Now I've added a DAC to my Arduino so that I can generate arbitrary pitches, including those between "real" notes. Now I'm on the way to smooth pitch bends and aftertouch (and portamento!). Who knew what a polysix could do!?!
http://synthhacker.blogspot.com/2013/03/polysix-arduino-and-dac-to-bend-pitch.htmlThis is fun!
Chip
--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "chipaudette" <chipaudette@...> wrote:
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> For anyone that's interested, here's a video of the new keybed connected to the Arduino and driving the Korg Polysix...
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> http://synthhacker.blogspot.com/2013/03/polyisx-keybed-plus-arduino-plus-mess.html
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> Chip
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> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "chipaudette" <chipaudette@> wrote:
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> > Hi All,
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> > I've resumed work on adding aftertouch and velocity sensitivity to my polysix. As I discussed earlier, my first step is to replace the 8049 key assigner with something that is fully under my control. I chose to replace the 8049 with an Arduino.
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> > If you want to see how I wired it up, check out:
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> > http://synthhacker.blogspot.com/2013/03/polysix-replacing-8049-key-assigner.html
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> > I've got the first set of software working. I'm controlling the Polysix via MIDI through the Arduino. I didn't really expect that my voyage of adding aftertouch and velocity would end up with me creating my own MIDI interface for the Polysix, but that's where I am. It was pretty fun!
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> > The next step is to physically install the Arduino and the new keybed (and its own controller) into my Polysix. I'm really quite bad at the mechanical stuff, so I'm pretty nervous.
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> > Has anyone else modded any of their keyboards (Polysix or otherwise) with Arduino? Did it work out OK?
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> > Chip
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