MIDI programmer

[P.J. Sonnichsen]

There's a guy in the Netherlands (Pieter Suurmond) that has
designed an incredibly simple octal analog-midi converter.
>From his webpage:

>>  In the summer of 1996 I developed an inexpensive 8-channel
>>  analog to MIDI convertor. It was designed to process (slowly
>>  changing) voltages between 0 and 5 volt. The apparatus
>>  continuously samples these signals and outputs them as 8 MIDI
>>  controller values (between 0 and 127). It can be build for
>>  around $30!

It's not perfect but, it is clever! Check it out:

http://www.hku.nl/~pieter/HARD/A2MIDI/A2MIDI.html

- P.J.
(why does the phat boy encode 13 knobs)











>Hi everybody,
>is there any DIY project for a midi device which assign a slider or a pot to
>any of the 128 possible midi controlled parameter.
>In other words it should be possible to build a generic midi
>controller/programmer to be used in connection to any synth which accept
>external midi message as midi controls.
>Something like the enormous DX7 controller, or the specific controllers for
>many roland synths (from the mks80 to the d550).
>Probably too slow for live performance, but useful enough for programming
>at home.
>HHHHmmmmm, it should work in both modes: handshaking, one way only.
>
>Silly idea?
>ciao
>riccardo