Thursday, October 1, 2026

A "Hardware" USB Midi Host from a Raspberry Pi Zero

 Believe it or not, I do still exist. And I do some projects still.
Sometimes.

Anyway, I've been starting to play more with hardware synths because I don't have  a dedicated studio space right now to set up softsynths and I just want to play around without messing with computers and wiring everything up. Regardless of the reason I wanted to be able to connect my KMI kboard up to my Korg Volca FM or my just arrived AMYboard but to do so requires a USB Midi Host. There are devices for sale that do this, but I realized that I have a device in a box that will do this already.

 So I dug out my raspberry pi zero W and a new project was born.