Geeky Gadgets

Binary IO Arduino Midi Controller (video)

Using an Arduino Development board and Max/MSP, a handy four-button MIDI controller has been created that is capable of counting from 1 to 15 using only four buttons. This innovative device, named ...
Hackaday

Arduino-based MIDI Synth

[Charles Gershom] has been tinkering around with his keyboard and Arduino in order to build his own version of a MIDI controlled synthesizer. It looks like he’s gutted the enclosure of some ...
EDN

Here’s how you can make a MIDI controller with an Arduino

Attention musicians everywhere! You can make music much more original by making every note of it truly yours by creating your own custom musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) controller. How do ...
Geeky Gadgets

Arduino MIDI Accordion Created (video)

Brendan Vavra has designed and built a fantastic and very unique Arduino MIDI Accordion which is capable of creating midi music as you play. Even though there are many MIDI Accordions available ...
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3D printing fuels surge in custom keyboards and MIDI gear

Makers are increasingly using 3D printing to create custom mechanical keyboards, keycaps, and MIDI controller enclosures, combining technical know-how with design freedom. From low-cost keycap pullers ...
TechCrunch

Control Music Synthesizers With Gestures Through This Arduino-Based Saucer Called ‘The UFO’

Arduino has found its way into yet another musical device. I came across the ‘UFO’ while in Berlin. It’s a MIDI controller that lets you compose music or control synthesizers by waving your hands ...
Lifehacker

Build Your Own 16-Button MIDI Controller with an Arduino

DIY musical instruments are their own thing entirely, but if you're looking for a place to start, Adafruit has a guide to building your own MIDI controller using an Arduino. The OONTZ uses a 3D ...
EDN

MIDI Volume Pedal Based on Arduino

This Arduino based MIDI volume pedal is capable of reading the position of an analog pedal, translating the A/D value into the proper numerical range, and sending MIDI signals to a synthesizer. A ...
Electronics Weekly

Playing an Arduino-based keytar MIDI controller

Is it a keyboard? Is it a guitar? It's the ARKeytar, an Arduino-based MIDI controller shaped as a maple wood keytar. Thanks to the Arduino team for highlighting this one, the work of Andrea Gregorini ...
SlashGear

Airpiano: Flail, And The Music Flails With You [Video]

We can't all be Jean Michel Jarre, but thanks to the Arduino microprocessor we can flail our arms around and make music. Omer Yosher's "Airpiano" is a long strip of motion sensors treated as, via the ...
Hackaday

Four Steppers Make A Four-Voice MIDI Instrument

Any owner of a budget 3D printer will tell you that they can be pretty noisy devices, due to their combinations of stepper motors and drives chosen for cost rather than quiet. But what if the noise ...