Building a MIDI Controller Using Arduino
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- What do you do when you don't have enough controls on your MIDI keyboard? You build a MIDI controller of course! Using an Arduino and some basic components this is an easier feat than you may imagine!
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Download the code and circuit diagram for this project here:
github.com/SwitchAndLever/the...
MIDI Tutorial for Programmers
www.music-software-development...
MIDI Basics - Common Terms Explained
www.noterepeat.com/articles/h...
Expanded MIDI Messages List
www.midi.org/specifications-o...
What Is MIDI?: 11 Things You Need to Know About Music’s Most Powerful Tool
blog.landr.com/what-is-midi/
(also, thank you to Landr for allowing me to use some of their imagery in this video)
Digital audio workstation
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_...
loopMIDI
www.tobias-erichsen.de/softwa...
Hairless Serial to MIDI Bridge
projectgus.github.io/hairless...
Ragnarök VST
www.fullbucket.de/music/ragna...
MaxSynths: DR-910 VST
www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?...
Phutura VST
www.phuturetone.com
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Your graphics and animations are seriously kicking ass, much impress!!
Thanks man, I appreciate it! It takes a lot of time to do them so I'm glad that they're well received 🙂
@@SwitchAndLever Det märks att du lagt mycket tid på det, jädrigt snyggt! 🙂
Yea true man
Very quality peace of content. I like it much!
"I do enjoy making random sounds for no other reason than to entertain myself."
I understand this so much! I'm awful at making music but I love playing around with music software. Awesome video! I've never heard of your channel before, but I'm glad this showed up in my recommended.
Hah I can totally relate as well.. currently infatuated by The NDLR and IOS creative sequencers (Fugue Machine, etc.).
Yep.. it's a bug people have.. me too..
Just like every starting musician. Music takes practice nothing else
Actually that's what music is all about : having a good time making sounds.
Ahh i thought i was the only one doing that 🙁
I'm only 3 minutes into the video and I had to pause to comment on your motion graphics on this video. Seriously, holy cow. It's some of the highest caliper work I've seen on CZcams. Keep up the amazing work in both making and production.
This is very cool man!
I’m very impressed with the exterior as well as the electronics! Great video - subbed so hope to see more!
thank you so much for doing more of a theoretical overview rather then a step by step guide. So much more useful when trying to wrap my head around how all these different things fit together.
What a great video! I appreciate your detailed narration, beautiful graphics, clear camera work, and playful demeanor! I’m excited to share your channel with a few friends. Thank you!
When CZcams recommends you good stuff...
Yesss!!! Very nice, I need to try it!
Dudes! Do it! Look at Great Scott's video where he built his own launchpad. Really good inspiration.
this is pretty cool. particularly liked that rotary switch idea.
yeah 100%
I've had a shitty day and was watching mind numbing random videos as no one I'm subscribed to had published anything interesting. But this instead was so relaxing and enjoyable to watch it made me smile the whole time. I've been wanting to build a MIDI controller also just for fun (I used to enjoy making music some 15-20 years ago). Now I don't have to and I can happily continue building light controllers for my home automation. Loved the editing and self aware references to other this type of videos. Subscribed!
Switch & Lever
Maybe not a musician but certainly a magician!
I very much like the content but also your humor and awesome video editing and production skills. I’ve no idea how much time you put into these video’s but must be quite a lot (and it’s undoubtedly 5x more than that;-)
Liked and subscribed.
My sincere congratulations, sir. This is perfect for physically-challenged musicians. Hardly any limit to the physical interface itself, short of a BCI. Liked, commented, shared, and kudo-ed!
Thank you for sharing that, this is probably one of the most complete midi tutorial on arduino around here! Thank you!
I thought about this yesterday, and today your video was recommended (finally a good recommendation)
Same thing for me
the editing on this is amazing
Awesome style, great overview of all the parts to customize and build your own.
you can tell alot of work went into making this vid..! awesome work!
This must be the most informative and best made video on midi vs Arduino that I have ever seen.
Subscribers = subscribers + 1
I really like the laser cutting and the clever foil tape as a power rails. Nice work!
best video and graphics in youtube! well done man, we need you
Dude. Both your MIDI controller (that design is cool, hell yeah) and this video are really well made! Whole thing is informative and helpful. Thanks for this! owo
”No shortcuts to the perfect sound” :-) Jättefint bygge! Thanks for sharing this!
Farbror Barbro rules!
ach so cool , well thought out and well executed. I'm a musician with a fascination for electronics who is just learning to program, so this is very relevant. Dire Straits at the end is a nice touch too.
Yes! Definitely looking forward to this.
beautiful. love the raw wood exterior.
your craftsmanship is impeccable, beautiful work brother
I subbed for no other reason than your satisfying animations
dude, just stumbled on this, your channel is amazing and your tender care of the videos is noted. thank you!!!
Beautiful video, amazing project and incredible results. I love it!
Wow. This is my favourite thing on CZcams right now. It's my dream to build my own foot playable midi controller. I could probably figure out the Arduino stuff but I don't know how to do all the fine woodworking. I'm going to google online fine woodworkers/CNC and also people who will create an Arduino project for a fee. Thanks for the inspiration!! Greetings from Canada
Great video and your code is actually really easy to read, thanks for that especially!
You just made my day here! Your friends are very lucky people i bet. Thank you!
Just stumbled across this video, such a great video! Like others have pointed out, the presentation and graphics are so slick.
Also that case you made is very very nice.. Subscribed!
new to this , and this is one of the best videos ive seen thus far considering my current knowledge! 🔥
DAYUM! That is a nice video. I really like the design of your controller.
the way you synced the title with the drums in the intro makes you a musician, that was clean af
Very well produced video. Congrats!
Oh, that brought back some memories... I actually wrote a complete midi-player (sequencer) back in the days, probably around 1994. I enjoyed the sound from my sb16 + wave blaster and my connected Roland keyboard. Most for the fun of it of course, but it worked nicely... I have to dig that up and run it in a dosBox or something.
Tick with no replies? My spot!
@@purpshell I’ll take second
Effort!
Such steady heands! Such craftsmanship.
Great project! I particularly liked the "bus bar tape". What a great idea for cleaning up the point to point wiring a bit. I will definitely file that away for future use.
Mainly suitable for low power applications, and only on non-conductive surfaces obviously, but it does come in pretty handy from time to time.
I did cover it with electrical tape off camera though, just to insulate it in case any exposed wire would come in contact with it.
Me too ! The copper tape bus was perfect for this !
You’re a genius! Beautifully made product!
Fabulous production!
Dang, this video is wicked. Your editing and animations are awesome and I love the project. I want to try something very similar for a footswitch I can use while playing
Thank you, hearing that really means a lot considering how much work goes into making a video like that.
You can definitely make a pedal quite easily using this method, it's just one button if you want it to just be on and off. If you want it to have a range, so you can do things like velocity control with the pedal, you need a different solution though to sense the difference.
Love your style!! :-) .
Cool to see what can be done with these tools.
Smart how you use the 6 way to extend the physical encoders. I did this using an old PS2 keyboard and used the keys to change mode - could used your keypad for that too. But there is something very pleasing about your solution that I like. Thanks for sharing. I added an LCD onto my box to give some additional feedback. I saw another dude making his own "cs80" style slide switch via serial chain of resistors as a voltage divider with a wire to tap off of Veroboard. Really neat.
Great project idea ... think I might give that a go over Xmas. Much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
Do it! It can be done a lot simpler than what I made. 🙂
Fantastic design... this should have more views.....!!!!
I don't even remotely know anything about Arduino, but I enjoyed watching this. Great project!
soldering montage was very enjoyable :)
That was awesome. Talk about inspiration!
Awesome presentation, thanks!
Great idea with that phone keyboard! Neat and awesome build.
Nice job! Beautiful instrument.
Your projects have such great design and fit/finish. Same is true with your videos. Great instructions. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thank you! I appreciate it 🙂
the video production is so good
Brilliant as always, such a pro
You can probably assume that someone wanting to know how to build a MIDI controller knows what MIDI is, but seriously thanks for eventually getting around to telling us what we came to learn.
You’d be amazed over how many people watch my videos despite not being into the underlying subject matter, so I wouldn’t be so quick to assume 🙂
cara, seu projeto é muito maneiro!!!
obrigado por compartilhar...
☎🎹🎶
I actually just received my very first own designed PCB from PCBway today, kinda satisfying to get the final product in your hands
Congrats! Indeed it is! I still feel like getting PCBs made is a little like magic to be honest 🙂
@@SwitchAndLever Thanks! I'm doing a course on PCB design in Jönköping University right now, and it has been real fun!
Salute for your skill and humbleness
Great video, my kind of project!
This is inspiring me to do something for a editing software, not a daw. Thanks for uploading this.
Fantastic project, hat off to you sir!
You're a real talent! Congrats!
That's the coolest thing! Thanks for making this vid.
Wow, amazing porject i love it ❤👌
Hi. This is great stuff!. Good and clear information. I am just for 1 week working on Midi with Arduino and already I can control the MinimogueVA (free VST) with external control pots and switches. No need to buy a 32U4 based Arduino, a Nano clone with CH340 USB chip works. I have tested it for Cakewalk and Ableton Live Lite. Thanks for your good work!
Wow So much information! in just a few minutes,thanks for share.
There's a video talking about the joystick, I liked it, keep going
I love that 5/gnd tape idea!!! Have to find and order some
Copper tape is pretty common. Look at gardening stores, it’s often sold as snail repellant.
Damn. Your video editing is amazing.
Fabulous teaching.
Bruhhh your animations . Love ittt
Great video! Cheers from Argentina
thank you so much! now i want to make midi controllers. great channel. subbed!
excellent video. A pleasure to watch.
nice one! Hyped to program a Groovebox now
Love the enclosure design and graphics! Wish I had a laser cutter like yours😢
I love the wooden look!
Real nice design
Now _that's_ what I call "building". Other people post videos of them assembling ready-made kits and complain when you point out that a "build" involves your own _design_ . Nice one!
Excellent video my friend!!
Very cool! And nice presentation.
Nice work!
I was hoping you would make this video!
The use of copper strips for power rails seemed like a cool idea. I might give it a try!
Thick single-core copper wire will work well too.
The kind of stuff used in domestic wiring in your walls & ceiling.
Making and using devices is your version of writing and singing songs, and I think many would say you are prodigious, in the age of makers, in your field of endeavor.
Super excited
My first time here and I love it
Very nice and interesting! Also very clear presentation. Years ago I mucked around in Reason, but it's pretty daunting as it's very powerful and thus has some learning curve. I might have to try it again, as I'm very much like you - not talented in music but it's nice to screw around :)
This was a great video. It really inspired me. I love playing synths and like you I am not a musician, I only like to make sounds. My brother is a hobbyist micro-electronics guy and also loves synths and electronic sounds. I am trying to convince him that together we should start building bespoke midi controllers according to customer specifications and go into business together.
At the very least one should be built that I can use that has at least 64 knobs, 64 faders, 64 buttons and 64 pads. Gigantic? I know, but it's a dream.
I always dreamt about getting Sanwa denshi arcade buttons in my midi controller and map them to program up/down function. This give me hopes that is is quite possible :) Great video man, thanx!
Very cool project 👍
OMG this is beautiful!
That's a great project! 👍🎹
very cool, very professional project man, thumbs up!!! :-)
Beautiful! Awesome! Makes me want start building those stuff right away! :) Congratz for the great job and thank you for the video!
Wouldn't you put together this project to be sold in your on-line store?!
The time involved would mean it'd be a pretty expensive item. You'd be much better either building it yourself, or buying something off the shelf.
Very informative. I even went to go grab that Phuture VST you plugged in the video. Excited to try i
Yeah, there are lots of really good free VSTs out there.
@@SwitchAndLever This was honestly the first free one I've messed with. I really liked the Synth but the Filter plugin!!! Super dope. Little Jbridge and badda-boom! been making presets ever since. Cant wait to tell my mentor about it! thx again
Epic job dude
Woah! I have like 10 vintage telephone keybeds in my home and wanted to do this! Great to see its possible