Here are the build notes for my Raspberry Pi Pico MIDI 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 Raspberry Pi Pico Touch Keyboard … Continue reading Raspberry Pi Pico MIDI Touch Keyboard PCB Build Guide
Category: MIDI Control
Raspberry Pi Pico MIDI Touch Keyboard PCB Design
It's been a while since I last played with Pico capacitive touch, but I was always planning on combining it with my touch keyboard PCB to create a self-contained MIDI controller. I've taken the opportunity to build something that I hope to be able to use with my Educational DIY Synth Thing. Raspberry Pi Pico MIDI … Continue reading Raspberry Pi Pico MIDI Touch Keyboard PCB Design
Arduino PSS-680 Synth Editor- Part 2
Following on from Part 1, this post looks at combining several of my previous projects to allow me to control the synth of a PSS-680 from a set of potentiometers. Part 1 - Goes into the detail of the MIDI implementation for the PSS-680 and how to handle the SysEx messages from an Arduino. https://youtu.be/aRfAQvwq8lc … Continue reading Arduino PSS-680 Synth Editor- Part 2
Arduino MIDI Foot Pedal for Peavey Vypyr Amp
I was asked to take a look at a Peavey Vypyr amp to think about how the foot pedal for it works. This is a set of links and notes by way of recording what I found out, and some initial experiments with an Arduino. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Foot Pedal for Peavey Vypyr Amp
Arduino PCF8574/8575 MIDI Controller
This project uses a PCF8574 or PCF8575 I2C digital IO expander with an Arduino as a MIDI controller. https://youtu.be/yrNB3riWBH4 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 used in this … Continue reading Arduino PCF8574/8575 MIDI Controller
MIDI Matrix Patch Bay – Part 3
Having now described the design (and the mistakes) and the build guide (and the workarounds) this post looks at the mechanical side of things that I had completely neglected when designing the PCB! Part 1: Design. Part 2: PCB assembly. Part 3: Mechanical design and assembly. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand … Continue reading MIDI Matrix Patch Bay – Part 3
MIDI Matrix Patch Bay – Part 2
Here are the build notes for my MIDI Matrix Patch Bay PCBs. This post is in two parts (below) covering the two boards required. A further part will consider the mechanical build issues. Recall that there is a mistake in the first version of the OUTPUT boards. Although in the design I've presented the fixed … Continue reading MIDI Matrix Patch Bay – Part 2
MIDI Matrix Patch Bay
As my collection of instruments and projects grows, I find myself plugging and unplugging MIDI cables quite a bit and although I've experimenting with a number of MIDI routers, sometimes I just need a relatively simple way of switching MIDI connections in and out. This is another one of my "think while doing" projects - … Continue reading MIDI Matrix Patch Bay
Arduino Audio and MIDI Frameworks
I've been collecting bookmarks for interesting Arduino audio projects for a while now, and having now played with the XIAO SAMD21 I started looking back over my list for other things to try. One thing that occurred to me is that there are a now a number of more powerful audio frameworks available for a … Continue reading Arduino Audio and MIDI Frameworks
Arduino MIDI Multi Pot Controller
Once again, I've realised that whilst I've now completed a number of multi-potentiometer MIDI controller projects, I haven't actually written up a non-multiplexed, multi-potentiometer controller. This projects fills that gap! 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 … Continue reading Arduino MIDI Multi Pot Controller
