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Post by thesoundmotel on Aug 31, 2015 18:49:19 GMT -6
I recently got my first Audrino board and I'm starting with a simple DIY MIDI controller . Any other forum members have tried the Audrino Platform for DIY audio projects ?
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Post by svart on Aug 31, 2015 19:06:50 GMT -6
Yep, I used arduino to develop my ADC/DAC product. I like it a lot. There are some things about it that are different from doing atmel programming from the ground up, but you'll figure that stuff out as you go.
Definitely go through the examples, and get acquainted with the different shields.
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Post by jeromemason on Sept 1, 2015 0:16:49 GMT -6
I'm building a bobbin winder with stepper motors and Arduino.... it's pretty fun when you get into it.
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Post by tonycamphd on Sept 1, 2015 15:09:54 GMT -6
ehhhh, anyone care to link?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 21:16:40 GMT -6
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Post by jeromemason on Sept 1, 2015 23:14:27 GMT -6
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Post by wiz on Sept 2, 2015 1:38:35 GMT -6
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Post by thesoundmotel on Sept 2, 2015 8:24:18 GMT -6
My deepest apologies for misspelling the name :/
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 2, 2015 8:27:51 GMT -6
You guys are totally speaking Greek to me...
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Post by svart on Sept 2, 2015 9:03:47 GMT -6
It's a combination hardware and software development platform. It mainly encompasses small microprocessors in the 8 and 16 bit ranges with a few 32 bit ones. The boards are laid out and defined in a specific connector pattern so that many manufacturers can make boards that all fit together.
There are extension boards called "shields" that have all kinds of various devices on them, from joysticks to sonar rangefinders to bluetooth modules, etc. All are designed and built so that the person can develop a project really quickly without having to do board layouts and builds, etc, simply by stacking these boards together.
The software is pretty neat because it takes care of a lot of the low-level chip setup stuff for you. You can simply choose the board/chip and start coding. The language is a form of C and there are tons of driver libraries already made so you can simply peruse the internet and find pieces you need.
All in all, it's cheap and easy to work with and there are tons of information websites, blogs and forums out there to reference when you need help. Although, if you've never done any kind of coding before, the learning curve is pretty steep.
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Post by rocinante on Sept 2, 2015 12:32:47 GMT -6
Excellent description svart.
Im interested in how the midi controller turns out as ive wanted to do the same and arduino is a great platform for fools like myself so definitely keep posting.
Theres some stuff online but most of what ive seen is rather lacking or just plain ugly.
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 2, 2015 22:13:00 GMT -6
Where you been, rocinante? Good to see you post. |
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Post by rocinante on Sept 2, 2015 22:30:46 GMT -6
Cheers John. Oh so damn busy. Studio, music, life, family... well you all know. I still come by and read a thread or two quite often though.  Ucapps used to be an interesting site for midi-related controllers. It looks dated nowadays though. I betcha theres a yahoo or Google group thats devoted to arduino daw controllers out there. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 2:47:06 GMT -6
Oh, the MidiBox stuff at ucapps.de is awesome.
There are still updates to the site, last one was an update to the sequencer project.
I coded a bit with the PIC platform, even the first MIOS version was very complete and easy to use once you got into it. I still have a box full of old PICs that are readily burned and can be loaded and updated via midi...it was real fun.
Especially for MIDI, this for sure is the most elaborated open source platform there is, now over 3 generations of microprocessors...
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