Nuts and Volts - September 2011

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graphical program that I wrote in Processing on my PC. If you check the Arduino site, you’ll see that ‘talking MIDI’ is a simple two-wire serial communications protocol affair. Of course, just about any microprocessor will do, as long as it can keep up with the 31.25K bps communications rate. I’ve had great luck with the inexpensive, high speed Arduino Mega clone — ChipKit Max32 ($50) — from Digilent.

If you’re new to MIDI and the numerous options available for controlling your next project seem overwhelming, then check out the tutorials on the Arduino site ( arduino.cc). You should also consider the MIDI shields and breakout boards, and documentation on the MIDI boards available from SparkFun ( www.sparkfun.com). It also wouldn’t hurt to spend an hour in your local music store to see how the various MIDI tools work in their intended environments. NV

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