Tag: pedalboard
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PU-2: Meet Beta!
The PU-2 made it to Beta. As you can see in the picture above, the PU-2 is an external module, linked to a connecting board inside the Behringer FCB1010 with a flat cable. The reason for the external module is that I wanted Beta testers to feel totally safe about their FCB1010. Since the current…
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Side Project: Data Stucture – Application
If you were patient enough and read through the two previous posts on this subject, you might be wondering how this applies to the PU-2 pedal board in practice. Even if you were not patient enough, here’s how the data structure will be used: The data structure was developed to provide a very simple programming…
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Side project: Data Stucture – continued
In a previous post, I defined a simple date structure to help in the transfer of the commands sent to/from a pedal board. In this post, I will complete the definition of the data structure and define the physical layer supporting the structure. Understanding MIDI “What MIDI Is (from midi.org) MIDI, which stands for “Musical…
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PU-2: adding a display
The fcb1010 has a numerical display made of 3 digits. It also utilizes a series of LEDs to give more info about its current state. At best, this is an arcane way of doing things, like trying to program a computer using a old rotary telephone. At its worst, it does make you hate the…
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PU-2: PIN assigments and some testing
It’s good to have a Mega! Plenty of pins for the prototype. Some of the digital pins are hidden by the shield I made for the connectors. As far as coding goes, programming the PU-2 is easier than programming the PU-1. The switches are all assigned to an independent digital pin. Each can effectively be…
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PU-2: emulating the FCB1010!
The PU-2 is now able to emulate pretty much everything a stock FCB1010 can do. I was actually able to send and receive sysex data to/from iFCB, a programming software available on the Mac. One thing that the PU-2 doesn’t do is let the user program it using it’s own foot switches. It was decided…
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PU-2: New brain – Arduino Mega
The FCB1010/PU-2 has a new brain. The Arduino Mega (clone) has been connected in place of the main board. I have removed: the power transformer, the mains/120 volts plug and the on/off switch, because the PU-2 will be bus-powered. It was a straightforward affair: no new connections were made, no new switches installed. But the connections…
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PU-1: Emulating the Apogee GIO, Part 1
The Apogee GIO is a small pedal board expressly made to interface with Apple’s Garageband or Logic. I use Logic for music production and control, as well as for live performance. Since the PU-1 is awaiting a purpose in life, I decided to try emulating the functionality of the Apogee GIO. Let’s review the…
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Arduino Music Controller – Part 1
The project evolves around an Arduino micro-controller. I use the Duemilanove because that’s the one i had on hand. It would work with any Arduino or Arduino-compatible board. Whatever is available and cheap. They sell for less than 30$. The Arduino will let you transfer midi data through it’s digital outputs, but to simplify things,…