Using XMEM to Read MIDI
Open Music Labs has released a tutorial and detailed build documentation on how to read 48-key electronic MIDI keyboard with the XMEM interface on an Atmega640.
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DIY Isomorphic Keyboard
This is a velocity sensitive MIDI isomorphic keyboard. 192 total keys. The project came out of Louisville Soundbuilders, a fortnightly meeting of circuitbenders, synth engineers and experimental musicians. After seeing a couple of my failed variations of a single-bus isomorphic keyboard, Tim was intrigued enough to design one even better. He designed multiple PCBs that […]
Industrial Sound Controllers
Tristan Shone rolled out the ‘big guns’ for Maker Faire Bay Area 2010. His Industrial Sound Controllers are a musical force to be reckoned with and their sheer size and weight demand considerable attention upon seeing them firsthand. Tristan took a few moments out from setting up to speak with Becky Stern and myself before […]
Self-playing musical instruments
These MIDI & Arduino-driven musical instruments — a violin and a glockenspiel(?) — were created by Spanish artist Joan Vallvé as part of Sónar, a music and multimedia festival going on this weekend in Barcelona. The “Violà MIDI” and “Metal·lòfon MIDI” are part of the project to design and construct an automated musical environment. This […]
Homebrew MIDI piano teacher
Alessandro Lambardi of 5volt built this excellent MIDI Piano Instructor to help his son play piano.
BlipBox touch-sensitive LED matrix
Pingdynasty’s BlipBox project combines two 5×8 LED matrices with a TO576S transparent touchscreen to create an interesting MIDI/OSC controller with visual feedback – The BlipBox consists of a few simple elements cleverly put together. At the core there is a 10×8 matrix of super-bright LED’s with individually adjustable brightness. Overlaying this is a precision touch screen. […]
In the Maker Shed: MidiVox shield for Arduino
The MidiVox shield turns a basic Arduino board into a standalone MIDI synthesizer with parameters tweakable via MIDI CC messages. Hook up a MIDI keyboard controller via the onboard 5-pin DIN (aka MIDI) jack, upload a sketch and play. You may be surprised what sweet sounds can be generated by a single channel of 12-bit […]
