Thoughts and views

Making something is one thing, making it unique is another thing altogether .. but making that usable after the lightning strike of an idea is something nice and the feeling of doing that is something indescribable. That indescribable thing is what I am writing about. After making the MIDI controller for the MS70CDR, I found out that, though it worked like I wanted it to, it was not practical to use it live. And so I set about making that smaller / compact to set it on a pedal board... There was no sense making to too small, where the foot switches cannot be used without interfering between themselves.. and also there needs to be a USB shield along with the the Arduino... So I split the two.. make the Arduino UNO + USB shield into one small box and then make the foot switches into another one. This is the brains unit (Arduino UNO + USB shield) I took a simple Hammond 1590 box. Added a 15 pin D type connector (to connect the foot switch box) and made provisions for the USB cable

Every worship musician knows that the right kind of music goes a long way in worshiping the LORD. If the right music is played at the right time, the worship experience is so refreshing and enriching. If you have the keyboard player with you while worshiping he/she can help in playing ambient pads or other soothing music helping in facilitating and making your job easier, but at most times, we might not have that luxury… Some worship leaders when leading solo, carry these ambient pads and play them out of their IPAD’s into a volume pedal and into the sound board… But if you are playing the guitar, then this task also becomes cumbersome… So, I wanted to do something that I can use like a guitar pedal…. (I like guitar pedals J ) Idea ·          Use an Arduino and a MP3 shield and make one… Goal ·          Play and loop a MP3 file (these ambient pads come for different scales  ...) ·          Use foot switches to change the scale, play the selected fi