Breadboard Sequencer (prototype)

[alienarea51]

Hi

I am on a project with an arduino and MIDIshield to pilot MicroKorg Xl , I have just looked at your demo, but I did not find link on your subject about this project? To see how you proceeded, because any ideas are wholesome .I have another practically finished project, analogical sequencer 16 tracks to pilot one Korg MS20.

I reassure you, I do not want to copy what you made, only to have information, even, the inspiration.

Cordially

William

[hooverphonique]

so the breadboard is like a 16? bit rotating shift register containing one "on" bit?

[cornelgherghita]

good job

[cornelgherghita]

good job

[dickiefingers]

!!!!!

[LedgerLines]

It's so sad that you have to hack it to make the MKXL seq. Why didn't KORG learn from the Alesis Micron and build one in (along with a drum seq.)!!! These could be unstoppable.

[Slah606]

@LedgerLines In electronics you don't have to "hack" the MKXL to do that. The USB out from it sends midi to the board where the sequencer is. So it's the board doing all the work. You don't have to go into the MKXL at all.

[LedgerLines]

@Slah606 1. I'm an Electronics Engineer 2. I don't think you understand what the term "hack" means; it's any modification to software or hardware. And that is EXACTLY what this is doing. The MKXL does not possess this ability intrinsically or supported by 1st party (KORG), you must be young or naive when it comes to "electronics".

[Slah606]

@LedgerLines Apparently the definition I knew for "hack" was wrong. I thought that you were talking about going directly into the MKXL internals and changing something when you said hack. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Plus, I am studying electronics in high school so I am young and naive in "electronics".

[DJReceptionist]

I don't know what you are exactly doing there but you are really talented mate ;o)

[Gracana]

This is very clever!

[Skaark244]

So. . . .Its like a digital Moog? Kick ass.

[plasmacarwash]

thankyou

[panranguari]

Hey dude :D do you buy it or can give me any idea of how to do it??

It´s amazing!!

[BabyDropHead]

when is this gadget going to be finished and in production? I know i would love one!

[kellyssa3]

Good video, good sound, good idea :). Thanks for this good moment ;)

[snopbisskate]

loveeeeeeeeeeeee

[xannnax544]

your're a trippy dude man, but chears. Coz of your uploads i've bought an electribe R MKII and a kaossilator. next is the EMX-SD. awesme

[leonkennedy74]

Are you running this through a computer program or just the hardware itself? Either way, post some schemats for that bad boy, I'm looking into dropping some of that kinda stuff into my guitar and that little beast would be TIGHT!

[Booger6995]

@leonkennedy74 Just look up the Arduino Nano. As far as the program he's using your guess is as good as mine. I would assume it looks at the varying voltage using the A/D and develops a MIDI note On/Off from that from that info.

[technosid1]

you can not be serious...

[ovuori]

Nice stuff. If I understood the schematics right, you have wired the output of resistor ladder to analog input of arduino, which creates midi notes. It would be quite easy to implement analog cv sequencer with this method too ;)

[Booger6995]

@ovuori Mind if I ask. Where did you see a schematic for this? I would LOVE to peruse it myself. I think this is cool as hell. DENKITRIBE is just off the chain with this stuff. First saw the loop recording session with MK XL and LIVE. Just crazy stuff he's doing.

[ovuori]

@Booger6995 Hi there! I haven't seen schematics anywhere, just this video. I believe this is quite basic setup, but it works very well: Multiplexer (sparkfun breakout board) runs 16 steps and on every step it connects output of resistor ladder to arduino analog in. This makes adc and resulting 10bit integer is then scaled to notes and sent to korg using midi. On upper side on resistor ladder there is maybe +5vdc and lower side ground. I can't be 100% sure this is the setup, but I'm quite sure ;)

[Booger6995]

@ovuori I'm actually more curious about the MIDI conversion that is taking place. What device or circuit is being used for that particular function? I am into the electronics aspect of things and like this idea. Would like to try to implement it myself. But am kind of lost on the actual circuit operations.

[Booger6995]

@Booger6995 Just watched the vid again. Saw the Arduino and checked it online. Nice little gadget. Gonna have to get one and play with it. Still want to know where Denkitribe got the software for the actual MIDI conversion process. Anyone got a clue??

[ovuori]

@Booger6995 Arduino makes the conversion. There are some analog inputs in Arduino and voltage generated by ladder is fed to one of these. A little program uploaded to Arduino reads the input value (10 bit adc) and calculates midi note (7 bit). This value is then sent to Arduino serial out (in correct baud rate and format), which is connected to korg midi in.

[ovuori]

@Booger6995 I wrote an example code for this, but somehow I was not able to post it here. I sent it as a personal message to you.

[Booger6995]

@ovuori Got it. Great. THANKS.

[MrSYSTEM20]

I'm not trying to be a smart ass or anything, but this seems like a convoluted way of sequencing when it can be done just as well in DAW of your choice which would ahve far more functionality compared to this.

[paulfreeman1]

@MrSYSTEM20 I think it's for fun because it's an original way to do it. I dont see it attracting many groupies

[Agravpilot]

WOW

[notjarre]

Now THAT is cool!!! Very Heath Robinson, but brilliant!

[ryookiyo]

haha that was great xD

[Raener]

You are a great source of inspiration :) Never seen sequencing like this :o Lol

[mooshypeaches]

absolutely amazing

[tettou771]

綺麗！！

[nekrozone]

KRAYZY MODAFEUKAZ

[MiKi00l]

the most clever hands i ever seen... ^_^

[billieprincesa]

You are true sound/electronic specialist mehn @_@ -salute-

[dakinegk]

fucking amazing

[fibranijevidra]

New approach. Like it!

[vintages64]

neat

[xancho]

tu estas loco maestro

[wiibart]

i like the size of this video

[weaponEX]

hurry up

[chiawoo]

Amazing!

[char1737]

BLOWN AWAY AS ALWAYS  GREAT WORK!

[pablospace]

Arduino power!!

[7649460]

smart

[YassassinWorldMusic]

Well done!

[HOPCOLA]

thats what you call reverse technology ^_^

[mooingmoose]

roll on floor envying

[InnerSpaceZone52]

Very nice!

[kyleismrsmiley]

wow, talk about a smart dude!

[Mongoosh]

realy cewl

question.? Does it act like midi. Does it take the bpm of the synth, or can you regulate the speed on the litle sequencer .

[rathat48]

This is great

[buratto7]

beautiful

[pazleen]

Very nicely done.

[Idium86]

awesome

[SirDeadpool]

awsome

[Sanjayw]

awesome

[HenryDOT20]

wow... simply amazing, How long did it take you to make that?

[MrYoutopia]

yes sir yes sir

[buchla300]

extremely cool!

[crubba]

im getting my emx-1 in a few days, thanks to you denkitribe, and my mates got a microkorg so we should have some synthtastic fun lol

this is a great vid. how do you come up with these things? you are very inventive 5*

[fcrgrl]

AWESOME!

[Hughes86]

Man, that is sweet! :)

[sach3]

that was awesome!

[meoma1966]

so cool ;)

[NCWTWENTY3]

I agree with all the posts below. What more can I say...

[Moneyeverywhere]

:O I want!

[jamstrat]

Everything you build is just amazing!!!! Great work!!

[TerribleTimes]

coooooooooooooool!

[Brainbox97]

f*cking Genius

[crubba]

this is just increadible!

[kitkatworld]

I don't know how you invent all these things though you're still a music wizard genius ^^

Nice sequencer, small size, high commercial impact !

Thank you my friend for these uploads ^__^

[jun29nex]

仕組みとか全然わからないですけど、なんだか感動しました！