Gakken SX-150 Synth - Controlled with MIDI and Ableton Live through Arduino

[jgk381]

can you demo playing the keyboard live to show how the midi works? thx

[guanothan]

Hey! Great stuff. I am trying to recreate your mod, and started work on the breadboard, but the only problem is that I couldn't get the 4N28 Optoisolator, they only sold the 4N35 and 4N36. I am really not that much of an electrician, if that is even the right word, and I was hoping you could tell me if I can use either of these in stead of the 4N28. Thanks :).

[BabyDropHead]

I cant wait to get my Gakken! I so want to do this!! One question though....are you still able to play the gakken as you normally would?

[kbroom]

@BabyDropHead Hey... yep, you can still play your gakken as with the stylus.

[BabyDropHead]

@kbroom Nice... So how do you know what midi channel to use on Ableton? Sorry for all the questions, i should probably wait till i have it made up. im hoping my uncle can make this up for me according to your web page.

[whalecurry]

Great stuff, cheers for the upload. Waiting on my sx150 to arrive and trying to make sense of how to do this through your blog

[BCLikesVideos]

great music friend

[aoleft]

すげえ

1万出しても買うぞこりゃ

[stevenmcnair1897]

Amazing...Buying one for sure

[squidfanny]

very nice job mate... Sounds lush.

[mouthbreather1]

Goddamn, that thing sounds badass. I want one real bad now.

[VincentsVideoVisions]

I just ordered a SX-150 from eBay, where can I get a kit to mod this to midi?

[emarum]

that's so awesome buddy.. i'm thinkin of getting the sx, but would of course like mo mod it like that. could you provide me turtorial? love your wørk. cheers.

[bishbashboshely]

So you hacked MIDI control onto the SX-150 synth kit? Pretty cool. With Arduino I guess its a fairly straightforward mod...?

Nice work though, might have to make my own!

[BriteWingz]

Great music. You are creative!

[LosLatinitos]

That is so amazing. Did you do this mod yourself or did you get a kit somewhere? Fantastic job man! Every site that I go to is in Japanese. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The stylus is boring! =( Please let me know where you found this kit.

[cheeezon]

fantastic sound here man, subscribed :)