MIDI by Highly Liquid

PayPal Service Interruption

John Staskevich — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:00:37 +0000

PayPal is planning a 1-hour systems maintenance window beginning at 1:00AM EDT on April 20, 2012. Checkout at the Highly Liquid Store may be unavailable during this time. Thank you for your patience.

Site Redesign

John Staskevich — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:01:18 +0000

The Highly Liquid website has been redesigned. All efforts are being made to automatically redirect expired links to the appropriate pages.

Please report any problems you encounter with the new site. Your patience and support are greatly appreciated.

MIDI Hammond A-100 Bass Pedals

John Staskevich — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:23:41 +0000

Jeremy M. Parker (forum member jrsone) has used the MIDI CPU to build a set of MIDI contacts for his Hammond A-100 bass pedals.

Details can be found in the project’s forum thread and Flickr photo set.

Forum Up

John Staskevich — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:35:20 +0000

The Highly Liquid Forum has returned after the data center migration. Thanks for your patience during the downtime.

Forum Down for Server Migration

John Staskevich — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:53:27 +0000

Our hosting provider for the Highly Liquid Forum is migrating to a new data center. The forums will be down for the next eight hours or so.

Please accept our apologies for the downtime.

NTH Music Synthesizer Available Now at Kickstarter.com

John Staskevich — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:11 +0000

The NTH is a fun-to-use, sonically-rich, hackable music synthesizer. It features digital oscillators, an analog low-pass filter, an integrated step sequencer, MIDI I/O, and simple, intuitive controls.

The NTH is available for purchase from February 2, 2012 to March 1, 2012 via Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/holland/nth-music-synthesizer

Upon successful funding, production of the NTH will begin and the entire design will be open-sourced.

Audio examples, product photos, and additional documentation can be found at the NTH website:

http://nthsynth.com/

The NTH was designed by Kevin Holland (sineqube.com) and John Staskevich (highlyliquid.com).

Meng Qi’s Wicki-Hayden MIDI Controller

John Staskevich — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:04:52 +0000

Beijing-based Meng Qi used a MIDI CPU to build a Wicki-Hayden keyboard MIDI controller. The controller features 49 arcade-style keys, octave & velocity controls, and 5 CC knobs. More information can be found at the related HL forum threads.

Great American Horn Machine: “Silent” Night

John Staskevich — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:14:25 +0000

Our favorite 3 ton, 65 horsepower, 4 cylinder, 620 gallon, 100 PSI sound module returns for a collection of Christmas carols. “The world’s loudest mobile musical instrument” uses MSA-T and MD24 MIDI decoders for valve solenoid control. More information can be found at the Horn & Whistle Discussion Forums, HL forum, and previous blog entries.

Trojan Chorus: Pinata as MIDI Controller

John Staskevich — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:37:35 +0000

From Seaweed Factory comes the Trojan Chorus, a piñata MIDI controller implemented with a MIDI CPU and a collection of piezo elements. More coverage at GetLoFi and Hack a Day.

MSA MIDI Decoder in Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012

John Staskevich — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:28:21 +0000

The new Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 from MAKE magazine includes a review of the MSA-R by Michael Una. More kits can be found at the new Make: Kit Reviews website. Highly Liquid products were previously featured in MAKE volumes 11 and 15.