midi
Music
3:20AM Mark Wilson | With absolutely no practical use for it whatsoever, I’m lusting hard after this 16-button, arcade-style MIDI controller available in a solderless kit you can assemble in just five minutes. More »
MidiFighter Melds Music And Button Mashing
3:20AM Mark Wilson | With absolutely no practical use for it whatsoever, I’m lusting hard after this 16-button, arcade-style MIDI controller available in a solderless kit you can assemble in just five minutes. More » 
Science
Scientists Create Ambient Music Using Human Brains, MRI Machines
2:20AM John Herrman | A professor at Trinity College in Connecticut has written what is essentially a MIDI player for the human brain, converting MRI imagery into a sort of bleeping, blooping ambient music. More »
Entertainment
Manson MB-1 Guitar Has an Integrated, Touch-Controlled, X-Y MIDI Pad for Effects
1:50PM Adrian Covert | Guitars are fun. X-Y MIDI controllers, like the Korg KAOSS Pad, are also fun. So in theory, combining the two, like this Manson MB-1 Guitar does, makes this thing twice as fun. More »
Gadgets
Folding VAX77 Keyboard Fits In Your Touring Trunk
1:30AM Mark Wilson | While your average midi controller/keyboard is a bit unwieldy, the VAX77 logically folds in half (to just 58cm) for easier portability. More »
Gadgets
Handheld Sequencer Scans Images and Plays Them Back as MIDI Notes
9:00AM Sean Fallon | Ooooh—This is a weird one. Using LDR photocells and an arduino, this handheld sequencer is capable of scanning an image and spitting it back out as a sequence of haunting MIDI notes. If you are as interested as I am in seeing how this would interpret a photocopy of the butt, then by all means follow the link and build one yourself. [Gieskes via Make] More »
Gadgets
Commodore 64 Midibox Mod Trades In Games for Beeps, Boops
5:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | What you see here was once a Commodore 64, but no longer. Now it’s a MIDIboxSID, which translates roughly into, this thing looks killer in the dark and can lay down a serious series of beeps and pew pew’s. Best thing is that, thanks to the C64’s mod-friendly SID chips, this is a synthesiser that uses SID 6582 sound chips from the original C64 personal computer. Hooray for recycling! More »
Games
Midiator Kit Converts a PS2 Controller Into a MIDI Controller
9:40AM Sean Fallon | Yesterday we came across a DIY hack that helps you turn your Guitar Hero instrument into a MIDI controller and today we have a kit that will help you covert your old PS2 controllers (standard, knockoff, or wireless) for a similar purpose. When hooked up, it will allow you to do things like control pitch bend with the analogue joysticks or trigger notes / toggle controller signals with the buttons. It can even work with Guitar Hero, albeit only partially at this point (improvements are on the way).You can pick up the entire kit for US$79.99 assembled or US$59.99 stock. A demo is available after the break. More »
Games
Turn Your Guitar Hero Guitar Into a MIDI Controller
10:20AM Sean Fallon | I can’t tell you how many times I have looked down at my Guitar Hero guitar and wished that it could be used like a real instrument. The only problem was that I lacked the ability to build one. Oh, and I have no musical ability whatsoever. Fortunately, it appears that someone with skills has done the dirty work for me by figuring out a way to turn a Guitar Hero guitar into a full-fledged MIDI controller. More »
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Terpstra MIDI Keyboard, for Musicians from Another Planet
3:25AM Charlie White | This Terpstra keyboard must be the strangest one yet, but don’t be getting worried that you’ll need to type on it because it’s a MIDI keyboard for musicians. The gigsters will like it because it’s velocity sensitive, letting keyboard players put more expression into their music just like when they’re playing a piano. Only problem we have with it is there must be a tremendous learning curve with this strange honeycomb-shaped arrangement of the keys. Notice the sharps and flats are in groups of two and three, just like on a piano keyboard, but sheesh, after that, all bets are off. This can’t be easy. [Cortex Design, via Crave] More »
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