Hi - Very interested in Teensy for stand-alone midi controllers and looking to understand the difference between midi and usbmidi functionality. I have a few 3.2 boards and have successfully breadboarded a switch, a pot (mostly working) and basic led flashing but struggling to understand when to use MIDI vs usbMIDI.
Just using a simple "trigger a pushbutton and it sends a midi code" I've gotten that to work using MIDI when the board is in Serial mode. I've also gotten it to work usbMidi when the board is in MIDI mode. Can't do both. Can they work together? When do you use one over the other..is the original MIDI functionality still recommended these days?
All the libraries I've seen that make creating controllers with pots, buttons, faders, etc 'easier' use usbMidi to control some software. My goal is to create a custom controller of faders, buttons, leds to control a synth that takes midi din. I assume if I just had the standalone teensy midi controller-->synth I could use regular MIDI, but what if I wanted to send PC usb midi in (like a DAW sequencer)-->Teensy controller-->synth...that seems like it would combine usbMidi with regular MIDI and that's where I'm confused.
Lots of questions, I know. I did do a search, and of course read the official midi page and the usbmidi pages but not a lot of info is given on where/what to use which. Thank you for any resources you could point me to!
Just using a simple "trigger a pushbutton and it sends a midi code" I've gotten that to work using MIDI when the board is in Serial mode. I've also gotten it to work usbMidi when the board is in MIDI mode. Can't do both. Can they work together? When do you use one over the other..is the original MIDI functionality still recommended these days?
All the libraries I've seen that make creating controllers with pots, buttons, faders, etc 'easier' use usbMidi to control some software. My goal is to create a custom controller of faders, buttons, leds to control a synth that takes midi din. I assume if I just had the standalone teensy midi controller-->synth I could use regular MIDI, but what if I wanted to send PC usb midi in (like a DAW sequencer)-->Teensy controller-->synth...that seems like it would combine usbMidi with regular MIDI and that's where I'm confused.
Lots of questions, I know. I did do a search, and of course read the official midi page and the usbmidi pages but not a lot of info is given on where/what to use which. Thank you for any resources you could point me to!