Bela Drum Machine Attempt

Today I tried building a drum machine at home.

I finished the hardware first, then moved on to software.

I wrote a small C++ program for Bela to recognize each button, and used Pure Data to control the sample and-button.

The PD patch ran perfectly on its own,

but once I connected the hardware (breadboard + Bela + components), the buttons stopped responding.

I got stuck.

The tutorial didn’t clearly explain where “out” actually was, and without visible input/output, it was hard to troubleshoot.

This was the first time I hit a real hardware connection wall.

I wrote down all the issues.I should probably ask Milo in class.