A simple MIDI controlled visual effect

TES Aurora is a small project on making an as simple as possible visual effect for MIDI instruments, and especially the Electronic Saxophone, using RGB LEDs like NeoPixel or DotStar from Adafruit.

Specs

  • MCU: RP2040
  • LEDs: 2xNeoPixel or DotStar
  • MIDI: 1xMIDI IN (DIN5 or TRS), 1xMIDI THRU (hardware)
  • screen: SSD1306 (I2C)

Status

In progress, first version working and on Github