MPA Firmware Version 1.4 is now available.  The new features are:

• User configurable power-up states for all outputs
• CC “on/off” mode for logic outputs
• “Any note” modes for logic outputs (output responds to any note number)
• Device is pre-configured with a “factory default” configuration

Complete details can be found in the firmware user manual, linked at the product page.

Larry Cotton’s 3-octave “player marimba” was featured in MAKE, Volume 4.  Larry added two MD24 MIDI Decoders and the marimba can now be controlled by any MIDI sequencer or keyboard.

Larry’s other contributions to MAKE are listed here.

Adam Inglis posted a detailed description of his creative CS01-MIDI installation & resonance mod.  Included are several photos and a demo video.

For another example of a CS01-MIDI kit installed inside the Yamaha CS01, check out the photos and advice from William Bottin at the forum.

Michael Una wrote a review of the MD24 MIDI decoder for Create Digital Music.  Included is a video of Michael’s DIY sequencers synced with Ableton Live via MIDI notes.  More from Michael Una here.

Steve, a robot drummer based on the MSA-T MIDI decoder, built by Texas Central Positronics.

Video here, here, and here:

Komega’s MD24-based Musifore MIDI visualizer:

MIDISpeak / Speak & Spell controlled by Ableton Live.  Video here and here:

A Yamaha CS01 with an installed CS01-MIDI kit, controlled by an x0xb0x:

The latest suitcase SK-1 from The Umbrella Company, with installed UMR for MIDI control:

MIDI2600 and Synthcart can now be purchased in one stop from the AtariAge store:

• MIDI2600-Internal @ AtariAge
• MIDI2600-External @ AtariAge
• Synthcart @ AtariAge

Rob Darman used the MSA-T MIDI decoder to build MIDI fire drums.  The MSA-T controlled fire cannons were triggered by Roland V-Drums and used in a performance by Psylab at Firefly 2009.

Update: Additional video can be found here and here.

Robert at Alien-Devices (MySpace) has been producing quality modified & circuit bent gear for almost a decade.  Alien-Devices now offers installation service for Highly Liquid MIDI retrofits and has begun to add MIDI control to projects via Highly Liquid MIDI decoders.

See Robert’s MySpace blog for projects such as this modified MIDI SK-5:

exFade’s modified Synsonics drum machine, MIDI-controlled via MSA-T MIDI decoder:

Bryan Benting’s MIDI-controlled electrical outlets and 48-output MIDI-to-gate box (with MSA-T-driven power relays and two MD24 kits for gate triggers) with MIDI-controlled lighting videos (video 1, video 2):

SYNCHRO’s externally-housed MIDISpeak installations:

Concretedog’s MSA-R mini review:

k1ds3ns4t10n’s MSA-P assembly photos:

Nate at owyheesound posted an installation video for the new Yamaha CS01 MIDI retrofit kit.