This book is for musical makers and artists who want to gain knowledge and inspiration for their own amazing creations. "Grumpy Mike" Cook, co-author of several books on the Raspberry Pi and a frequent responder to questions on the Arduino forums, brings you a fun and instructive mix of simple and complex projects to help you understand how the Arduino can work with the MIDI system to create musical instruments and manipulate sound.

In Part I, you'll find a set of projects that showcase the possibilities of MIDI plus Arduino, covering both the hardware and software aspects of creating musical instruments. In Part II, you will learn how to directly synthesize a waveform to create your own sounds with Arduino, including another instrument project: the SpoonDuino. Finally, in Part III, you'll learn about signal processing with the Arduino Uno and the Due, including how to create effects like delay.