Bass MIDI pedals are a really popular DIY music project. They're used to control synths or other MIDI equipment with your feet while you're playing another instrument. Perfect for getting moody drones going during your solo shoegaze set. The build is housed in a pedal enclosure and uses a Raspberry Pi Pico 2, running CircuitPython, plugged into a Terminal PiCowbell for easy wiring with the foot switches.
Inspiration
This project was inspired by the Basyn MIDI Adapter. This breakout kit is specially designed to let folks connect an organ pedal board to use over MIDI.
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Parts from Love My Switches
Love My Switches is an independent guitar pedal part shop. A few of the parts in this build were sourced from them.
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