[LAU] DIY or inexpensive MIDI Controller

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 10:34 -0400, Daniel Garmendia wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> I'm interested in buying or building a 4X4 trigger pad.  M-Audio's
> Trigger Finger looks nice, but I just want the pads.  I have
> experience building circuits, but I'm not an electrical engineer (but
> I am aerospace tho..).  Any DIY projects would have to keep that in
> mind.  Any suggestions?  

Google for "pic midi" and look at some of the stuff that's been done
with PIC microcontrollers.  The "bigger" ones have UARTs that you can
use for MIDI, or you can just bit-bang the interface.

I'm currently working on a simple CV/Gate sequencer based on a PIC,
derived from some code I found on the net.

Gordon