[Noisebridge-discuss] How do I get midi messages from Arduino into a MIDI program, like Traktor?

[Larry Ogrodnek]

Maybe this will help?

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/12/usbhacking.html

It's an example of converting USB midi to serial midi -- not what you
are looking for but maybe some info there that will help...

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Although I'm pretty comfortable with Arduino, I'm not very plugged in to
> the MIDI music control scene, although I understand the underlying
> technology.
>
> Note that the word MIDI here refers only to the protocol. There is no
> MIDI plug: it's MIDI over USB.
>
> One of my students wants to build a MIDI input device for Traktor, which
> is a music manipulation program. The MIDI input is not a keyboard or
> other musical instrument, but rather a generic set of knobs and sliders
> that can be mapped to certain Traktor functions.
>
> I suspect this same mechanism is used by a wide range of music and other
> programs, so that arbitrary control surfaces can be used to control
> various functionality. (I think I've heard of a video editor working the
> same way.)
>
> My student, Trevor, wants to use Arduino to build his control surface.
>
> I can handle the Arduino/sensor/USB side of things, but I'm mystified as
> to how to make it appear as a MIDI input to Traktor.
>
> Trevor showed me how you add new inputs (controllers) to Traktor, and
> there is a pulldown menu for manufacturer and model.
>
> I guess that when you buy an off-the-shelf MIDI control surface, it
> comes with a driver that makes it appear to be a MIDI device, which the
> application software can then attach to.
>
> These means that for any DIY device like Arduino, we must provide the
> equivalent of this driver, that speaks the right protocol and convinces
> applications like Traktor that it is a legitimate MIDI device.
>
> I'm sure that this software exists, and that it's free, but I have no
> idea what it's called, or where to find it, or, if I can write it, what
> I should make it do.
>
> Any advice?
>
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