Something I've always wanted to make is a unit with a few 7-segment LED displays, that shows the bar number (or possibly time) of my DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software. From what I can tell, this data can be transmitted via MIDI from most audio applications. Infact, it must be - My Korg keyboard comes up with the bar number on it's display.
So what I basically want is a stand-alone version of what my Korg keyboard (A Korg TR) does, so I can hang it on the wall or sit it on the desk of my studio, so anyone can easily see what bar they're recording at, at a glance. It can be quite frustrating when the person recording in my studio keeps missing where to come in, or has to say "go back a bit", which isn't very descriptive!
Does anyone have any clue what so ever about how to go about building one of these???
My thoughts would be to start with a microcontroller, and obviously the displays. Does anybody know how to read the MIDI data that contains the bar information?
Cheers!
So what I basically want is a stand-alone version of what my Korg keyboard (A Korg TR) does, so I can hang it on the wall or sit it on the desk of my studio, so anyone can easily see what bar they're recording at, at a glance. It can be quite frustrating when the person recording in my studio keeps missing where to come in, or has to say "go back a bit", which isn't very descriptive!
Does anyone have any clue what so ever about how to go about building one of these???
My thoughts would be to start with a microcontroller, and obviously the displays. Does anybody know how to read the MIDI data that contains the bar information?
Cheers!
Haha wow I really need to follow up on my posts more often! Thanks very much for this!
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