Project created by Graham. He wrote:

I’ve been working on a MIOS-powered project for a few years now and am finally ready to share the results. It’s still very beta, but I thought others might enjoy seeing the project regardless.

Basically, the idea is to provide a kind of “active tablature†right on the fretboard of a bass guitar. MIOS runs an onboard sequencer module which controls a bunch of LEDs embedded in the fretboard (125 of them!).

Currently, I have some (PC) software for converting MIDI files to fingering patterns. This data is then sent via MIDI to MIOS which controls the storage, loading, and playback on the LEDs. There is basic support for features like pause/playback, tempo, track scrubbing, and the ability to set A-B points. I’m still working to fix some bugs in the time stamping code, but thought the community might be interested anyway.

Here’s a link to relevant webpage:

http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~grindlay/active_tab.html