It was an exciting day on Thursday this week on Twitter. I was able to watch the release of the Raspberry Pi Foundation's new microcontroller board, the Raspberry Pi Pico and it looks like it will have lots of features that will be of interest for Simple DIY Electronic Music Projects. And the best bit? … Continue reading MIDI, MicroPython and the Raspberry Pi Pico
Category: MIDI Control
Arduino MIDI 7 Segment Controller – Part 2
As mentioned in my previous post, the Arduino MIDI 7 Segment Controller is ripe for turning into a self-contained module. To keep it all relatively small, I opted to build an add-on board for an Arduino Nano. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any … Continue reading Arduino MIDI 7 Segment Controller – Part 2
Arduino MIDI 7 Segment Controller
An Arduino is quite capable of driving a seven segment display directly without additional circuitry, but it does use a lot of pins. But the advantage is that you have a much larger range of displays to choose from and you have the option to include it on your own board or shield in the … Continue reading Arduino MIDI 7 Segment Controller
Arduino MIDI Button Controller
Having spent some time recently playing with synth modules it reminded me to revisit my MIDI Patch Button and Arduino Simple MIDI Controller to produce something a little more useful. As a start I wanted up/down buttons to change the patch number and ideally a display to show which number is active. This is how I did … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Button Controller
Keyboard MIDI Matrix Decode
Following on from my Keyboard Matrix Decode I've now added MIDI out! So I have a full sized MIDI controller keyboard for the cost of a cheap Arduino Nano clone and a couple of passive components! https://youtu.be/kqcfxiKIzi4 Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or second hand keyboard for your MIDI experiments. I am not responsible for … Continue reading Keyboard MIDI Matrix Decode
Arduino MIDI Filter
I am working on something that might allow several of my projects to come together, but one issue I'm having is the overheads of processing unnecessary MIDI traffic are causing delays in playing for some of the modules. So I thought I'd create a MIDI filter that can be used to see all the traffic … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Filter
Arduino MIDI Delay
As mentioned when I made my MIDI In-Out Half-Shield, there are some neat opportunities for MIDI related effects, so this is my MIDI delay implementation. https://youtu.be/rnUY4i4nMPE This is marked "beginner" from the point of view of "just download the code and use it", but if you want to dig into the code it is really in … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Delay
Arduino Piezo MIDI Controller
This project uses piezo sensors to build a simple "drum" MIDI controller. This is a relatively simple build, but there are a number of excellent examples of doing this "properly" out on the Internet. Here are some that are particularly great: Marco's DIY Percussion Kit. todbot's Arduino Drum MIDI drum kit. The YAMMI Drum with … Continue reading Arduino Piezo MIDI Controller
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 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
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