Re: [LAU] Akai APC controllers - Experiences?

From: Renato <rennabh@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sun Aug 21 2011 - 20:34:19 EEST

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:21:33 +0100
Harry van Haaren <harryhaaren@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Renato <rennabh@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> > (though you'd need something on the software side to make midi).
> >
>
> Actually this isn't true, the new "Uno" model of the Arduino (as
> opposed to the ancient "Duomilanova") as it uses an ATmega8U2 USB
> interface chip rather than the FTDI chip the "Duomilanova" uses.
> Basically, you can reprogram the 8U2 to appear as a "standards
> complaint" USB MIDI device, and then it will just pop up in ALSA's
> MIDI tab. Neat eh?

hell yes it's neat, didn't know this :) so no more need of
ttymidi. though I was talking of the joystick rewiring, which AFAIK is
seen as a usb HID and thus needs a handler that "midi converts it".

> Then all that you need to do is write "midi data" (integers) to TX...
> For a "hardware" MIDI port aswell as USB MIDI just solder a 5 pin DIN
> to the project, using the Arduino's TX pin :)
>
> -Harry

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