Wow, I am blown away by the receptions I receive for my Kaossilator / Kaoss Pad MIDI mod.
As a thank you, I want to throw a small goodie in the ring:
A solder-free version of the DIN mod. If you can spare USB connectivity, there is a very easy solution to play your Kaossilator Pro(+) or Kaoss Pad 3(+) with standard Note On/Off messages generated by any keyboard, sequencer, DAW, etc.
Naturally, this is also the most expensive solution, but we speak about being expensive in the range of less than 20,- Euro/Dollar here. All you need are two devices (if you look for third-party clones, less than 10,- each): an Arduino/Genuino (Uno, Leonardo, or any compatible clone) and a MIDI shield.
Sorry, to be precise, you'll need these two devices, a USB cable and an internet connection (the fact that you read this, tells me you are on the right track):
- Put the Arduino and the MIDI shield together
- Get the Arduino IDE from here and install it
- Get the MIDI library from here and install it (described here)
- Get the Kontroller firmware from here
- Open the firmware in the Arduino IDE and edit the features listed in the beginning of the file
- Use the USB cable to connect the Arduino to your computer
- Choose your Arduino board and its connected USB port in the Tools menu of the IDE
- Press the Upload button
- Happy Kaoss on your gig!
3 comments:
Thank you so much for this!
Your instructions worked perfectly except that I had to change "Serial1" to just "Serial" in the Kontroller source.
I'm controlling my KP+ with a Electribe2 and it's working beautifully :)
Thank you KARG: This is all super-cool and really opens up the Kaossilator Pro. I've had success using a MEGA 2560 with a generic/Ebay DIN MIDI shield on Serial3. I'm also running the Teensy-LC hardware. I've added a little bit of code that allows my Axiom 49 and MPK-mini keyboard controllers to play chromatically. Very cool!! :)
ref: https://github.com/steven-campana/20201007_Karg_MDMA_07a
Hi. I'm a newbie to Arduino and thought I'd get my start with this project. I keep getting an error msg when I upload the Kontroller code...
error message: 'usbMIDI' was not declared in this scope
Can you tell me what I'm missing here? I'm certainly no programmer (just a deadbeat musician) and have no idea where to start. Any help is appreciated.
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