Elektron Musical Instruments

> yeah, thats exactly what i had in mind, a PIC microcontroller.  i just
> didnt know the MIDI signal to send.

Cool!  I suppose you'd want to send a note off on release, too...do you
have any PIC experience?  

-N


> >>>> What if you pressed Up /\ and down \/ at the same time to trigger the
> >>>> patch?
> >>> I don't know, but I bet the keypad can only take one keypress at a time.
> >> The keypad can, but the kaypad decoder can't! :)
> > 
> > thinking out loud...maybe an external PIC device: one button.  When you
> > press it, it sends this sequence at 31250 baud:
> > 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> > (80 24 7f plus start/stop bits = note on msg)