I am looking for help with a new project. I want to send midi control messages from my Line 6 POD HD500 which has old style 5 pin midi connectors to a Zoom MS-70 which only has a USB connector. The Zoom accepts incoming midi commands but does not send anything. I want a small box that can go right on my pedal board and needs no computer interface. I have seen some projects where the Arduino UNO has been used to send midi signals to the Zoom via foot switches but I want the POD to generate the midi command and the Arduino USB to convert it to USB mid to the Zoom. Does that make sense?
I am pretty new to this stuff so if there is a better, simpler way to do it please let me know. Thanks in advance for anybody's help!
The Zoom box is meant to be connected to a computer and so is a USB client. Therefore you need to make your Arduino into a USB host. So you will need a host shield of one sort or another and the software to drive it. That is the difficult part of the project.
Receiving the MIDI data from the Line 6 POD HD500 is the easy part, you just need a MIDI interface, either bought or made.
In effect half of this project:- http://www.thebox.myzen.co.uk/Hardware/MIDI_Shield.html
The idea is to build on what this guy did. He is generating the midi signal with a FS so I was hoping that I could just pass on the midi signal being generated with the POD HD500. Can the Arduino be used to translate the serial midi into USB mid?
Can the Arduino be used to translate the serial midi into USB mid?
Yes but as I said the hard part is that you need a USB shield to make the arduino "talk" USB MIDI.
That requires a separate processor that is on the shield along with software to drive it.
