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Set the A0 potentiometer all the way down on the midi shield.
Uncomment Serial.begin(115200) and comment Serial.begin(31250);
Uncomment calibrate() at line 168
To calibrate the softpots, open a serial console. When it says "waiting" press on one of the softstick and set the A0 potentiometer up on the midi shield. Once you see the confirmation in the console output turn it back down and proceed back to the next fret. Repeat for N_FRET times and repeat the same for the second softpot. When it's done the program will write the calibration in to the EEPROM and you may comment the line 168 and switch the serial to 31250 baud again.
The notes that are close to the Arduino are lower

Manual

Semitone Transpose : Pressing one of black buttons on the midi shield will transpose up and the other black button will transpose down
Octave Transpose : Pressing the middle button AND one of the black button with do an octave transpose
Change musical mode : Turning the "lower" knob will change the music mode. When switching modes, the LEDs will light up according the mode you've chosen (1-7)
You need to twist the "upper" knob all the way up for it to work. This is a bug
Change volume : use the volume knob at the end of the stick
Pitch bend : Use the analog stick for pitchben
Modulation : Modulation is controlled by how hard you press on the stick, the harder you press the more modulation.
The midi out of the midi shield need to be plugged into your audio interface/midi converter
Power the Arduino either by pluggin the USB cable or through battery

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Hi, my apologies for getting in touch via Issues, but I found it to be the most relevant way. I'm reading through your code so I can adapt it to create a digital modulin (including synthesizer). I'm currently stuck at calibrating because my soldering iron and parts are far away at home, so I'm just trying to work on the code as much as possible.

What are the T_vals (and other T_- prefixed variables) and S_vals (and other S_- prefixed variables)?

What is the purpose of having 2 ribbon controllers?

I am wondering why there are 2 of these so I can decide whether or not I actually need 2, and if not I could modify it to only use 1.

Help needed, troubleshooting the Midilin

Hi @HanYangZhao ,

Thanks for this great GitHub, I have built my own Midilin but need some help making it work.

My setup:
I am using a prototyping board at the moment before making the final assembly.
Note that I am only using one ribbon at the moment (I broke the other one while soldering >.<)

The issues:

When I calibrate the SoftPot, I follow the first time calibration instructions and upload the code to the arduino (with MIDI shield switch in PROG mode). Everything seems fine, however To calibrate each fret instead of using the middle button of the MIDI shield i have to use the A0 knob instead and turn it from counter clockwise and then clockwise to write each address, i think this is a first sign that something is wrong in my setup.
I get this messages on my serial:

After calibrating the 50 frets, some strange symbols appear.

At this point I am not sure what to do next. What I did is re-comment the Calibrate lines, re-upload the "original" code and finally switch the MIDI shield to RUN.

I tried to connect to Ableton using the Synth 1 plugin you recommended. Ableton recognizes there is a new MIDI input, however no signals are received from it and therefore no music is being played.

My USB to MIDI cable

Please let me know if you notice something that could be the problem in my setup.
Thank you in advance!

Andy

my modulin almost ready

Hi, i know that it is a 6 years ago progect, but I built my own Midilin yesterday. I have some simply questions:

Does it works with only 1 string? Do i have to change only the N_STR parameter?
If yes, what I have to do after calibration? Recharge the sketch commenting "calibrate()" and "serialBegin(112500)"?
Do i have to connect only the midi out to the computer?

Because now i can calibrate but it doesn't work (i use VST called Surge XT)

Thank you for your help, I'm exited for this beautiful project :)

Bye from Italy!

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