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This system was made on order: have six diaprojectors (two pointing to one screen) and a computer controlled slide triggering sequencer.

Classic midi serial connection is used to cover long distances over normal cable.

A web based technology was used: XAMPP server and javascript & php combination. This makes it OS independent. Chrome browser natively supports midi on the web, others need certain  extensions. More details about that in DIAcontrol-schematics.pdf.

Some effort wen... more

TurboFlutes are midi interfaces / breathing – not blowing instruments. Two prototypes were built in 2020, additional work was done in the next years – along with the preparation of printed-circuit-boards, etc. – and concerts…

During the first steps of elaboration it was clear that normal tone intervals as for the flute will be used. This made up a 12-tone scale with seven buttons on top. On the bottom left-hand side one octave up transposition button was replaced by two &... more

AI_SI Piano stands for a midi trigger device based on a touchpad system found in any laptop computer – brought to a form of an oversimplified instrument that acts as piano. It was a fast idea from a recent real piece of a dream of mine – in dream i would just bang with my finger on a touchpad – and this sounded as a “veritable” piano…

So: again one of the projects that is not linked directly to some envisioned artistic output. But as an instrument it c... more

Cirkulino 4 is a midi sequencer based on Arduino UNO R3 development board. It is an advancement from previous ones – and is final. The pcb’s were ordered to be made to professional standards.

A double boot option for arduino was found – to launch it as a native midi device -> https://diyelectromusic.com/2022/03/22/arduino-and-usb-midi/

mocoLUFA MIDI firmware for Arduino Uno -> http://morecatlab.akiba.coocan.jp/lab/index.php/aruino/midi-firmware-for-arduino-uno-m... more

For the Cirkulacija 2 project of Cultural Interfaces in 2015 i devised a spheric type of wireless interface called IBALL (the big ones) and iballs (the little ones). It is arduino based wireless midi controller of XZY position.

Originally it was used to control the turning of the XY loudspeakers which Stefan Doepner made for Cirkulacija 2 events. At the same time it was a controller to play directly on the midi input to various software.

It can be used as a transmitter/ receiver of midi t... more

DB50XG Yamaha daughter board bought years ago was finally used to make a stand-alone midi synthesizer – as it was envisioned. Arduino platform had to come my way – to be able to do all the little programming to be able to set the the instruments manually with rotary encoder. It is now used extensivelly.

The board can play back very high quality samples from the extended midi (XG) set of instrument sounds. While for artistic approach I prefer the co-called “de-naturized” s... more

In May 2013 there was a couple of events with Borut Savski in Switzerland: a concert performance at Klubi experimental music club in Zürich, a week spent at Anyma hackers’ week in Fribourg and a workshop on building Cirkulino midi sequencer at SGMK Zürich. Thanks to Dusjagr!

The Anyma week was interesting as a meeting place of various diy electronics related people from all over Switzerland. A bit of insight into what they do. The gnusbuino direct midi usb series is something to focus o... more