Hi,
I'm new to this forum but hope to really involve myself in the future and contribute but at the moment i would love some advice if possible please?
This is going to sound quite anti Arduino to begin but I'm interested in making my own breadboard, Arduino or any microcontroller based Synthesisers (Synthesizers for my friends in the USA) and i would particularly be intersted in knowin if there is any way possible of adding a 5 DIN MIDI Input port into any project with or without using a microcontroller such as Arduino but preferably without so that i could add a MIDI input into an extisting say breadboard synth without relying on a microcontroller. I think i already know the answer as in that there's no hardwired 'circuit' that can do this without using an Arduino , Pico , or STM32 based board but i wonder if anyone could enlighten me otherwise? I basically want (fairy dust) a schematic (i'm also still learning these!) that gives me something like an octocoupler , a diode, a handful of resistors and a magic element to forgive me for not using a microcontroller? This probably makes me sound really stupid (or daft as we say in northern England) but I have no idea and so that's why I'm asking. I'm still learning whilst dealing with a megaton of life's issues and this is keeping me sane and so i would really appreciate an answer that doesn't pull me down as i've already admitted that I don't know much but I'm trying to learn, I've scoured this idea across the net and it always points to using a microcontroller but i know that a microcontroller uses circuits and so surely i could set up a pcb circuit on standby to use with any diy synth project or maybe not? I thank you for not ripping me to shreds I'm new to this site but familiar with others that live on top of one side of a bridge and have to tap,tap,tap to get past the trolls so i really appreciate your patience with me (and your knowledge) Thank you so much in advance for anything that you can provide.