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Cabling up the Keys
A small step today. I’ve removed the old bundle of cable and replaced it with a ribbon cable. Its a twenty strand flat ribbon, I’ve used thirteen strands for the keys and one for ground leaving six wires unused. I’ve left them as part of the cable on the grounds that they might come in…
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Electronics – First Steps
The pedal board is ready with all the parts cleaned and screws tightened. I have a bundle of thirteen wires, one for each pedal. I’m planning to convert the input from these wires into a midi output. I’m using the Arduino Uno board to convert between the two. Rather than clogging up all the arduino inputs with…
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Bass Pedal to midi-fy
By the power of eBay, I have acquired this 13 key bass pedal, just what I needed for a bit of midi hacking. As it comes, this pedal is simply a set of thirteen switches. My plan is to add a midi output to the back of the box. Inside, each key is switched so that…
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Sparkfun Midi Shield
I ordered the Sparkfun Midi Shield from Amazon for a bargain £15. The postman brought the neatly packed kit the next morning. Time for a bit of soldering. Sparkfun’s kit is designed to plug into your Arduino board ready for some MIDI programming. All the surface mount devices are already soldered into place. The remaining parts need to be…