Prototype Wednesday : MIDIKalimba (no longer a prototype) and MIDI sound modules 

I'm glad it brought back those memories. Thanks for sharing.

I can't wait to see what you do with it. I'm finding it really enjoyable to use, I hope you do too.

I love the instrument. I had a brief time playing a real one in the brass band after an accident involving my face.

@midi_in sorry about the past accident 🙏🌸my late grandfather favorite word was Tintinnabulation 🔔🔔🔔🔔 reminded me whilst listening🙂🎐 thank you ☮️kevin

It still needs a little work, a 'percussion' scale which will force channel 10 and map the best drums to the pads. I'm thinking bass, snare, open hh, closed hh, 3xtoms and 2x cymbals.

​@@midi_in Perhaps clap or cowbell instead of one of the Tom's?

@@stevenorman3732 That's not a bad idea, you can't have too much cowbell!

I thought those few notes might get a content match (I'm not monetising at all, but sometimes recognisable melodies are 'claimed' by 'owners'. Sometimes legitimately, sometimes spuriously). But no problems!

Forget the hat I showed in the video, as you say it is designed for use with the mister so it's not suitable for our purposes. (though it's only missing the DAC, so it might be possible to tap the Pi Zero for PWM output which doesn't sound bad.) I have tried my full-size hat (which I'm using in the video) with a Pi Zero and it worked like a charm. That hat contains the traditional MIDI circuitry which isn't needed for midi over USB, so I've designed a PI Zero-sized hat with the screen, DAC and buttons, which is all we need. Prototype boards are on their way to me, so watch for details on that front.

@@midi_in Oh I'll be looking out for those then. Could you update me perhaps when they are there? I'll subscribe anyway. But def interested.

@@ibendiben I'll probably be showing it here on RU-vid but you might also like to join MIDIKalimba's mailing list - I'll very probably send out a message to that list when the PI Zero MT32Pi hat is up and running. peacockmedia.software/kalimba