simple MIDI keyboard

[Tom Baldwin]

YES!

----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Olivieri <frank at inch.com>
To: John Speth <johns at oei.com>
Cc: 'DIY' <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: simple MIDI keyboard


>Is anyone else having problems with this link?? Comes up error 404 for me!
>
>Frank
>
>John Speth wrote:
>
>> > > Few weeks back Jeremy Martin asked the list how could he trigger
>> > > his FatMan without having a MIDI keyboard. Then I thought, hey it's
>> > > a good idea - simple (1 IC) cheap (<$10) easy (1 day) and fun (*#%^!)
>> > > for everybody to do.
>> > > so here it is: pocket size MIDI keyboard
>> > > http://www.multimania.com/romcio/small_midi.html
>>
>> I'm curious how you got a MIDI signal out of the PIC.  As far as I know,
it
>> doesn't have a dedicated UART.  Did you do the UART function in firmware
>> with the timer?  Lately, I did some calcultions for doing just this.  But
I
>> concluded that MIDI in UART functionality would be difficult.  I'd love
to
>> see that firmware!
>>
>> John Speth
>> Object Engineering, Inc
>> mailto:johns at oei.com
>