PeacockMediaMIDIKalimba
Play like a kalimba, expressive MIDI out
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MIDIKalimba has been completely redesigned. It's larger - accommodating two more pads making 11 notes rather than the previous 9, plus extra touch pads for starting / stopping the looper. A video introducing the new version is embedded below.
MIDIKalimba is a MIDI controller played like a kalimba with fingers or thumbs on touch-sensitive pads and can output:
- MIDI over USB
- MIDI over TRS (a TRS-5-pin DIN lead gives MIDI over 5-pin DIN)
You can set any scale/mode, octave and root note, for example C6 Mixolydian or G4 Minor Pentatonic, and then you'll be able to effortlessly play the notes in that scale and key.
It features velocity-sensitivity for expressive playing.
Includes:
- Fully built and tested
- Custom firmware, written from scratch for this project.
- The manual
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FAQs
Does it have audio out?
At present, MIDIKalimba is a MIDI controller only. There are some good solutions for a potable audio module, I us an MT32Pi here and use my phone here. See the playlist below.
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