Transform Your Cheap Keyboard into a MIDI Piano 🎹 | Easy DIY Tutorial

This is a tutorial for adding a MIDI port to a keyboard without one, so that you can use to interface with various programs such as FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, Garage Band, Pro Tools, and more.\r
Also works with Synthesia!\r
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MATERIAL:\r
Arduino UNO: \r
74HC595 shift registers: \r
Resistor pack: \r
Perfboard: \r
MIDI port: \r
Male pin headers: \r
Female pin headers: \r
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SOLDERING GEAR:\r
Weller WES51 Analog Soldering Station: \r
MG Chemicals Silver Solder: \r
Helping hand: \r
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TEST GEAR:\r
Multimeter: \r
Breadboard & Jumpers: \r
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ARDUINO CODE:\r
Pull-up resistor version:\r
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Pull-down resistor version:\r
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MORE USEFUL LINKS:\r
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Printable/Text version of this tutorial:\r
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Tips on Figuring out a Key Matrix (scan matrix):\r
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Shift Registers rundown:\r
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Pull-up/pull-down resistors:\r
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Installing Arduino:\r
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Arduino language tutorial (although the code used in this video is pretty self-explanatory):\r
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MIDI note table:\r