I want to create a simple midi event processor. I want it to be small and compact. Really, all I need is a midi-in, a midi-out, and a CPU/firmware to do the processing. I found a commercial product that is fairly close to what I want: http://www.midisolutions.com/prodepp.htm , except the “programming” interface is too limited for my project, and the manufacturer won’t provide the hardware information to create custom firmware.
Are there any other commercial products I should look at, or will I have to DIY? I’m currently using a laptop, which works just fine, but I want to replace it with something simpler and smaller.
Well yeah of course I’ve heard of the midibox, that’s why I’m here.
But, the last time I tried soldering I nearly burned my house down, so I wanted to ask about commericially available hardware first, especially since my needs are really simple. I read in the midibox FAQ that you can’t buy one pre-made.
You can’t get midiboxen premade but Yamaha, Kawai, and Akai have all made midi processors. Akai had a whole series of them in fact. Hit google and have a look around
I’d also highly recommend a crappy old pentium with an equally crappy soundblaster running Converter. Cool stuff for free. We like that
Seriously, just make a midibox. You probably won’t find a commercial solution as versatile. If just processing MIDI is all you need, then you just need to buy a CORE module.
The soldering isn’t very hard - even if you have to find someone to solder your core for you, once your environment is set up you can write software in C that deals with MIDI events on a high (read non-annoying) level.
