Content for MIDI

Project  cVert

cVert

“cVert is the result of an idea I’ve been kicking around for years, and took a few months of work to bring to fruition. The idea was to use a Geiger counter as a true random number generator to …

DIY Ableton Launcher MidiFighter

“I was inspired by some of the hardware dedicated to work with Ableton as well as the many DIY Midifighters on Instructables already but wanted to take it a step further by putting it through the DIY lens and taking …

Project  midi-grid

midi-grid

“midi-grid is an open source MIDI controller, main part of which is 8x8 LED iluminated button grid. Main features of the device: 8x8 RGB LED illuminated button matrix 17 additional MIDI control buttons, most of them paired with RGB LED …

Bluetooth LE MIDI Controller

“A Different Looking MIDI Controller In this guide, I’ll show you how I built this strange looking MIDI controller. It doesn’t look like your typical drumpad or keyboard, but it does have similar functionality just like any standard …

Project  Midi Keypad

Midi Keypad

“Making music with a keypad? Seems like a weird idea! But we will see with the good software, we can even make an electric guitar out of it! In order to learn how to make MIDI instrument (musical instruments that …

Genesynth: A Sega Genesis-inspired synthesizer

“My largest side project over the last year has been the Genesynth - an open-source hardware synthesizer inspired by the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. It started with a crazy idea and amazingly ended up with a functional, incredible sounding synthesizer. While …

The MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) and the Association of Music Electronics Industry (AMEI) announce MIDI 2.0 Prototyping

“The MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) and AMEI (the Japanese MIDI association) have finalized the core features and name for the next generation MIDI protocol: MIDI 2.0. Member companies are currently working together to develop prototypes based on a jointly …

Teensy 3.6 as Standalone Mediator Between USB MIDI and Eurorack

“Overview USB MIDI controllers (such as Launchpad Mini Mk II for example) are common and often quite low in cost. To interface such a controller with a Eurorack synth system, often a host computer and a MIDI to CV interface …

Tiny MIDI Player

“This is an ATtiny85-based digital music box that will play a tune stored in memory in MIDI format. The notes sound like a music box or harpsichord, with a decaying envelope, and there are four channels, so up to four …

Hacking an AVR programmer to function as a USB MIDI interface

“This is going to be a quick post (compared to the average post here). I recently was in need of a USB to MIDI adapter, wanted to test a midi implementation on a ATmega8 and also check out VCV Rack …