Testing MIDI IN

MusicMan11712 · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:45 pm Post subject: Testing MIDI IN

While exploring my arduino last summer, I wrote a little sketch to test whether or not I was correctly receiving midi in by echoing that data to the console in the arduino's programming environment. I haven't tested it this year, but it should help others do the same.

I used the Arduino Mega 2560, which has 4 serial I/O ports. Also, the pins might be different from other arduinos.

elmegil · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject:

The Mega (or some model with multiple serial ports) is really your best bet here for doing MIDI development. I did a lot of work with an uno equivalent (started out as the Mintduino breadboard kit, and ended up soldered into a small protoboard), and i beat my head on MIDI stuff until I got the Mega.

Some of my experiences got written up here:

http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-52722.html

MusicMan11712 · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:23 am Post subject:

Thanks for chiming in on this and for posting the link to the thread with your comments--useful info there. I realized after I posted the midi in test code that it wouldn't work on a single UART Arduino since midi needs one serial connection and communication with the serial monitor needs another. (I chose the Mega 2560 specifically because it had 4 UARTs.)

Like you, for midi I/O I used an old joystick to midi cable. I didn't take it apart, though.

Steve