The MIDI/80 Project - A MIDI Sound & Interface Card for the Model 1

[LambdaMikel]

... Model III / 4 to follow later this year, still WIP. Is it silly to celebrate #septandy? Maybe
Anyhow, here you go:

 

[LambdaMikel]

 

[LambdaMikel]

MIDI Data Streaming Test - In/Out Realtime Complex Song Recording Test:

 

[commodorejohn]

Fun stuff! I miss this era of home recording/"computer music," when it was more centered around computer control of dedicated synthesizer hardware than doing everything "in the box" with softsynths. That has its merits (it's certainly cheaper!) but there's a certain character to a lot of the music that came out of composers working with small MIDI setups that I really like.

(Gosh, I should put something together on my MT-32...)

 

[LambdaMikel]

Model III / 4 Version first steps:

 

[LambdaMikel]

Realtime MIDI recording with the Model III:

 

[LambdaMikel]

Pulling a few wait states definitely helped in terms of being able to now record much more complex MIDI in realtime without glitches on the M3:

 

[LambdaMikel]

Some progress with the DRUM TRACKER / Pattern Sequencer:

 

[LambdaMikel]

Realtime tracking and quantization is working now:

 

[LambdaMikel]

 

[LambdaMikel]

GitHub repo released in case you'd like to build one for yourself:

GitHub - lambdamikel/MIDI-80: A MIDI Sound & Interface Card for the TRS-80 Model 1, III, and 4

A MIDI Sound & Interface Card for the TRS-80 Model 1, III, and 4 - lambdamikel/MIDI-80

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