Melka’s using a MIDI track in Ableton Live software to control an LED matrix through his Processing/Arduino setup -
The notes are sent to a Processing sketch, which loads an 8*8 animated gif different for each notes. This gif is processed and the datas are sent to an Arduino board which in return lights a led matrix according to the animated gif.
Unfortunately he doesn’t seem keen on publishing his code, still additional infos available here – Ableton Live Led Matrix
Born, drew a lot, made video, made music on 4-track, then computer, more songwriting, met future wife, went to art school for video major, made websites, toured in a band, worked as web media tech, discovered electronics, taught myself electronics, blogged about DIY electronics, made web videos about electronics and made music for them … and I still do!
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