Description
Thanks for watching! Like & subscribe. Best audio on 1080 HD setting & headphones. This is a demo and walkthrough of my Root Commander DIY smart MIDI controller. Every note you play will always be in tune with the scale you selected because Root Commander sets the proper notes for you on the 7 step buttons. You select the scale or 'mode', key, and octave with the 3 potentiometers. Then the note or 'step' in that scale is sent out via MIDI when you press any of 7 normally open, momentary buttons. I created this from scratch to use with an Arduino sequencer synth that I built. The brain inside the box is a super affordable Arduino microcontroller that costs less than 10 bucks. You can use this with any sound generating equipment that accepts MIDI input for note control - synthesizers, sequencers, virtual instruments on your computer, your DAW... I'm not a coding expert, but I'm sharing it all for anyone who may find it useful.
I have a lot more info about this, how it works, things to pay attention to, why certain things are coded the way they are, etc on my blog here: https://noisymaker.blogspot.com/2022/04/root-commander-diy-arduino-smart-midi.html
Get my code and schematics here: https://github.com/JuperTronic/Jupertronic_Root_Commander
Please actually read the Readme on Github! There are some ideas you might want to use to customize your Root Commander.
Tips: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/espottery
More info on my blog: https://noisymaker.blogspot.com
My Actual Parts:
OLED https://amzn.to/3MrvjiG
Arduino Pro Micro https://amzn.to/3LAxXmj
Pro Micro power supply https://amzn.to/3y6I6n4
Arduino Nanos https://amzn.to/36Gc3iu
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Knobs with scales https://amzn.to/3LEKTYp
MIDI to USB cable https://amzn.to/3kuf6gN
MIDI to MIDI right angle cable https://amzn.to/375yIF8
Rubber feet https://amzn.to/3kz2kO1
5 pin MIDI jack https://amzn.to/371pkCe
Wire https://amzn.to/3rN78ng
Potentiometers with knobs https://amzn.to/3k3wOYp
Project box https://amzn.to/3vBEt5E
Solderable breadboard https://amzn.to/3rOkVK7
Lots of solder https://amzn.to/3MskkG6
A little solder https://amzn.to/3L42MzA
5.5mm power jack https://amzn.to/3Oun4o6
Step bit drill set https://amzn.to/3rKd3sW
Time Stamps
00:00 Music Demonstration
00:57 Walk through
03:23 Code
04:07 More Music