This time with 100% more Daft Punk!
So, this setup is pretty much the same as in the other videos, only instead of routing the midi through my arduinoboy, I’m just using the QuadraSID VST inside Ableton Live. I had also modified the software a little bit since last time, meaning that the scale which the wii guitar plays is now determined by the midi notes being recieved by the software.
What happens when you mix an Arduinoboy, LSDJ, and a Wii Guitar Hero controller?
This does:
So I’ve just finished writing an application in Processing which converts midi data coming in over USB to “real” midi data which can then be routed to wherever you want.
But, why should you care? Well, because now you can make and use an ArduinoBoy with no soldering at all! In the picture to the right, you can see the wires coming from the Gameboy link cable into my breadboard, with jumper wires linking this to my Arduino. You could just as easily put the wires straight into your Arduino, though. Then, a couple of quick changes to the ArduinoBoy code to force it into “LSDJ Master Sync” mode (all at the top of the main file, and with very friendly names) and you’re set. Plug everything in, launch my serial2midi app, and bingo!
Heres a vid of it in action:
Here are the downloads (including source) for the serial2midi app…
(Only tested under OSX)
And finally, some more images:
UPDATE:
There are some things which I forgot to mention when I originally posted this. Midi over USB is not as fast as using real Midi. If you’re using LSDJ master sync mode on an ArduinoBoy for example, on my computer I start to get some noticeable latency around the 130bpm mark. Having said that, if this were being used only to route note data, there should be no problem at all.
Another thing I forgot to mention is that this version of the app is running at a fixed baud rate of 38400. Soon I’ll make it selectable, as faster baud rates should give lower latencies. Still, the latencies you get with this thing are not as low as you would get over real Midi – but I think for ease of use (ie no need to build any Midi circuitry) this is still a pretty handy app.