I Turned an Old Keyboard into a Midi Controller

I turn a cheap, old, charity shop (thrift store) electronic keyboard piano into a cool midi controller. I added drum pads, including one that can be used as a kick drum, that operate on a different midi channel to the keyboard, so that I can play two instruments with the midi controller at the same time. I also added a joystick for pitch bend and control change midi messages.

Circuit diagram and code:

The background music is:
Still Awake by Ghostrifter Official
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0

[phsespace]

Hi so I've finally uploaded the code and circuit diagram for this on github - the link is in the description!
Note that it is specific to my keyboard but should help in setting things up for your own keyboard at least.

[pedrovitor]

That's so amazing. Thanks for sharing with us. ❤

[akashchakrabarty]

Wtf man! You got such great knowledge both in music and electronics, and you play incredibly, and you got so less views while shitty stuff are trending on youtube.
I'm so sorry about this.
Anyway! You just made my day! Thank you!
Great video! Subbed!
Keep rocking🤘

[flywittzbeats]

massively underrated. Thank you so much for what youve done for the engineering community. Love the instructable! Your brilliance is recognized

[theentrepreneurd]

This is such a great video. Thinking of doing this with an old Casio I have. Love your DIY recording setup. Especially the way you setup the drums and the kick drum. Amazing job. :)

[celebritiesnow]

I don't know why you have less views but honestly you are doing amazing job ❤️❤️

[martinvelky]

I hope this channel will rise. You seem like you could do some unique stuff with the right budget from a larger audience, keep it up, nice work

[ded]

You are incredibly smart and this channel is very underrated. Thanks and keep doing what you do

[Zoubimusic]

I'm so glad for this! Thank you for sharing your skills. Makes me want to try!

[bassplayer]

Very cool. I recently picked up a Yamaha Cvp- not working, but nice weighted keyboard. The few of little silver capacitors on the MB leaked. I could smell it as soon as I got it home and turned on. Other than that everything is fine. I pulled everything and know I can turn it into a midi keyboard for Ableton. 88 keys. It needs to happen. Thanks for the inspiration .

[kokirirose]

What the heck ;-; ur so smart and creative. This is insane ;-; I love it! And you're a musician!

[AJAXIMOS]

Amazing work! Where can we find more details about the script used and everything else ?

[HS-eqgk]

Hey, really great video I really like the format and way you explained things.
One thing though, idk if I'm right to say but the background music is quite loud at times it's hard to hear what you're saying... could just be my speakers.

[SVSunnyJim]

Wow amazing creativity on so many levels. More humans like this please ..❤

[prfs]

Great work. You're so brilliant!

[phomzaraboon]

Man I love this stuff... Love the video, the content, the voice over and the editing overall.... Got an old cheap keyboard and gonna try this.. please keep uploading more of what you're up to... Nothing's too small 💯👏👏👏👍

[surajraidas]

Nothing is impossible if you really want to do.. 🔥🔥🔥

[inddiaz.original]

hey I love your amazing project. Thanks for sharing it.

[handleshtick]

Great job! Keep making videos! Thinking of doing something similar with a toy keyboard, which is how I found your video. Great production quality on the video, especially for only having two published on your channel!

[jovi]

hey keep it going YT needs more people like you and your editing and story telling is amazing just poste stuff