| ||
Shopping Cart Checkout Shipping Cost Download Website |
Home | MP3 Player | 8051 Tools | All Projects | PJRC Store | Site Map |
You are here: MIDI Drum Machine Main Page | Search PJRC |
|
A friend, Rod Seely, both a musician and electronics hobbiest suggested I design something using the Musical Instrument Device Interface, MIDI, that would be COOL and would work together with his collection of MIDI keyboards and synthesizers. Of course, I wanted to build something that could end up as a finished commercial product.
The project began with the MIDI interface, which we knew very little about, but had to use. After several weeks of late nights spent trying to understand the detail of the MIDI spec, tinkering with circuits, writing 8051 assembly code, reverse engineering electronic musical instruments, and some very nice carpentry and painting on Rod's part, the end result was the finished unit shown here.
Shortly after it was finished, it was played by two experienced drummers, both of whom felt it had the "speed" and a set of features they'd expect from an expensive "professional" electronic instrument.