PC USB to Arduino Serial MIDI – Part 2

Having built a stand-alone PC USB to Arduino Serial MIDI link, I thought it might also be useful to have a shield that allows a direct PC USB link to the Arduino too. Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or second hand keyboard for your MIDI experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to … Continue reading PC USB to Arduino Serial MIDI – Part 2 →

PC USB to Arduino Serial MIDI

Whenever I've needed to get a computer to drive my MIDI setup I've wheeled out my Roland UM-ONE PC USB MIDI interface which gives my laptop a MIDI IN and OUT DIN plug. But if I want to get my PC to drive the Arduinos I need to then plug the UM-ONE into one of … Continue reading PC USB to Arduino Serial MIDI →

TFT MIDI Display – Part 3

This display is inspired by the sound and light show at the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It uses the TFT MIDI Display once again. https://youtu.be/hEpZ7Zy03Vo 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! These are the … Continue reading TFT MIDI Display – Part 3 →

OLED MIDI Display – Part 2

As I mentioned in my previous post, it should be possible to connect multiple displays to the same microcontroller. This projects looks into that in a bit more detail. Spoiler - it almost works, but has software limitations! Read on for details. Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or second hand keyboard for your MIDI … Continue reading OLED MIDI Display – Part 2 →

OLED MIDI Display

Following on from my experiments with colour TFT displays, this project takes a cheap monochrome OLED display and puts it to use with MIDI. In Part 2 I almost manage to get two displays working! https://youtu.be/Ayp-f-wmYkE Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or second hand keyboard for your MIDI experiments. I am not responsible for … Continue reading OLED MIDI Display →

Micro:bit Touch Piano

I've had a Micro:bit for a while now and recently found a "piano shield" from Keyestudio so thought I'd give it a go. These are the key tutorials for the main concepts used in this project: Micro:bit MakeCode Editor Keyestudio KS0440 Piano Module If you are new to the Micro:bit try the Micro:bit Getting Started … Continue reading Micro:bit Touch Piano →

USBMIDI to MIDI Shield

I've been using my Korg Minikeys for testing a number of these projects, which usually means breaking out my Mini USB-MIDI to MIDI converter, but that means I need to find jumper wires, power, etc, so I thought it would be interesting to mount the appropriate components onto an Arduino pro-shield to create an entire "USB … Continue reading USBMIDI to MIDI Shield →

TFT MIDI Display – Part 2

Building on my previous project adding a colour display to an Arduino, I thought I'd use the graphics a little by adding one of those "show the note on the stave" displays you quite often get on modern keyboards. In Part 3 I preset an alternative visualisation. https://youtu.be/p_eLd95G4zc Warning! I strongly recommend using an old or … Continue reading TFT MIDI Display – Part 2 →

Adafruit Feather MIDI, Music and LEDs

In my last post using the Adafruit Feather, I described how to get the MIDI and Music Maker FeatherWings working together. This time I'm adding in the CharlieWing LED module. https://youtu.be/Oi54vxumLFc 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! … Continue reading Adafruit Feather MIDI, Music and LEDs →

TFT MIDI Display

This project uses a cheap 1.8" colour 128x160 TFT display based on a ST7735 driver chip which is available very cheaply in the usual places. The display links up to an Arduino using the SPI bus as described here and there is a nice little library to talk to it provided by Adafruit for use … Continue reading TFT MIDI Display →