401 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(5 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

This is awesome. Going to listen through now!

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402 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

Ledfyr wrote:

Glad to hear you got it working!  Can you confirm if the nanoloop usb midi adapter works when you get it? (it should)

No problem!

I've ended up with all the parts for the Arduino shizz as well, so going to try building that as a side-project.

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403 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

After chatting with ledfyr, I've re-flashed the Raspberry Pi and all is working perfectly! I've now got a neat wee headless USB-MIDI converter. I've ordered a Nanoloop USB-MIDI link cable adaptor to see if I could use that in place of the Arduinoboy as an experiment too.

Thanks a lot for the help!

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404 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(21 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Just noting here that this is awesome. I'm using a raspberry Pi to hook up a USB keyboard to my DMG (running mgb) with a USB-MIDI adaptor and the Arduinoboy. Thanks for all the work you put into this; it's perfect for what I need!

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405 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(14 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I'm not as big a fan of the Doss stuff as it turns out. Love 'Wolves' from Talk to Animals though.

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406 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

So, I ended up getting a raspberry pi and the USB-MIDI cable. Connected it all up via aconnect, and I can see that the MIDI messages are getting routed correctly. Result! Problem is now that there's no sound coming out. I know that the Arduinoboy works fine, so I suspect it must be a channel mis-match. Trying to work out how to switch the channel at the minute as the USB keyboard I have doesn't have any hardware controls that do it (it's an Akai LPK25).

I did try to use the software at http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/17404 … l-routing/ - but I'm hitting an error about a dependency that I've dropped you a PM about Ledfyr:

'./midicloro: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.55.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory.'

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407 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(14 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Oh fantastic, thanks a lot!

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408 Topic by unexpectedbowtie

(14 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I have a thing for chiptune music with vocals, and particularly liked Talk to Animals. They only have one EP out, on their Bandcamp - from 2010:

https://talktoanimals.bandcamp.com/

Anybody know what happened to them, and if they are still making music under a different guise or what?

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409 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

Ledfyr wrote:

A Raspberry Pi with Raspbian can do USB to DIN MIDI out of the box if you have a USB MIDI interface with DIN connectors.
You can route USB keyboards to a DIN port on the interface using the aconnect command.

This way you dont have to solder anything.

See here for an example:
http://sandsoftwaresound.net/send-midi- … -to-5-pin/

Side-note:
I've made a program which lets you route MIDI like above while adding clock and more. See this thread:
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/17404 … l-routing/

Damnit, I've bought the components for the Arduinoboy now. I've saved the link though and will probably come back to it when I throw it out the window due to my crappy soldering.

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410 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(1,620 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Finally carved out a dedicated space in a corner of the flat for chiptune stuff. Makes a big difference to have it permanently set up.

I've got a bunch of other things I use, but this is the main kit:

* Macbook with DAW
* DMG with backlight + ProSound mod
* Arduinoboy
* LPK25 USB MIDI keyboard
* Couple of LSDJ carts flashed to the EMS carts
* Korg Kaoss pad
* Pocket Operator Sub (PO-14)

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411 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

yogi wrote:
unexpectedbowtie wrote:

Thanks. I know almost nothing about the boards. I'll go read up on them. This could be a good intro project!

If you go the HobbyTronic route, you would just connect the output from the host board to the Teensy/Arduinoboy board instead of the DIN midi socket. Sort of like this example- http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/midi-player-tutorial  but with the controller board running Arduinoboy firmware. Looks like there wouldn't be any 'programming' involved on your part, the Host board connects with TTL level midi in and out to the controller. Plug and Play
Yogi
Using this Host board, could retro fit any number of DIY midi projects, SammichSID or Shruthi

Awesome. Thanks a lot for the explanation - I appreciate it. I've ordered an Arduino (Uno), the USB Mini Host Board, a DIN connector, and the resistor(s). Just need to dig out my soldering iron. I'll post back when I inevitably mess things up, or when it's all done successfully!

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412 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

uXe wrote:
unexpectedbowtie wrote:

The only electronics I've messed around with are Gameboys, so I'll need to investigate a bit, but theoretically I would just need the Raspberry Pi, a midi connector, and that USB host board right? (Give or take)...

Raspberry Pi already has USB Host onboard. Arduino / Teensy does not.


Thanks. I know almost nothing about the boards. I'll go read up on them. This could be a good intro project!

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413 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

Adzetko wrote:
yogi wrote:

I was thinking that Teensyboy didn't act as a USB Host but just as a Device?

Yogi

Ow, can anyone confirm this?
At least, you can add these shields to an arduino (or Teensy or RasPi) : http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/usb-host-midi

Oh nice! That seems a lot simpler than I had imagined.

The only electronics I've messed around with are Gameboys, so I'll need to investigate a bit, but theoretically I would just need the Raspberry Pi, a midi connector, and that USB host board right? (Give or take)...

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414 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

Thanks for all the help and suggestions! Bookmarking this thread to have a crack at DIYing my own Teensyboy.

For now though, I've managed to get things working using the following:

* USB Midi keyboard - plugged into a Macbook Pro
* External USB audio interface - with MIDI DIN out connected to the arduinoboy which is then connected to the DMG

The Macbook acts as a pass through from the USB keyboard to the audio interface.

I'm sure I could have set this up in my DAW, but it was complicated if you're not familiar with the channels etc. Instead, I used this free app called Midi Patchbay:

http://notahat.com/midi_patchbay/

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415 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

dapperwrench wrote:

I rigged my set up to use Ableton on my PC as the master tempo and send MIDI out thru my audio interface to my arduinoboy to make my gameboys play in sync. is this what you are trying to accomplish?

Yup! That's what I ended up doing as well. smile

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416 Reply by unexpectedbowtie

(36 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

jefftheworld wrote:

The most affordable solution I've seen requires something like a Raspberry Pi to act as the MIDI host.

That's an interesting idea.

I'm going to try routing the MIDI connection via my laptop and external soundcard to see if that works. Bit concerned about latency since I'll be feeding the audio back in to the laptop to record simultaneously, but will report back if it works.

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