Custom MIDI Controller

[safefire]

On a mega, do you have to pins to spare?
If so, you can easily just hook those two up to a port (with the power and gnd going to the respective pins on the board), and write a piece of code translating whatever signal you're working with into midi.

I haven't gotten mine yet, but as far as I know right now, it is also possible to do this simply through the new updated UART on it.

[MiL0]

I'm not entirely sure how many pins my controller will use yet. If I pick up the mux shield then I should have quite a few spare! Is it possible to use two shields on a Mega at the same time?

Is this what you're talking about?



taken from: http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Midi

[bobsagat666]

On a mega, do you have to pins to spare?
If so, you can easily just hook those two up to a port (with the power and gnd going to the respective pins on the board), and write a piece of code translating whatever signal you're working with into midi.

I haven't gotten mine yet, but as far as I know right now, it is also possible to do this simply through the new updated UART on it.

As far as I understand you either need the modified FTDI driver with the roland serial driver OR a dedicated piece of software to convert the serial over USB data to midi and then output it via midiyoke. You can definitely go the MIDI route (mega has several sets of Rx/Tx for the port) but I want to be able to connect directly via USB.

[Hiro]

vey neato! what are using the joysticks for? ive been looking for soem use for a joystick.... im gonna build my first controller soon and im wondering, if theres for directions on a joysy=tick. is is possible to build a super SUPER knob? or even super super stick!!!
*drools at the thought!*

[willinfluence]

Nice build!

[Brinx]

Really nice work!
How did you mod the alps fader to move as quick as a crossfader?
And were did you get the caps?

[kostis12345]

Here's another option for converting serial to midi without any software on the computer:
http://shiftmore.blogspot.com/2010/0...-over-usb.html

I haven't used it yet so I'm not sure about latency but it should work.

[Brinx]

Here's another option for converting serial to midi without any software on the computer:
http://shiftmore.blogspot.com/2010/0...-over-usb.html

I haven't used it yet so I'm not sure about latency but it should work.

That mod is completely genius!