I'm Kevin, diyelectromusic in most places. I do MIDI and microcontroller based making, often reinventing wheels just to learn how it is done and writing it all up on my "Simple DIY Electronic Music Projects" blog trying to link music and STE(A)M: https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/

I also have a GitHub and YouTube channel with simple demos (home of the #LoFiOrchestra):
https://youtube.com/c/SimpleDIYElectroMusicProjects

#STEM #Music #MIDI #MakersHour #Introductions

And my @raspberry_pi Pico #MiniDexed #TX816 IO panel is now complete.
Or complete enough for me to leave it alone and just have some fun with it now!

So here is a 80s FM Synth style version of my #LoFiOrchestra Jupiter from Holst's Planets Suite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5cnrfKYE4M

Next up is Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee.

I forget the exact context, but I seem to recall this was off the back of a #MakersHour conversation involving
@Scellanis back in the autumn...

#LoFiOrchestra #Synthdiy #Arduino #RaspberryPi #8bitSynth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW74xstp6K8

Whilst I had the Lo-Fi Orchestra set up for recording this weekend, I also ran off two additional pieces that I had already worked out the notes for at the back-end of last year...

First up, is Eric Coates' legendary Dam Busters March.

#LoFiOrchestra #Synthdiy #Arduino #RaspberryPi #8bitSynth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZbBH9_QvZc

I can finally publish details of my "note balancing" application for my Pico MIDI Splitter, that I've used in my new #LoFiOrchestra.

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2023/02/19/raspberry-pi-pico-midi-note-balancer/

It's here! To celebrate my 400th blog post, here is the newly rebuilt Lo-Fi Orchestra with a full performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture!

Featuring 13 @arduino Nanos, 10 Unos, 4 @Raspberry_Pi Picos, and 2 Pis with extras for effects and cannons!

#LoFiOrchestra #Arduino #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiPico #Synthdiy #8bit #1812Overture #Cannons #SDEMP

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2023/02/19/the-new-lo-fi-orchestra-and-the-1812-overture/

I've had to recruit a few extras for my inaugural #LoFiOrchestra rebuild piece, which is now in full rehearsals...

#WorkInProgress #WIP

https://youtu.be/2fgKJFi7hJs

I think I'm starting to get somewhere!
But this is really showing up some of the unnoticed issues with some of my early MIDI files! :)

#LoFiOrchestra #WorkInProgress #WIP #Arduino #RaspberryPiPico

https://youtu.be/N0j_Ylk04s8

Wind and strings programmed and ready to go and some of the other odds and ends are connected up.
Main Pico MIDI router (centre) is programmed too.
No power or audio yet though...
#LoFiOrchestra

New brass section installed and tested working :)

#LoFiOrchestra
#WeHaveTheTechnology
#Arduino #Tones #MIDI

I've decided to revisit the finale for the 1812 that I did a few years back with the new "arrangement" I'm doing of the whole thing...

Now I just need to rebuild the orchestra to support the extra brass and woodwind!

https://youtu.be/ZbUeftl1kjI

#LoFiOrchestra #WorkInProgress

April: #LoFiOrchestra 4'33"; more toy keyboards; MIDI routing/diagnostic/interface boards for Arduino and Raspberry Pi Pico

Here is another application of my Nano Multi-PWM carrier board, another step on the way to upgrading my #LoFiOrchestra.

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2022/11/21/arduino-nano-multi-pot-fm-and-string-synthesis/

#Arduino #MIDI #PWM #Mozzi

Here is a design for a #PCB supporting four #Arduino Nanos for either #PWM or #tone () outputs.

I'm planning on using some of these to expand my #LoFiOrchestra!

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2022/11/08/arduino-nano-multi-tone-or-pwm-pcb/

This is what is then links into...

I always wanted to re-do the carillon, and I'm planning more brass and wind in the new version, (and it is more faithful to the score than this too), so it is really tempting to re-do this bit too!

#LoFiOrchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNIXccdZGl0&list=PLzYOzhIctkyXE8WAN9Wi2-h71igyO8RlM&index=30

This is now at the point where it joins up with the finale that I've already posted. So do I continue and re-orchestrate the finale or accept I'll probably need it in two parts for YouTube anyway and so just link. Hmm.

#LoFiOrchestra