Ethernet to Midi to CV converter
First Posted March 21, 2008
This is going to be one fun project. I am
going to do MIDI over Ethernet. The main purpose is so that I can
have MIDI to CV converters for my home made synthesizers. But I
am sure there are many applications of this. Ethernet is not
exactly the easiest thing to deal with, but over the last couple of
months I have discovered it is really not any where near as bad as I
thought. At work, I was tasked with creating an FTP client that
runs on a micro controller ( An ATmega128 to be exact). I ended
up using Ethernut from Egnite.
This is a cute little board that has quite a bit of capability.
The learning curve on using sockets was a little steep, but I am
somewhat comfortable with it now.
But here is the BIG rub. I have no desire to
write a Windows Device driver for a Midi port. I am sure it is no
more difficult than using sockets, but there is only just so much that
you can do. My plan is to use a virtual midi port that will then
be connected to the ethernet by a server that I will write myself.
Probably not quite as elegant, but it should get the job done.
As I get this stuff going, I will post it. I plan on making everything open source.