 2

This is a bespoke PCB design for my Raspberry Pi v1 Model B Synth Board which I was using with my "Bare Metal" Raspberry Pi Synth. Update: Build Guide here: Raspberry Pi v1 Model B Synth Board – Part 3 Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments.  I am not responsible … Continue reading Raspberry Pi v1 Model B Synth Board – Part 2 →