It's alive!

MidiGurdy

14:07  /  1 Comments

It's alive!

Long time no update, but I've been busy porting the MidiGurdy electronics to the new platform. Finally I've got the prototype working again! The following features have been added or improved in the last weeks: internal sound production: just plug in headphones and start playing an LCD (see above :-), a few buttons and a rotary encoder to...

Open-Heart Surgery

MidiGurdy

12:47  /  2 Comments

Open-Heart Surgery

Although it is more like a full heart transplant... careful, very technical post! Until now, the MidiGurdy used a small 8-bit microcontroller as the main computing unit, handling everything from sensor reading, modelling of sensor values to implementing the MIDI USB connection. And all of that with just 16 MHz! But feedback from players suggests that a built-in...

Welcome to the MidiGurdy Dev-Blog!

MidiGurdy

15:37  /  0 Comments

Welcome to the MidiGurdy Dev-Blog!

After the great feedback I got in France, on Facebook and via other channels, the decision really was  a no-brainer: I will develop the MidiGurdy further and will try to make it into a proper product! :-) On this blog, I will document my progress and keep you up-to-date on the current development. It is still a long...