[dorkbotnyc-blabber] IR and MIDI

[Alison Lewis]

Thanks Doug - I did do some searching and I am most excited about the
Erotronix just for time's sake. I'll have to send the picts of the space
with the digital instrument once we get it all hooked up. :)

- Alison

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:49 PM, douglas repetto <douglas at music.columbia.edu>
wrote:

>
> 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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