USB is pretty sensitive to cable quality, so you're best off using a factory made one.
that sounds right and when I look at the price on a 2 meter cable, I think it's the best and safest way.
Notes and Volts has good info and using MIDI with Arduino.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC97oxpI-kInN6trsvs6yLNg
these videos look cool and easy, this is something I will use in the future (and now).
thank you for sharing this channel with me.
Since you say those are just switches it won't make for a terribly interesting MIDI controller. All it will be able to send is 3 separate NOTE On / NOTE Off messages with a fixed velocity if you manage to modify it to send out MIDI. Of course if you have use for 3 foot switches it should be great It frees up your hands to do other things.
This has made me wonder if I should try and send MIDI with my Arduino UNO connected to my Expression Pedal which of course is just a pot in a box connected to a lever.
there are 4 foot switches.
I'm happy that this small project, (it will be my first hack/create project) can help inspire others to do same.
All the equipment we don't use no more, could be separated for parts or hacked into something more usable.
In my case I have this old one I got for free, wanted to use it with present day technology, and I know that this is cheaper than buying a new one (I also get some skills in the process).
- I looked around for something similar to what I wanted, to see how cheap I could get a real midi-foot-controller (not just a button on a box), and this was what I found.
http://www.thomann.de/gb/line6_fbv_express_usb.htmSo back to the topic, I have been looking to buy the board that I need, but I can't afford the real ones from arduino, so I will have to do with a cheap clone of them.
What I need to know before I buy one is, will a smaller board, as the arduino nano, work for my project, or should I buy a bigger one, as the arduino mega.
- the price for a clone of the nano, is around 12 to 15 dollars.
- the price for a clone of the mega, is around 17 dollars.
- the price for a clone of the uno R3, is around 12 - 13 dollars.
All of these clone board, have prices that are pretty close to one and another.
there is different versions of the nanoboard, like the one called "V3" and another called "pro", is one better than the other ?