How can I get USB serial data into a MIDI file
I'd like to try the makeymakey board, and it sends its serial data to a USB port.
However, it would be helpful to convert that serial data so that I could use it in a MIDI file.
Does anyone know a way to do that? I do know a website that offers a software product for realtime conversion, so there's
a solution, but it's gonna cost.
Can Sonar do it? I'm not a MIDI programmer kinda guy, so I don't know what Im getting into!!!
Background:
makeymakey is a fun little digital board that allows you to create your own surfaces for sending data. Tap on a banana, for example, and it sends the conductive impulse through an alligator clip & wire to the board, and will trigger an event. The board uses a USB cable so you can plug into a USB port. But of course, my goal is to tap objects and create patterns for a MIDI drum track.
So once the serial data goes to the USB port, I need a way to capture the serial data and do whatever you do to get MIDI data!