Highly Liquid News http://highlyliquid.com/blog DIY MIDI, Circuit Bending, Custom Instruments and Electronic Music at highlyliquid.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:14:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 User Project Roundup, Part 10 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=258 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=258#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:11:24 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=258 Daren Ager’s modular drum demo, using an MPA MIDI Decoder as an interface between a Machinedrum and modular gear:

Ronin Otter’s UMR / Casio SK-1 installation how-to video (also see Nomeist’s UMR mini-review):

MIDI2600 / Synthcart / Atari 2600 demo video by The Longhorn Engineer (also see this MIDI2600-External enclosure discussion):

Spunkytoofer’s latest noise machine which includes an MSA-R for MIDI control (lots of other devices here):

Stylinghead’s photos of a clever CS01-MIDI internal install by Billy Neenos:

A Boss DR-110 / MD24 MIDI retrofit project from Darren at MakerSpace, Wellington, New Zealand:

]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=258 0 MPA Firmware Update (V1.4) http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=255 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=255#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:00:43 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=255 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.

]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=255 0 Larry Cotton’s MIDI Marimba http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=247 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=247#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:52:36 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=247 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.

]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=247 0 CS01-MIDI Internal Installation http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=242 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=242#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:40 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=242 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.

]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=242 0 MD24 Review At Create Digitial Music http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=237 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=237#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:26:13 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=237 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.

]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=237 0 User Project Roundup, Part 9 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=221 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=221#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:12 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=221 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:

http://komegamusic.com/
]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=221 0 MIDI2600 At The AtariAge Store http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=217 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=217#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:12:44 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=217 MIDI2600 and Synthcart can now be purchased in one stop from the AtariAge store:

]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=217 0 MIDI-Controlled Fire http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=206 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=206#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:45:04 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=206 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.

]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=206 0 Alien-Devices http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=196 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=196#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:06:07 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=196 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:

]]> http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=196 0 User Project Roundup, Part 8 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=172 http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=172#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 22:28:35 +0000 Highly Liquid http://highlyliquid.com/blog/?p=172 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:

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