Hi Adruino Forum,
My goal is to create a MIDI controller which outputs a MIDI signal in the same way that's described in this tutorial:http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Midi. The Arduino is outputting the signal directly from it's output pins. It's important that instead of the usual serial cycle rate of 9600, the MIDI standard requires a serial cycle rate of 31250. This why the code in the tutorial starts with Serial.begin(31250); .
My plan was simple: I will add a switch to the tutorial setup, so that activating the switch will activate the MIDI signal. I'm using an Arduino Uno.
Unfortunately, the Arduino won't recognize the switch activation at a serial cycle rate of 31250. I've tried to use the SoftwareSerial.h library to allow one pin to cycle at 31250, while the rest of the Arduino cycled at 9600. This resulted in no signal being produced. Here is the code I used to test this implentation:
=#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
// Variables:
byte note = 0; // The MIDI note value to be played
//software serial
SoftwareSerial midiSerial(2, 3); // digital pins that we'll use for soft serial RX & TX
void setup() {
// Set MIDI baud rate:
Serial.begin(9600);
midiSerial.begin(31250);
}
void loop() {
// play notes from F#-0 (30) to F#-5 (90):
for (note = 30; note < 90; note ++) {
//Note on channel 1 (0x90), some note value (note), middle velocity (0x45):
noteOn(0x90, note, 0x45);
delay(100);
//Note on channel 1 (0x90), some note value (note), silent velocity (0x00):
noteOn(0x90, note, 0x00);
delay(100);
}
}
// plays a MIDI note. Doesn't check to see that
// cmd is greater than 127, or that data values are less than 127:
void noteOn(byte cmd, byte data1, byte data2) {
midiSerial.write(cmd);
midiSerial.write(data1);
midiSerial.write(data2);
}
How can I output a MIDI signal at a serial cycle rate of 31250 and still have the arduino respond to switches? Please respond if you need any more information about my set-up or trials.