pic/midi programming

[Dave Cramer]

The end goal is to create an electronic bagpipe. Yes, I know I can buy one,
but I'd like to build it.

So it has 8 switch inputs and outputs notes depending on which switches are
pressed.

So my initial thought was to use a PIC microcontroller to read the switches
and then either output to a MIDI synth chip, or generate the notes with the
PIC and a D to A

Now for those unfamiliar with bagpipes they actually have 4 reeds in total
so I would need 4 DAC's ( I think )

Dave

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Phillip Mills <phillip.mills1-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org>wrote:

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>  How to use a MIDI chip to output sound
>>
>
> Since I'm not familiar with "PIC" there's a fair chance that I don't
> understand the question, but....  Typically MIDI is strictly data and has no
> intrinsic sound.  It can get sent to some kind of sound-producing device
> that interprets it and makes sound based on the MIDI instructions.  There
> are integrated devices that do both, I guess, but I think of them as sound
> modules that happen to understand MIDI.  :-)
>
> Is it some specific device that you're trying to program or just anything
> that accepts MIDI (or GM)?
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