[dorkbotnyc-blabber] IR and MIDI

[douglas repetto]

Hi Alison,

It's pretty easy to send MIDI from a microcontroller. It's just serial 
data. Sending is easier than receiving (since you don't have to write a 
parser). If you can get your instrument sending serial data then you're 
90% of the way home. Do a little web searching and you'll find lots of 
info about sending MIDI data from microcontrollers.


douglas

Alison Lewis wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> I have a good background in micro-controllers and sensors, but I am very 
> new to electronic music.
> 
> I am wanting to build an IR sensing musical instrument with my friend 
> and wondered what the best way to do this is or if there are some 
> resources you could point me too? I've used IR sensors before to 
> interface with a PIC, but what about a MIDI device? Where should I start?
> 
> Thanks so much!
> 
> Alison
> 
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