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.
Prepare the breadboardPlace the VS1053 breakout on the breadboard. Center it so that there is one row of holes on each side.Add the breakout friendly headphone jack and wire power and ground jumpers as shown.
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Configure for MIDI operationAdd jumpers as follows:
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Connect the Headphone JackSame as the earlier tests, add jumpers for:
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