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trogluddite ·
Sure there may be others here looking for the perfect MIDI controller for their rig.
Found these guys offering a beautifully thought out DIY system for making your own custom controller - up to 64 analogue sliders/knobs and over 100 buttons possible - all on little modular PCBs to make the construction simple, and class compliant USB for easy interfacing...
Livid Instruments
For some radical (ahem!) ideas for more unusual (hmmm) controllers, here are some ideas...
Strange MIDI controllers
DigitalWhiteByte ·
I had pointed out in my old post,
you should however have the synthmaker, full support for MIDI implementation.
But I'd be more oriented to keep the communication of the physical controllers, transmission with ethernet, and then have synthmaker to create the control software for VST and standalone MIDI.
If the midi everything was completed it would be great.
trogluddite ·
DigitalWhiteByte wrote: I had pointed out in my old post,
He he, think my brain needs a bigger hard drive - I even replied to your post!
I see where you are coming from with your idea to let the PC 'translate' the analogue signals, it would be extremely versatile and potentially much more accurate - but somehow I am more attracted to making something that is 'plug and play'.
MyCo ·
actually, building a midicontroller is not a big thing. I've built one using an AVR Microcontroller years ago. It has a complete Keyboard-Matrix scanner, 128 endless rotary encoders, and 132 push button (the knobs are push-able)
I've made it all on my own, but there is a "diy modular system" from TK: http://ucapps.de that is very powerfull, when you don't want to build everything from scratch (but I don't think that it can reach more than 350 inputs like my version has 😈 )
DigitalWhiteByte ·
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curiosity, but what was the cost?
MyCo ·
way too expensive 😈 I would say 500+ Euro but that's because a single knob with cap costs 2.50Euro and the input circuit for >300 inputs (48 Shift Register-ICs) is very huge
trogluddite ·
MyCo wrote: not a big thing
He he, makes my little Control Freak look very puny! Nice work MyCo - and 500 Euro doesn't seem too bad for that extreme amount of controls when you compare it to the commercial stuff out there.
The ucapps stuff does look good, but the more I look into it, the more tempted I am to do it completely DIY. Luckily I have easy access to cheap component supplies, and plenty of guys with AVR/PIC experience, through my job. The hard bit is deciding exactly what I want it to do before I start getting my hands dirty.
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