Built a midi pedal for pickups using an arduino

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I’m doing the #jamuary2018 and I felt I needed a midi pedal for starting a stopping.

So I whipped together a midi pedal with an arduino, an ikea plastic container, a few buttons and a midi-port.

It works pretty well: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdj5qsPB5S4/

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Did you programed the Arduino?
Midi shield or something with libraries?
Works with shoes? :slight_smile:

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I programmed the arduino. Pretty simple actually :slight_smile:
Connecting midi to the arduino is pretty straight forward. Three connections and two resistors.
Hopefully it’ll work better with shoes, since this feels close to stepping on a lego.

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That’s nice! I was thinking about something like that, and i have an arduino lying around. Seems pretty easy.

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I have one too. It seems a good and simple start.
I’d like to make a custom midi processor, usb to midi too.

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Nice job well done :+1:

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I once made a midi controller with joysticks with a doepfer kit. But with an arduino it could be more flexible.