Imagine your piano playing your compositions alone. Your guitar guiding your students. Your djembe vibrating for hearing-impaired musicians. MidiCore does all this.
Solenoids and servos mechanically actuate your instrument via MIDI
RGB LEDs illuminate your instrument in real time — guidance, stage effects
Vibration motors transmit music through the body
Give new life to your Accordéon Diatonique — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic actuation of each button via Note On — automated playing and robotic compositions
Automatic bellows control (amplitude, speed) via CC11 — programmed expression
LEDs under each active button + vibration feedback — real-time visual/tactile feedback
Give new life to your Harmonica Chromatique — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Illumination of active MIDI hole — visual aid for learning and performance
Air flow into target hole — physical guidance for breath direction
Haptic feedback on lips indicating active hole — for visually impaired musicians
Give new life to your Flûte Traversière — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic key closing via Note On — educational demonstrations and robotic playing
Color = active note pitch, intensity = velocity — visual feedback for performer
Pulsed air flow into embouchure for lip position demonstration
Give new life to your Clarinette — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic key activation via MIDI — robotic playing and interactive teaching
Bell illumination by note/velocity — real-time stage visual effect
MIDI vibration transmission through the body — synthetic sounds via clarinet
Give new life to your Saxophone — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic actuation of key groups via MIDI — educational demonstrations
MIDI-synced light effects at bell — spectacular stage performances
Vibrations in sax body per MIDI notes — hybrid acoustic experiences
Give new life to your Trompette — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic actuation of 3 pistons via Note On — robotic trumpet
MIDI-synced illumination at bell — concert visual effects
Haptic feedback at lips indicating pitch — beginner intonation aid
Give new life to your Bandonéon — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic actuation of 71 buttons — algorithmic tango compositions
Mechanical bellows control via CC — automated expression
Each button lights when to press — tango learning aid
Give new life to your Concertina — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic button actuation — automated folk compositions
Bellows amplitude control via CC — programmed expression
Active buttons lit on both sides — learning visual feedback
Give new life to your Guitare — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Infinite sustain per string via MIDI-controlled electromagnetism — ambient textures
Real-time fret illumination to play — interactive guitar learning
Automatic vibrato/tremolo control via CC — programmed expression effects
Give new life to your Ukulélé — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
MIDI-controlled electromagnetic sustain per string — new age and ambient loop textures
Colors per fret = visual learning aid — ideal for children and beginners
Beat-synced vibration — haptic rhythmic feedback
Give new life to your Violon — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
MIDI-controlled robotic bow for sustain and accents — unique result
Dynamic illumination by notes and intensity — spectacular stage effect
MIDI vibration injection via bridge — hybrid acoustic/electronic sounds
Give new life to your Contrebasse — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic string pizzicato via Note On — robotic bass for compositions
Synced illumination — visual effects for contemporary orchestra
MIDI bass frequency amplification in the body — acoustic reinforcement
Give new life to your Harpe — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic plucking of each string via MIDI — algorithmic robotic harp
Automatic 7-pedal actuation via PC — automatic semitones
Each string lit at note moment — harp learning aid
Give new life to your Dulcimer — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic string striking via MIDI — self-playing dulcimer for installations
Position to play lit — dulcimer learning aid
MIDI vibrations in resonance box — harmonic enrichment
Give new life to your Batterie — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic actuation of each piece via MIDI — robotic drum kit
Illumination by velocity and note — spectacular luminous drum kit
Automatic hi-hat actuation via CC4 — programmed rhythms
Give new life to your Djembé — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic djembe zone striking via MIDI — automated African polyrhythms
Synced rhythm illumination — visual percussive effect for dance
Rhythmic vibrations in the wood — bodily haptic feedback for deaf users
Give new life to your Xylophone / Marimba — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Precise automatic striking of each bar — robotic xylophone for contemporary pieces
Color = pitch, intensity = velocity — luminous marimba
MIDI-controlled resonator vibration reinforcement — timbral enrichment
Give new life to your Handpan — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic soft striking via MIDI — algorithmic meditative compositions
Each note zone lit at strike — scenic visual feedback
Continuous MIDI-controlled vibrations — controlled sustain and new textures
Give new life to your Piano Acoustique — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Physical hammer actuation — self-playing piano via MIDI, modern pianola
Keys to play lit in real time — interactive piano learning
Automatic pedal actuation via CC64/66/67 — complete expression
Give new life to your Orgue à Tuyaux — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic stop actuation via PC — robotic registration
Automatic expression box control via CC11 — programmed crescendo
Active notes lit on console and pedalboard — aesthetic visual aid
Give new life to your Basse Électrique — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic pizzicato per string via Note On — robotic groove
Real-time fret+string position illumination — bass learning
MIDI vibration injection into solid body — augmented physical effects
Give new life to your Balalaïka — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic 3-string actuation — algorithmic folk compositions
MIDI-synced triangular outline illumination — unique visual effect
Synced haptic feedback — bodily feedback for hearing-impaired
Give new life to your Oud — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Controlled electromagnetic sustain — continuous Arabic drones and oriental textures
Colored zones indicating active maqam — Arabic mode learning guidance
MIDI vibrations in the large rounded body — augmented harmonic richness
Give new life to your Sitar — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Sympathetic string excitation via MIDI — algorithmic drones and ragas
Active fret lit by note — interactive raga learning
Programmable string vibrato via CC1 — automated meend and ornaments
Give new life to your Kora — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Robotic kora — algorithmic Mande compositions kumbengo + birimintingo
Calabash zone illumination by active string — unique visual feedback
String zone vibration at MIDI moment — haptic feedback for deaf users
Give new life to your Cajón — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic cajón zone striking via MIDI — algorithmic flamenco
MIDI-synced LED rhythmic patterns on tapa face
Vibrations transmitted to musician's body — strong haptic feedback for deaf
Give new life to your Kalimba — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic tine actuation — self-playing kalimba, minimalist compositions
Active tine lit — visual learning aid for children/beginners
MIDI vibrations in the wood soundboard — haptic enrichment
Give new life to your Steelpan — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic per-note striking — robotic steelpan for Caribbean compositions
Active note lit — spectacular and pedagogical visual feedback
Bass frequency vibrations in steel body — acoustic reinforcement
Give new life to your Clavecin — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic harpsichord actuation via MIDI — algorithmic baroque realization
Active key lit — interactive baroque repertoire learning
Automatic stop change via PC — programmed baroque registration
Give new life to your Guzheng — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
Automatic plucking of 21 strings — robotic guzheng for classical Chinese music
Active string lit — learning aid and stage effect
Bend actuation via MIDI Pitch Bend — automated guzheng bends
Give new life to your Didgeridoo — make it play itself, light up or vibrate.
MIDI sounds resonating inside — natural resonance for unique sounds
Lights visible at bell synced to MIDI — concert visual effect
Rhythmic vibrations at lips synced to drone — haptic feedback
Solenoids for automatic playing, LEDs for visual feedback, vibration motors for haptic feedback. Professional installation, reversible, instrument intact.
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