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For LE STRUM - Hack-it-yourself model (PCB + PIC)

Even iPad obsessed children take a break to give it a go. Does exactly what it needs to do... If you want to strum your synthetic sounds and play like an angel, you need LeStrum.

This is a very simple and well documented build.

Meng | Feb. 19, 2015

Awesome

Seller is an overall amazing dude, and he also opensourced his designes on line.
The Le Strum is a very completely designed omnichord type midi controller.
Big ups! ;)

Jan | Jan. 30, 2015

Very good !

I like the 6-way MIDI Thru and Metronome Module very much. Beside the fact it´s very well build and quite simple to use and understand you get a lot of features for a very reasonable price. I don´t think there is something comparative on the market at the moment.

Paul | Jan. 27, 2015

MidiHub just great!

I only stumbled across this when I read about someone raving about it on synthtopia, saying that it was the best midi controller. He is not wrong. This is just great at what it does. I use it to trigger two ipad sequencers and my old midi hardware. I even use it with my Mac DAW. everything just works perfectly. Having so much fun using this.

Ainis | Jan. 4, 2015

Amazing Stuff!

Thanks for awesome module!!

Arvid | Dec. 28, 2014

Absolutely fantastic!

For PIC Chip With Firmware (STRUM/SWITCHER/ARPIE)

This well-built (and beautiful!) little thingy has made synchronizing synthesizer jam sessions a breeze. Highly recommended! Review Image

Laurens | Dec. 19, 2014

PIC for Le Strum

The ordered PIC came with firmware for Le Strum. It is the last part for a DIY version of the MIDI-Controller. Everything works as expected. Thanks for this open source utility!

Andrew | Nov. 23, 2014

Great product, great service

My Arpie arrived quickly with good communication from the seller. Instructions were easy to follow and everything worked first time. I had a little trouble working out how to get the external sync going, but got it all working once I RTFM.

The Arpie is a nifty little box that does what it says it does and is very much worth the cheap price plus a 1-2 hours to put it together. I really enjoyed building this and am looking forward to many nights of arpeggiated fun!

One wishlist item for future revisions: I know the Arpie is explicitly monophonic, but if there aren't hardware limitations it would be good to see a future revision with polyphonic chord playback (called "trigger" mode on my microKorgXL) where the input notes are played back all at once, according to the defined pattern. Review Image

Response from Sixty Four Pixels | Nov. 23, 2014

Aha! poly gate mode is in the works.. I am working on a firmware update that adds this feature along with a lot of other goodies :) watch this space

Johan | Nov. 18, 2014

5/5 really great product!

These are so great, I have now bought three of them!
It's easy to build and have never failed me.

Buy and support:-)

Alex | Nov. 13, 2014

Excellent!

Does its job flawlessly, very useful thing to have around at a very fair price. Recommended!

Mahir | Sept. 20, 2014

Absolutely great product!

MidiSplit is extremely easy to assemble product and works as it should, a great little simple gear.

Shipped in a tiny, sturdy box with all the parts inside secured correctly.

Instructions are clear and easy to follow. I am an experienced solderer but I believe people with no experience with soldering can easily complete the task with a little care and research before starting the assembly. All you need to do is read the instructions twice.

Board is pretty and sockets are in good quality. If you can solder the sockets correctly, they won't budge at all when you plug/unplug.

Round board design and layout is very cute but not that practical in use; when you start adding cables it becomes hard to route the cable neatly and also it starts to take too much space.. BUT!..

...it is so darn cute that you won't even be bothered with it. It looks like something you got to eat! Midi cookie! :D

I already got my eye on the Arpeggio from the same builder, I might pull the trigger for that soon.. :)

Highly recommended.

Cormac | Sept. 11, 2014

Great, simple to use midi splitter.

Great communication from the seller. Simple clear instructions included. Should go together very easily even with basic soldering skills. Had it up and running in about an hour.

Works a treat. Can connect all my older gear without worrying about the lack of midi-thru ports. Flashing leds always a bonus!

Highly recommended.

Aaron | Sept. 8, 2014

Great product, easy to build, love it.

It worked the first time, and was simple to put together. I would definitely buy it again. It's such a bargain. If you've ever soldered a board, it is easy as pie. Go for it!

Peter | Aug. 18, 2014

excellent device

For LE STRUM - Hack-it-yourself model (PCB + PIC)

Very well designed device; the kit is really easy to make with sufficient and accurate instructions.
Works like a charm, I am even considering buying a second one to chain them!

Tim | July 20, 2014

An excellent and unique piece of kit!

I've always been interested in different ways of controlling my synths and when I saw Le Strum I knew I wanted one. Not having any soldering experience I bought a soldering kit and taught myself to solder. After doing a few practice kits I started on Le Strum.

By following the excellent and easy to follow instructions I was able to complete Le Strum without too much difficulty (although I did forget the Mode button and had to unsolder and resolver the battery holder to get it on). Powered up, Le strum is a lot of fun to play and gives you different ways of playing your synths and other musical devices.

I bought the PCB + PIC as I was so impressed by Le Strum and how others have modded it, I've decided to build my own Le Strum guitar (similar to the Guitarp). For the price and with next day delivery you can't go wrong. So wether it's the PCB + PIC or the full kit I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who is interested in it or just interested in controlling your gear in different ways. It's an awesome bit of kit and a lot of fun to build and play!

Pablo | July 3, 2014

A+

The person(s) who designed and packaged this did it with care and love for what he/she does. Feels great to receive this.
Small package (cheap shipping), easy to solder, great instructions, AWESOME wiki (further hacks are encouraged). Comes with printed intuitive manual so you can get LE Strumming right away!

Craig | June 9, 2014

Jam session essential

Works great. Easy to use.
My friends and I use a couple of those for our equipment. Without it a good sync is nearly impossible!

Mark | May 27, 2014

Arpie is Ace.

My first kit, although I've circuit bent a Roland drum machine before. Excellent instructions, everything clearly labelled and easy to construct. Best of all, it worked, first time no problems.

Had time to play with it and it is amazing fun, I'm getting more musical enjoyment from this than my Doepfer Dark Time sequencer, I may buy a second one for more arpegiator based fun.

Christian | May 21, 2014

Very good - I suppose

As an an absolute beginner in soldering, it was very easy to get it together, the how-to is very useful and easy to understand. unfortunately, at the first two or three joints, some solder got sucked in some holes, where it shouldn't go in yet...so now I am in need for a solder sucker for just some three holes and I can't get the thing runnig, altough everything else is done...(which was some fun, by the way!)
that's a bit frustrating, but my fault alone. will write a review, as soon i figured out, how to get that tin outta those holes...

Adam | May 3, 2014

Brilliant little device

For Hard Disk Motor Driver (TDA5144AT breakout)

Love it. Does what it sets out to do, and does it marvellously. Cheers!

Tine | April 16, 2014

great product and your service

I had problems with wiring and blow the circuit - mr Jason was very kind to arrange special price with next purchase
maybe there could be additional modul / optional with speed control and assembled wiring for people with less electronic knowlage

Tibor | April 9, 2014

Shepherd of the midi flock :)

The device have arrived in time, and works perfectly.
It is highly recommended for all people who use more than one midi instruments which need to be in sync - yes, the devices theoretically have the possibility to sync midi clock, but in practice this is barely possible (at least in our case).
Devices:
Roland SP-555
KORG Kaoss pad pro
KORG Kaossilator
KORG Electribe ER-1
KORG Electribe EA1
After many sync attempt I just gave up - I got unwanted program changes, halfed and doubled tempo...
Then I found midihub++ on the Net, and ordered it in that second, and now: everything is synced! All effects, patterns, synths are played in tempo, and you cannot believe the euphoria we got last evening when we heard the whole setup working.
Now we can focus on music, and this is incredible.
Thank you for creating this perfect, affordable device! :)

Johan | April 4, 2014

Very happy with the product

It was easy to build with great instructions and it works perfetcly!! So pleased with it Review Image

Andy | March 28, 2014

Does exactly what it says on the tin

Got my splitter today really easy build and works like a charm heartily recommend getting one these

Samuel | March 17, 2014

The ARPIE is Excellent

Love the ARPIE. Kit came quickly to the US in an impressively small package. Build instructions (especially on the wiki) and user's manual are very thorough. The ARPIE has been great in helping me dig deeper into some of my smaller, less feature-rich synths. I never got into them too much because playing while tweaking is a big distraction and sequencing through the computer seems like so much overhead. But just sitting down with a little ARPIE has made me spend more time exploring their sounds. The no-input mode is very great too; I can just plug a small, battery-powered nugget into a synth to start making sound with it.

My only feature request so far is to make it easier to bypass the ARPIE and simply pass through the notes as played. I was able to do this with an empty pattern and with global setting to forward original notes. But a single toggle in the Mode menu would be nice. Or maybe there's an easier way and I just missed it in the manual.

Polo Jonatan | Feb. 25, 2014

Easy to build

Everything is ready for build, manual is easy to understand

Owen | Feb. 11, 2014

Fantastic

I built my Arpie in one night and it's the first major soldering kit I've built without someone helping me. The components were extremely well-organized with everything carefully divided and clearly labelled. The tips and tricks throughout the instructions, like how to get the LEDs flush with the board, were extremely useful.

Everything went smoothly until I burne out a trace running down from the primary blue LEDs, though. At first I thought I burned out the LED itself and spent a long time trying to remove it (and then clearing the hole I had filled :( ...), but adding a bridge wire between the two terminals fixed the problem. I had to do this twice. So when making the UI board be careful and solder quick!

And of course the software is on github making this really a dream tool for music hackers. Highly highly recommended Review Image

Daryl | Feb. 2, 2014

Midi switcher to control record lathe

For MIDI Switcher: Set your MIDI free!!

I've been searching the internet for months trying to find a solution to put gaps in between each track when I'm cutting a vinyl record.

With the midi switcher , it gives me the freedom to automate my vinyl cutting machine without Any manual handing whilst I'm cutting a record.

For example when I cut five tracks on side A, I setup cubase (daw) to trigger a midi signal between Each track, this puts a gap in between each song, without me manually turning the lathe handle by hand.

Not only was this easy to build, it's the fact that there's no c+
Code that you have to write. This is great for electronics newbies like me who have no programming skills or a electronics background.

Works well thanks!!
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Patrick | Jan. 16, 2014

Amazing Kit

As with Le Strum this is a straightforward, well-explained build even for a novice.

The end result is a solidly constructed and extremely inspiring and musically useful piece of kit.

Andy | Jan. 16, 2014

Awesome

Just got my Le Strum today very straightforward build looking forward to having a proper explore of it . But so far looks to be a brilliant piece of kit

Christoph | Jan. 13, 2014

Arpie

The Arpie kit was my first electronic soldering and i´m very happy about the easyness and the result.
Thanks a lot, fantastic work.

Just a few ideas of future developments of the Kit: CV-outports, integrated USB, easier updating of the programs, different sequences for different midi channels.

John | Jan. 12, 2014

Awesome Kit

This thing is awesome. It's well documented and easy to build. It was exactly what I was looking for and more. Well done and highly recommended!

Patrick | Jan. 8, 2014

Excellent Kit, Excellent Controller