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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Lena,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>one of my first modules was a MIDI interface, and these were the two most useful links:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Amanda Ghassaei’s <a href="https://www.instructables.com/id/Send-and-Receive-MIDI-with-Arduino/">https://www.instructables.com/id/Send-and-Receive-MIDI-with-Arduino/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Larry McGovern’s <a href="https://github.com/elkayem/midi2cv">https://github.com/elkayem/midi2cv</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Sorry, I don’t know anything about MIDI control surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I find the MOD WHEEL control voltage useful to patch into whichever module might like it, but the rest of my synthesiser is all made of pots with real knobs on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Al<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Lena Kolb <lenakolb2204@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> 13 March 2020 13:19<br><b>To:</b> ShedSynth <shedsynth@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> synth-diy@synth-diy.org DIY <Synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] Getting Started with DIY Synths<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yeah, i have a midi keyboard. But midi is quite a good idea. I may take a look at a midi controller with faders. Like a mixer controller. Do you have some links for that <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ShedSynth <<a href="mailto:shedsynth@gmail.com">shedsynth@gmail.com</a>> schrieb am Fr., 13. März 2020, 10:50:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi Lena,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>this is brilliant: you’re getting every possible answer to your original question.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Do you have access to any sort of MIDI keyboard?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You might like to look at this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-an-Arduino-sound-synthesizer-with-MIDI/" target="_blank">https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-an-Arduino-sound-synthesizer-with-MIDI/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>That could be a good intro to following a circuit, soldering, working with Arduino and generally bodging things together to make a noise.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>In fact I was inspired this week by your original message to add MIDI input to a module I built two years ago, and the code from that instructable sounds quite sweet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This is a safer MIDI circuit, you don’t want to fry a borrowed keyboard:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/56279/how-do-i-properly-receive-midi-with-arduino-with-6n138" target="_blank">https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/56279/how-do-i-properly-receive-midi-with-arduino-with-6n138</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If you don’t want to build an amplifier you can connect to an audio input like this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://sensorium.github.io/Mozzi/learn/output/" target="_blank">https://sensorium.github.io/Mozzi/learn/output/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Al<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lena Kolb<br><b>Sent:</b> 12 March 2020 22:00<br><b>To:</b> MTG <<a href="mailto:grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com" target="_blank">grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a> DIY <<a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] Getting Started with DIY Synths</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I'm open to anything. But a complete synth would be pretty sexy <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>MTG <<a href="mailto:grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com" target="_blank">grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com</a>> schrieb am Do., 12. März 2020, 20:20:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Did the OP mention modular? I don't remember seeing that. It might be <br>more gratifying to start out with a simple "complete" synth.<br>_______________________________________________<br>Synth-diy mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>