Dial Tone

A fully class compliant USB MIDI controller... built out of a 1980s Automatic Pager See More: MouseHoleStudios.com Built with Arduino: https://www.arduino.cc/ Powered by Hiduino: http://dimitridiakopoulos.com/hiduino

 
 

The Dial Tone

The Dial Tone is a experiment in blending and re-purposing technology in an unconventional way. Working with sound artist Terry Dame of the School of Visual Arts, we took non-musical items and turned them into class-compliant MIDI controllers recognized by any MIDI supported device. (Mac/PC/iOS/Android compatible)

Features Include:

  • 12 Button MIDI note control pads

  • 2 Octave and Scale switches

  • 2 MIDI CC potentiometers

  • 1 Touch-Sensitive MIDI CC Fader

  • 1 Large MIDI CC button

Technology Used:

  • Arduino Uno

  • Custom MIDI Control Code

  • Hiduino, AVRdude, and Keypad Libraries for Arduino

This project is open-source, please see the code on my github