{"product_id":"piano-hat","title":"Piano HAT","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlock your inner Mozart with Piano HAT, a mini musical companion for your Raspberry Pi!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiano HAT is inspired by Zachary Igielman's PiPiano and made with his blessing. We've taken his fabulous idea for a dinky piano add-on for the Raspberry Pi, made it touch-sensitive and added barrels of our trademark Pimoroni polish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlay music in Python, control software synths on your Pi, and take control of hardware synthesizers!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13187\"\u003eMichael Horne\u003c\/a\u003e said \u003cem\u003e\"The Piano HAT is, as far as electronics goes, a work of art. It looks slick, feels slick and, with the software library included, acts slick.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi-issues\/MagPi38.pdf\"\u003eThe MagPi\u003c\/a\u003e said Piano HAT was \u003cem\u003e\"a great way to unleash your ivory-tinkling tendencies\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi-issues\/MagPi37.pdf\"\u003eand\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"a board \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efor musical adventures\"\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 capacitive touch pads (link each to their own Python function!)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 piano keys (a full octave)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOctave up\/down buttons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstrument cycle button (great for use with synthesizers)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 bright white LEDs (let them light automagically, or take control with Python)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2x Microchip CAP1188 capacitive touch driver chips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse it to control software or hardware synths over MIDI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pinout.xyz\/pinout\/piano_hat\"\u003ePiano HAT pinout\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/Piano-HAT\"\u003ePython library\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes fully assembled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSoftware\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've made an ever-so-thorough \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/Piano-HAT\"\u003ePython library\u003c\/a\u003e to control Piano HAT, with a bunch of nifty examples to let you explore its functionality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a learn to play example that let's you play along as Piano HAT's LEDs show you which keys to press. In no time, you'll be a Chopin for the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've included a MIDI example that lets you play music with \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.warmplace.ru\/soft\/sunvox\/\"\u003eSunvox,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/yoshimi.sourceforge.net\/\"\u003eYoshimi\u003c\/a\u003e and other software synths, a PyGame example with glorious piano and drum samples and even a true 8-bit synth written in pure Python!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can even make Piano HAT output regular MIDI commands via a USB to MIDI adapter and use Piano HAT as a tiny, cheap MIDI controller for your Minimoog Model D (you have one right?).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pimoroni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":5199242241,"sku":"PIM095","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/Piano_HAT_4_of_4.JPG?v=1438331603","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/piano-hat","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}