Tag: midi
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Compiling rtmidi with CGO / Golang
In this post I write a step-by-step guide on how to build the gomidi library for Go, using the rtmidi driver for windows. The process was very painful in my machine, when I tried to build it using an old installation of MinGW and TDM-GCC. But if you are starting from scratch, you should have […]
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Simple Midi Controller (2/2)
In this post I will finish the build of the MIDI controller from the part 1, focusing on the PC software side that forwards UART MIDI messages to a MIDI port. In the physical world, MIDI actually IS run over UART. If you have a MIDI device with a DIN-5 connector, it is pretty straightforward […]
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Simple Midi Controller (1/2)
I just wanted a simple MIDI controller with some potentiometers, so I decided to build one with an Arduino, a case and some pots I had laying around. The concept is very simple: On the Arduino, I made a loop to read the potentiometers values, convert it to MIDI messages and sent it over UART. […]