From 67eeac6635f7d5f6c582a520170b645223ce3a3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ezra buchla <emb@catfact.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 16:01:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] read midi input, avoiding issues from always-full buffer

---
 firmware/bleached/bleached.ino | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/firmware/bleached/bleached.ino b/firmware/bleached/bleached.ino
index e881ba0..655e374 100644
--- a/firmware/bleached/bleached.ino
+++ b/firmware/bleached/bleached.ino
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ uint16_t loop_count = 0;
 
 void setup() {
   // serial monitoring for debugging
-  Serial.begin(38400);
+  // Serial.begin(38400);
 
   // potentiometers
   analogReadResolution(POT_BIT_RES);
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ void loop() {
     }
   }
 
+  // MIDI Controllers should discard incoming MIDI messages.
+  // (reference: https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_midi.html)
+  while (usbMIDI.read()) { ;; }
+
   // Periodically send MIDI CC for every knob so that the receiving end matches the knobs
   // even when changing pure data patches.
 //  if (loop_count > LOOPS_PER_REFRESH) {