DIY Midi Controller (with pitch and mod wheels)
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Marcel Deneuve Marcel Deneuve https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=417376
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- 14 posts since 14 Apr, 2018
Hello!
Recently I thought about a DIY midi controller with pitch and mod wheels.
I wonder where I could buy these wheels for a reasonable price.
In addition, I'd like to know if the Softpot is a good substitution of wheel.
Regards.
Recently I thought about a DIY midi controller with pitch and mod wheels.
I wonder where I could buy these wheels for a reasonable price.
In addition, I'd like to know if the Softpot is a good substitution of wheel.
Regards.
My website MarcelDeneuve.com. There I post my music and write different thoughts. I'd be glad to see You there!
- Beware the Quoth
- 33175 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Wheels are generally just pots with funny knobs...Marcel Deneuve wrote:Hello!
Recently I thought about a DIY midi controller with pitch and mod wheels.
I wonder where I could buy these wheels for a reasonable price.
In addition, I'd like to know if the Softpot is a good substitution of wheel.
Regards.
http://www.doepfer.de/A100_pictures/A174_2.jpg
Doepfer sell premade wheels too...
http://www.doepfer.de/zubeh_e.htm
You'll be able to find spare wheels for all sorts of synths on ebay, so that might be another way.
Softpots have definitely been used for similar purposes, yes. probably feel different from a performance perspective, though.
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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Marcel Deneuve Marcel Deneuve https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=417376
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- 14 posts since 14 Apr, 2018
whyterabbyt, thanks for the reply.
As for softpot, I just wanted to know if these pots are precise enough and comfortable in usage.
As for softpot, I just wanted to know if these pots are precise enough and comfortable in usage.
My website MarcelDeneuve.com. There I post my music and write different thoughts. I'd be glad to see You there!
- Beware the Quoth
- 33175 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Sorry, cant comment on that one first-hand. But I do know there are a couple of Eurorack modules which use softpots, so asking at Muff Wiggler for feedback on that might be useful?Marcel Deneuve wrote:whyterabbyt, thanks for the reply.
As for softpot, I just wanted to know if these pots are precise enough and comfortable in usage.
Also, justin3am here used a softpot in a DIY project a year or two back, he might be able to comment.
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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Marcel Deneuve Marcel Deneuve https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=417376
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whyterabbyt, oh thanks! I'll try to contact with some of them.
My website MarcelDeneuve.com. There I post my music and write different thoughts. I'd be glad to see You there!
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- 12355 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
It depends on the size of the softpot and the circuit it's part of. You might find it difficult to make precise adjustments with a softpot, the way you can with a mod wheel. But there are some really easy arduino projects for getting MIDI from a softpot, and the sensors aren't terribly expensive, so I would say, just give it a try.
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Marcel Deneuve Marcel Deneuve https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=417376
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justin3am, I think so too ...
I'd like to have precise controls over the parameters.
Having thought a little I decided to replace wheels with the Joystick. Yes, it has its own cons, but it will probably be better for me.
Guys, big thanks for your help!
I'd like to have precise controls over the parameters.
Having thought a little I decided to replace wheels with the Joystick. Yes, it has its own cons, but it will probably be better for me.
Guys, big thanks for your help!
My website MarcelDeneuve.com. There I post my music and write different thoughts. I'd be glad to see You there!
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 17 Jul, 2016
Hey whyterabbyt, about this wheel: http://www.doepfer.de/A100_pictures/A174_2.jpg,
can you branch it to a usb?
can you branch it to a usb?
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- 33175 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Im presuming you mean USB MIDI?talfi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 6:09 am Hey whyterabbyt, about this wheel: http://www.doepfer.de/A100_pictures/A174_2.jpg,
can you branch it to a usb?
Well, that's a Eurorack module, so its outputting a CV conformed to the voltage range for Eurorack, +/- 5.5V. What you'd effectively need to use that directly is some sort of 'Eurorack CV->USB' device but I cant think of one offhand.
Generally, you'd be better off with their 'raw' modwheels, without the voltage conversion, hooked up to a microcontroller (say a Teensy) that could be plugged in as a USB MIDI device, or Doepfer's own USB64. The modwheel is just a regular pot, that's fairly trivial to connect up.
my other modular synth is a bugbrand