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. :)<br><br>- Alison<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:49 PM, douglas repetto <<a href="mailto:douglas@music.columbia.edu">douglas@music.columbia.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi Alison,<br>
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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.<br>
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douglas<br>
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Alison Lewis wrote:<br>
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Hi all:<br>
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I have a good background in micro-controllers and sensors, but I am very new to electronic music.<br>
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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?<br>
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Thanks so much!<br>
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Alison<br>
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