Arduino Clock Generator Shield PCB Build Guide

Here are the build notes for my Arduino Clock Generator Shield 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 Arduino, see the Getting Started pages. Bill of Materials Arduino Clock Generator Shield PCB (GitHub link below) … Continue reading Arduino Clock Generator Shield PCB Build Guide →

Arduino Clock Generator Shield PCB

This is an Arduino Uno shield design that can be used to provide up to six clock generator outputs for a sequencer. I've built it to use with my Arduino Euclidean Gate Sequencer. Arduino Clock Generator Shield PCB Build Guide Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible … Continue reading Arduino Clock Generator Shield PCB →

Arduino Euclidean Gate Sequencer – Part 2

I covered all the theory and main functions of the code for my Arduino Euclidean Gate Sequencer in my previous post. In this one I look a little more at some hardware that hopefully lets me use this to actually control something useful! Part 1 covered all the theory and main functions of the code. Part 2 … Continue reading Arduino Euclidean Gate Sequencer – Part 2 →

Arduino Drum Trigger to MIDI

After playing with my Arduino Euclidean Gate Sequencer I started to think about how to turn that into MIDI. One option, naturally, is to add MIDI to the sequencer itself, but I thought the more versatile approach would be to build a second Arduino that took trigger pulses and turned them into MIDI drum messages. This … Continue reading Arduino Drum Trigger to MIDI →

Arduino Euclidean Gate Sequencer

I've always liked the idea of mathematics, algorithms and their application to music, so a Euclidean Sequencer has been on my list of things "to do" for a while. This is my take on how to build one from an Arduino. This post focuses on the code and algorithms - some more useful hardware will … Continue reading Arduino Euclidean Gate Sequencer →

Arduino Touchscreen Mini MIDI Tenori-On – Part 2

I've been playing with two versions of a cheap touchscreen but I haven't so far put up a version of my mini Tenori-On for the "shield" variant. This is a replay of my Arduino Touchscreen Mini MIDI Tenori-On but using the ILI9488 touch screen "shield" described here: Arduino Touchscreen X-Y MIDI Controller – Part 2 and the … Continue reading Arduino Touchscreen Mini MIDI Tenori-On – Part 2 →

Arduino Direct Digital (Additive) Synthesis

This is actually a collection of previous projects with the code tidied up a little and combined to show a single sketch that can be configured for either PWM, an R2R ladder or the MCP4725 I2C DAC. There isn't really anything here that hasn't been talked about before somewhere, but hopefully this can act as … Continue reading Arduino Direct Digital (Additive) Synthesis →

Arduino EEPROM Reader PCB Build Guide

Here are the build notes for my Arduino EEPROM Reader PCB Design. 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 Arduino, see the Getting Started pages. Bill of Materials Arduino EEPROM Reader PCB (GitHub link below). 2x … Continue reading Arduino EEPROM Reader PCB Build Guide →

Arduino EEPROM Reader PCB Design

This is a PCB version of the Arduino EEPROM Reader/Writer as described here: https://github.com/beneater/eeprom-programmer but with slight adjustments to support reading of 27Cxxx style ROMs often found in vintage equipment. Build Guide here: Arduino EEPROM Reader PCB Build Guide. Update: Since developing this board, I've found a much more comprehensive DIY board here: https://github.com/TomNisbet/TommyPROM. The documentation … Continue reading Arduino EEPROM Reader 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 →