By default, MIDI mode is not 'activated' - but its very easy to turn on. Start by soldering a jumper wire between GPIO1 pin and 3V on the shield and a wire from Digital #2 to the RX pin on the shield, see the two yellow wires here:
With a few jumper connections, the board will boot up in MIDI mode that
will read 'classic' 31250Kbaud MIDI data on a UART pin and act like a
synth/drum machine - there are dozens of built-in drum and sample
effects.
By default, MIDI mode is not 'activated' - but its very easy to turn on. Start by soldering a jumper wire between GPIO1 pin and 3V on the shield and a wire from Digital #2 to the RX pin on the shield, see the two yellow wires here:
By default, MIDI mode is not 'activated' - but its very easy to turn on. Start by soldering a jumper wire between GPIO1 pin and 3V on the shield and a wire from Digital #2 to the RX pin on the shield, see the two yellow wires here:
Now run File->Examples->Adafruit_VS1053->player_miditest
Upload to the Arduino + Shield and listen on the headphone jack for the Ocarina scale being played. You can check the datasheet for a list of all the instruments (there's a lot!)
This guide was first published on May 16, 2014. It was last updated on May 16, 2014.
This page (MIDI Synth) was last updated on May 16, 2014.
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