MIDI controller for PC Engine?

[VenomMacbeth]

I've heard of such things being done on the Atari 26000, mega drive, master system, etc., but has it been attempted for the PC Engine?  Would it be possible?

[Tatsujin]

to do what exactly? making music with its sound chip?

possible is almost everything.

[Arkhan]

It's possible.  I've talked about it before.  I could probably rewrite a Parse/Play PSG thing I did awhillllle ago to act as a live-playing library for it.

You'd just need someone who wants to dick around with the expansion port enough to make the hardware.

[megatron-uk]

Ooh, now this would be interesting. Playing some chip tunes through a Roland MT32 or Sound Canvas.

[Arkhan]

I was thinking about it the other way, where you use MIDI in to control the PCE with an external device.

Going out would be a bit more work probably

[ccovell]

A MIDI in box would be kinda cool, but it'd take an EE guy to make a board and/or UART.

I added live note playing to my PCMgine program a few months ago via a 6-button pad, so adding MIDI would at least be more possible now.

[Arkhan]

A MIDI in box would be kinda cool, but it'd take an EE guy to make a board and/or UART.

I added live note playing to my PCMgine program a few months ago via a 6-button pad, so adding MIDI would at least be more possible now.

Yeah, the only person who ever sort of said it'd be doable/possible is Charlie, but I doubt it's really a priority lol.