Developer John Staskevich created MIDIWidget to make it easy to control just about anything in the real world, using MIDI.
The MIDIWidget is a ‘brain’ for creating all kinds of DIY projects:
- Robotic musical instruments;
- Guitar amp and effect loop switching;
- Light control or general-purpose relay control;
- Studio recording lights or other DAW status indicators; and
- Triggering a modular synthesizer or other instrument that can be triggered with a digital logic signal.
Each MIDIWidget output terminal can behave in one of several ways. Here are a few:
- Note on/off: the output generates a “gate” signal corresponding to the duration of the incoming MIDI note.
- Note, fixed-duration: when a MIDI note is received, the output generates a pulse of a duration in milliseconds determined by the user.
- CC on/off: a CC “on” message switches the output high. A CC “off” message switches the output low.
- CC toggle: the output alternates between high and low each time a matching CC message is received.
- Start/stop: the output generates a start/stop signal based on MIDI sync.
- Clock: the output generates fixed-duration pulses in response to MIDI sync. Several clock divisions are provided.
The MIDIWidget can also store a collection of output states as a preset. Presets can be edited, stored, and recalled via the MIDI messages of your choice.
Production of the MIDIWidget is being funded via a Kickstarter project. The MIDIWidget is available to backers, starting at US $48.
Not trying to steal anyone’s thunder but for those who don’t want to wait or have different needs, Division 6 has been making these for years:
http://www.division-6.com/products/midify.php
I think maybe these are intended for a different and perhaps broader user base than the Division 6 module (not that you couldn’t find other ways to use it as well). For what it’s worth Doepfer also has a similar product that can also do variable voltage output for things like CCs and velocity and such. It would be interesting to see if this board was capable that as well. If it could it would have the Doepfer beat hands down in terms of price and number of outputs.
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ah come on … serious ? you try to stop people from visiting the page arent you ? ^^
page works like a charm
Great! now I just need a sex robot that receives midi CC messages
Actually this will let you add MIDI CC support to your existing sex robot.
Does this have any analogue output? In other words, could we make a $~50 Midi/CV module for Eurorack etc? That would make it way handier for implementing into diy synths etc too
Bit disappointed that there is no linux version. I guess that’s a deal breaker for me. Also, it seems like, at first look, that the software is written in Max. So porting it to Linux might be a bit tricky. (as in, you would probably need to rewrite it from scratch)
If it is said to be open source, then doesn’t this help you?
midi standard is open, so are midi callbacks, so i guess you dont have to mention that its open source 😉
a linux version of MIDI ? ^^
the hardware doesnt run on windows nor linux, but on machinecode.
just get a compiler and start programming.
the source of this project is open source, kinda, because everyone that invests a bit of time, will see what he did here.
but asking for linux tells me you dont really know whats going on there 😉
This is aimed at DIY people who have somehow never heard of MIDIbox, Arduino, Division 6, Kissbox … I’m sure there are a dozen more I’m forgetting.
if anyone wants to build a midi module, like that, just open source and expandable for 30 bucks,
watch my tutorial on my blog and instructable page:
http://inevitablecraftslab.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/arduino-uno-midi-in-shield/
MIDI is a great tool for automation, built a robotic microphone stand that you can control from the control room of a studio via midi, including positions that you can save with your daw projects
forgot the instructable link http://www.instructables.com/id/MIDI-TO-ARDUINO/
and a testvideo
http://vimeo.com/115716672
is this an atmel processor ? from the picture it looks like an atmel (arduino) and three shift registers.