Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI CC Controller – Part 2

This revisits my Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI CC Controller using my Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display PCB with a Waveshare RP2040 to create more of a "all in one" device. 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 … Continue reading Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI CC Controller – Part 2 →

Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display EuroRack Module

This project uses my Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display and the Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display PCB Design but with some slight variations that means it could be EuroRack mounted with a control voltage (CV) input. This is a DIY module only for use in my own DIY system. Do NOT use this alongside expensive modules in an … Continue reading Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display EuroRack Module →

Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display PCB Build Guide

Here are the build notes for my Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display PCB. This post just looks at building the PCB for standalone use. Further posts will explore other uses for this PCB: Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display EuroRack Module Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for … Continue reading Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display PCB Build Guide →

Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display PCB Design

This is a PCB to support one of my dual Forbidden Planet “Krell” Displays. Rather than using ready made programmable LED rings, this is using through-hole APA-106 programmable RGB LEDs. Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display PCB Build Guide Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any … Continue reading Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display PCB Design →

Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI CC Controller

This takes my Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display and adds some potentiometers to turn it into a MIDI CC message controller. Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI CC Controller – Part 2 https://makertube.net/w/vz9RucdW1oi2XzAqPBa96g Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! If … Continue reading Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI CC Controller →

Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI Notes – Part 2

As I mentioned in Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI Notes I'm building a simple (in function, not in execution it would seem) MIDI note display out of my Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display. The first attempt showed there is potential, but I was rapidly reaching the limits of what an Arduino could do for me using … Continue reading Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI Notes – Part 2 →

Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI Notes

This is my first attempt at some kind of MIDI related visualisation for my Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display. I thought I'd start easy and simply map MIDI notes onto the segments and create a simple display. That turned out to be an awful lot more involved than I imagined... In fact, this is quite sub-optimal … Continue reading Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display – MIDI Notes →

Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display

If you're not familiar with The Forbidden Planet, then it is an iconic 1956 Sci-Fi movie with an absolutely ground-breaking soundtrack of "Electronic Tonalities" by Bebe and Louis Barron. In one scene, when the humans visit an alien (the "Krell") science lab there is a large set of display dials around the room that logarithmically … Continue reading Forbidden Planet “Krell” Display →