<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> 2013-01-21T15:36:28Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/9768/gameboy-colour-to-usb-midi/ <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> haha i totally ignored the midies and the usb thing all together.I'm just modding my gbc with RCA plugs hooking it up with the xenyx 502 and my phone with nanoloop and that's it for now.Maybe throw in a guitar and use a friends processor to loop stuff.
If i end up using a midi at all i will go and get a pushpin and something small and not overpriced.Don't need midi now.(never like synths,i wil probably just go with a keyboard and connect it to that)

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Imnikola 2013-01-21T15:36:28Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/151818/#p151818 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> Imnikola wrote:

What i was trying to get was a setup where i only use the computer to record.A simple midi keyboard/pad/controller connected to a gameboy for ease of use and mixing.This would be an alternative(so how much do i need to shell out for this combo.

ok, so if you really wanted to do that.. you can get a Kenton USB MIDI host for about $150, connect your nanokey to the usb port on that, take the midi out port from that and connect to midi in on an arduinoboy, arduinoboy to game boy. as long as you're in the mode on the arduinoboy that will allow you use a midi keyboard to play notes, itll work. but at that point its probably just cheaper to get a midi controller with a traditional din connector and skip the usb host (unless you know you'll use it for other things too)

]]> https://chipmusic.org/e.s.c. 2013-01-21T13:02:27Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/151810/#p151810 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> I kinda feel stupid about this thread because i dind't no nothing literally about this haha. Hilarious what 2 weeks worth of reading can do to someone.

In the end i'm gonna get Behringer Xenyx 502 tmrw 25e.
And i might end up getting a kaosspad3 for free kinda.(gonna trade my guitar for it and the guitar was 20euros)

Got the rom cartridge here today some time.

Anyway thanks to everyone who posted here and wrote stuff,without you i think i wouldn't have learned this much so fast big_smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Imnikola 2013-01-21T03:06:07Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/151762/#p151762 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> So I read a bit and i would like to ask,is it possible to use http://www.frontx.com/pro/c216_042p2.gif  to connect to a korg miniKP thenthrough the miniKP to computer to record.

And through the arduino(or pushpin) to some midi to control start and such of channels and pitch ot tunes(i do believe this is possible?)


If this is right and possible i think i just finished my setup big_smile All i have to do is wait for the chip,do some modding on my gbc and then i start with the music and later when i save money buy the miniKP


EDIT: I would kinda prefer to stay away from computers and do everything that is possible on the gameboy and through the gameboy.


And for the start use a computer keyboard to begin with and use it for the learning process.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Imnikola 2013-01-09T07:00:11Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149910/#p149910 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> My current setup is based around my netbook, Game Boy with LSDJ, and that Teensy thing I linked you.
It's only clock sync but if you want to change instrument parameters you can just pick up the Game Boy and do it on the fly.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/The+Silph+Scope 2013-01-09T06:50:12Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149908/#p149908 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> Timbob wrote:

What are you planning to do with midi and lsdj? because the midi functionality is quite limited.

it's mainly midi sync (for drumcomputers / ableton)
and some basic start/stop & channel on of commands.

You can play notes with midi, but you can't program lsdj via midi..


well that was what i was going for small control.A drum computer which can modify the channel a bit.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Imnikola 2013-01-09T05:35:31Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149903/#p149903 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> What are you planning to do with midi and lsdj? because the midi functionality is quite limited.

it's mainly midi sync (for drumcomputers / ableton)
and some basic start/stop & channel on of commands.

You can play notes with midi, but you can't program lsdj via midi..

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Timbob 2013-01-08T22:15:22Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149824/#p149824 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> Zef wrote:

If you really wanted to get a MIDI out from a usb midi device you could buy one of many USB - audio interfaces, then run the USB controller in through the laptop, then back out through the interface. Definitely a work around, and you'd still need an arduino-boy, but so far as I can tell it would work.


Pictures and links would help a lot.( i think i get what you're trying to say,but this seems like it's gonna cost 200+ bucks for the interface and arduino-boy plus whatever the price is for the usb midi.This way i get to upgrade later to use a real midi plus i can use the usb one now.)


But wouldn't it be the easiest just to get

http://www.nanoloop.com/midi/ and simply plug in the usb midi to computer.


What i was trying to get was a setup where i only use the computer to record.A simple midi keyboard/pad/controller connected to a gameboy for ease of use and mixing.This would be an alternative(so how much do i need to shell out for this combo.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Imnikola 2013-01-08T21:43:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149811/#p149811 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> If you really wanted to get a MIDI out from a usb midi device you could buy one of many USB - audio interfaces, then run the USB controller in through the laptop, then back out through the interface. Definitely a work around, and you'd still need an arduino-boy, but so far as I can tell it would work.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Zef 2013-01-08T21:24:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149807/#p149807 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> So i'm kinda in a dilema.I will just get a ems card for a while and work with it.But what would you guys advise me do,go after a midi afterwards(which can be hefty and i don't even know which one yet)  or go through the hassle for smaller amount of money to be able to use the usb midi keyboards which will have no purpose later(if i become better)



If you can recommend me a good midi keyboard(not usb) without piano keyes that would be awesome.I would mostly focus on effects i think.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Imnikola 2013-01-08T20:57:06Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149796/#p149796 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> wow this thread.

edit: for real tho just start reading this: http://gbdev.gg8.se/

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Telerophon 2013-01-08T06:17:40Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149692/#p149692 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> Talk to Kitsch, he'll probably work something out for you.
As for the Teensy, read the page yo.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/The+Silph+Scope 2013-01-08T06:08:47Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149690/#p149690 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> 8bitDAD wrote:

steer clear of transformer. he has an appropriately bad rap. i'd suggest starting with other mods, to get you familiar with the process and concepts, and maybe find a music production method that fits with your experience. there are ways to sync LSDJ with DAWs like ableton, etc. but they aren't simple mods, and tend to require knowledge on the part of the modder, the acquisition of a miriad of parts, and lots of patience. I suggest starting out with a DMG and an EMS cart w/LSDJ loaded on it. If you aren't getting the results you want out of that, you're only going to complicate things by diving into a midi sync project.


Oh ok i'll keep that in mind.But is there another site in europe which would ship to serbia.Because this is the only one i know.ofc that doesn't require paypal is important.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Imnikola 2013-01-08T03:52:47Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149685/#p149685 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> steer clear of transformer. he has an appropriately bad rap. i'd suggest starting with other mods, to get you familiar with the process and concepts, and maybe find a music production method that fits with your experience. there are ways to sync LSDJ with DAWs like ableton, etc. but they aren't simple mods, and tend to require knowledge on the part of the modder, the acquisition of a miriad of parts, and lots of patience. I suggest starting out with a DMG and an EMS cart w/LSDJ loaded on it. If you aren't getting the results you want out of that, you're only going to complicate things by diving into a midi sync project.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/8bitDAD 2013-01-08T03:00:00Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149680/#p149680 <![CDATA[Re: GameBoy Colour to USB midi]]> The Silph Scope wrote:

I don't want to sound mean, but that picture made me laugh.
You can't just splice two cables together and expect things to magically work.

This is what you want:
http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2011/0 … or-16.html

edit: reminds me of this lol



i know i know big_smile i have literally 0 knowledge of chips cables and such.This is first thing i did in my life and i have no idea how what works.Ok I will try to order the chip,but how do i connect that to the gameboy?i see the teensy chip but what else do i require for the usb midi to work.

And is there any other way to do so.


Can i just get(  http://www.djtransformer.com/shop/produ … product=37  )  a usb to midi adapter and any midi keyboard then.I am working on a colour.



http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt … p;dur=2545   use that  and

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt … mp;dur=156


to connect the korg pad for example.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Imnikola 2013-01-08T01:55:45Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/149678/#p149678