Kaiwa Vox: new Kraftor firmware and Kaiwa Designer
24/10/2026Kaiwa Vox gets a new Kraftor firmware and browser-based Designer for Japanese speech, MIDI phrase playback and voice shaping.
Hardware with something to say
Category: midi
Console now has a talking head
22/10/2026Console adds a 3D talking head, animated by phoneme data sent from Kraftor over serial. Watch RoboVox bring it to life.
VAX firmware update: MIDI voices and live text output
12/10/2026The VAX firmware update brings full-range DECtalk voice selection and live text output to Kraftor, demonstrated with the new Teletype controller and Console.
Meet Teletype: hands-on MIDI control for Kraftor
07/10/2026Five keys, four knobs and four banks: meet Teletype, a compact MIDI controller for Kraftor and other instruments. Configure it in your browser, save your settings and play.
SN76489 arduino shield – part 1 testing the chip
23/11/2013I always loved to play with sound making chip back in the ’80 (I made a synthesizer with the SN76477 in `79 which is sill working) Today it is still possible to buy some SN76489 on ebay and a few website are decribing how to…
Arduino midi in interface
10/12/2011Took me quite a while to finalize my midi in interface ! A lot of time wasted because I used a MCT2 optocoupler with the “standard” 200 ohms resistor on the incoming signal. The output form the optocoupler to the arduino was quit weak (thanks…
