Mentions

Here are a few times some of my projects got a mention on other blogs and websites.  If you spot another one that isn’t here, do let me know!

Classical Radio

• Oct 2021: Classic FM: Hacker builds electronic orchestra that plays Holst’s The Planets with supreme accuracy
• Oct 2021: Classical Radio Boston: Lo-Fi Orchestra Plays Virtuosic, Electronic “The Planets”
• Oct 2021: The Violin Channel: MANIC MONDAY – Lo-Fi Orchestra Performs Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture

Hackaday.com

• Feb 2021: 12-Note Polyphony on an Arduino Synth
• Jun 2021: Old Phone Becomes MIDI Controller
• Jun 2021: 12-Arduino Orchestra Plays Star Wars Fanfare
• Aug 2021: Touchscreen Makes for a Neat Wavetable Synth
• Sep 2021: Arduino Orchestra Plays the Planets Suite
• Feb 2022: You Can Send MIDI over I2C If You Really Need To
• Feb 2022: Sending MIDI Wirelessly With The nrf24L01
• Mar 2022: Rotary Phone MIDI Controller Still Makes Calls
• Oct 2022: Lo-Fi Orchestra Learns Tubular Bells
• Feb 2023: Lo-Fi Tchaikovsky
• May 2023: A RPi-Powered Multi-DX7/TX816 Style Synth
• Nov 2023: A Yamaha DX7 on a USB Dongle
• Sep 2024: Doing MIDI With Discrete Logic is Neat, if not Particularly Useful

Adafruit

• Jan 2021: Raspberry Pi Pico Plays Bach
• Jun 2021: Lo-Fi Orchestra – Theme from The Black Hole
• Dec 2021: A MIDI music visualizer (like in Close Encounters) with Raspberry Pi Pico and MicroPython
• Feb 2022: Adding MIDI to an organ pedal keyboard with Raspberry Pi Pico and CircuitPython
• Oct 2022: A Raspberry Pi Pico conducts this lo-fi orchestra (via Raspberry Pi)
• Nov 2023: 3.3V serial MIDI Thru
• Jan 2024: Diagnosing a Yamaha DX100
• Feb 2024: Porting Synth_Dexed to the Raspberry Pi Pico
• Feb 2024: An Arduino EEPROM reader PCB design
• Mar 2024: Arduino Direct Digital (Additive) Synthesis
• Jun 2024: The ESP32 WROOM Educational Modular Synth Thing
• Jul 2024: Pico MIDI “Pack” PCB and Build Guide
• Jul 2024: MiniDexed quad DAC PCB design for Raspberry Pi 5 #PiDay @Raspberry_Pi
• Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter mentions: Feb 2021, Jan 2022, Jan 2022, Feb 2022, Apr 2022, Jun 2022, Sept 2022, Sept 2022 (again), Feb 2023, June 2023

Electromaker.io

• Mar 2021: Electromaker Show – “Lo-Fi Arduino Orchestra”
• Jun 2021: Electromaker Show – “DIY electronic music blog’s Pi Pico Toy Keyboard Midi Controller”
• Feb 2022: Electromaker Show – “Inventive Midi routing using the Pi Pico”
• Mar 2022: Electromaker Show – “DIY Electro Music’s Pi Day Synthesizer”
• Oct 2022: Electromaker Show – “Lo-Fi Tubular Bells”
• Jun 2023: Electromaker Show – “Maker Music Festival 2023”
• Jul 2024: Electromaker Show – “Educational DIY Synth Thing”

Other Maker Sites

• Aug 2021: Arduino.cc: Use an Arduino touchscreen to draw the waveforms that you’d like your synth to produce
• Aug 2021: Hackster.io: The Raspberry Pi Pico-Powered Pico MIDI (H)Arp Turns Nearby Wireless Signals Into Music to Your Ears
• Dec 2021: Tomshardware.com: Pico Displays Visual Effects for Arduino-Powered Lo-Fi Orchestra
• Oct 2022: RaspberryPi.com: A Raspberry Pi Pico conducts this lo-fi orchestra
• Jan 2023: The MagPi Magazine: Make sound with Pico
• Jun 2024: Hackster.io: This Raspberry Pi Pico “Pack” Adds Two MIDI Ports Without Ballooning the Board’s Footprint
• Jun 2024: The MagPi Magazine: MiniDexed
• Feb 2025: Hackster.io: The Pico Touch Board Turns a Raspberry Pi Pico Into a Chunky MIDI Marvel for Touch-Based Music

Other mentions

• Jan 2021: Connect your Raspberry Pi Pico to a MIDI output socket and play some Bach! (Raspberry Pi Pod and Microbit Base)
• Nov 2021: Orquesta Arduino Toca “THE PLANETS” (GUSTAV HOLST) (Audiomaquinas)
• Nov 2021: Tips on Promoting a Successful Hardware Kickstarter (Embedded Computing) referring to my MIDI work on the JC Pro Macro V2
• Dec 2021: MATRIXSYNTH: Lo-Fi Orchestra – Mars from the Planets (Matrix Synth)