Chorist8h ago

Any MIDI heads out there have a recommendation on the cheapest way to get a programmable MIDI processor box? Is there something out there that has MIDI In/Out and a programmable microprocessor?

I’m looking to have something that delays Program Change messages, with a delay speed calculated by the rate of incoming MIDI clock messages. I have the algorithm figured out, and just need something simple to implement it on. #askfedi

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@chorist one of these "RP2350-USB-A" things:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJElbao and a usb midi device of your choice (or use as usb host/device midi bridge)
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 RP2350 USB A Entwicklungsboard RP2350A Waveshare RP2350-USB-A - AliExpress 7

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@tecteun I’ll look closer, but I need something without USB needs… this thing is going to sit between a hardware sequencer and a synth, no computer.
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@chorist usb device side can be power only, and use host to get midi din in/out, or without usb (any rp pico would do) I found these very elegant:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzijHoG
Offizielle M5Stack-Midi-Einheit mit DiN-Anschluss (SAM2695) - AliExpress 7

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@chorist anyway, good luck! sounds like a fun challenge 😃 If you need help let me know, I've done quite some midi things
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@tecteun That does look neat. I’m pretty novice on the hardware (as opposed to software) side of things so some of this is a little unknown to me. I’m looking at this (https://www.adafruit.com/product/4740) along with one of their dev boards… Seems like about $20 all in? And more beginner friendly? But outside of Adafruit I’ve barely ever bought hardware components for personal projects, for context.
Adafruit MIDI FeatherWing Kit

Turn your Feather into a song-bird with this musically-enabled FeatherWing that adds MIDI input and output jacks to just about any Feather. You get both input and output DIN-5 MIDI jacks, a ...

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@chorist any pico would be good, as you can choose to use micro/circuit python (very easy to maintain) or the arduino ide/c. This adafruit feather stack seems like a great choice, and not expensive, good support 👌