What's the cheapest homebrew USB MIDI controller?
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 690 posts since 4 Jul, 2011 from England
I'm hoping to make a USB MIDI controller with several buttons assignable to notes. Anyone know a simple and (cheap) circuit please?
- KVRAF
- 9588 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
http://www.djtechtools.com/2010/03/08/d ... it_review/
UMC32 - this was the cheapest way to build your own USB controller but not available anymore
UMC32 - this was the cheapest way to build your own USB controller but not available anymore
Amazon: why not use an alternative
- KVRAF
- 9469 posts since 17 Sep, 2002 from Gothenburg Sweden
How DIY do you want it ? Do you solder ? Are you planning on making the encasing yourself ?
I'm doing pretty much the exact same thing for the moment though i went for OSC instead of midi. I'm going to use an Arduino (happened to have one lying around). If it all works well i'm going for an Arduino Nano or possibly Teensy. I'd rather have the Teensy but they're a bit harder to come by.
Doepfer has some very easy to use kits but are a good deal more expensive.
I'm doing pretty much the exact same thing for the moment though i went for OSC instead of midi. I'm going to use an Arduino (happened to have one lying around). If it all works well i'm going for an Arduino Nano or possibly Teensy. I'd rather have the Teensy but they're a bit harder to come by.
Doepfer has some very easy to use kits but are a good deal more expensive.
- KVRian
- 966 posts since 16 Feb, 2010
im looking for a similar thing for a DIY drum kit:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 59#5415959
i was considering butchering an existing device (like a nanokey) as i want velocity sensitivity, but im currently looking toward the 'Teensy' microcontroller and some piezo pads as the simplest option.
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 59#5415959
i was considering butchering an existing device (like a nanokey) as i want velocity sensitivity, but im currently looking toward the 'Teensy' microcontroller and some piezo pads as the simplest option.
- KVRAF
- 9588 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
But when theres kit as cheap as this.......why bother, and at that price feel comfortable modding it!
http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/ ... er--200196
http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/ ... er--200196
Amazon: why not use an alternative
- KVRian
- 966 posts since 16 Feb, 2010
blimey, thats pretty cheap for what it appears to offer.VariKusBrainZ wrote:But when theres kit as cheap as this.......why bother, and at that price feel comfortable modding it!
http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/ ... er--200196
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 15 Oct, 2010 from Austin, TX USA
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Brain Jr is pretty cheap and has some extensibility:http://shop.lividinstruments.com/brain-jr/ (http://shop.lividinstruments.com/brain-jr/)
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 22 Oct, 2009 from Bologna, Italy
I'm just building my own Drawbar MIDI controller using Livid Instrument Brain. The Brain v.1 and Brain Jr. are pretty cheap considering the number of I/O they offer.
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- KVRer
- 11 posts since 15 Apr, 2014 from Indonesia
I love livid instruments ! The ohmRGB is pretty good !hokey wrote:Brain Jr is pretty cheap and has some extensibility:
http://shop.lividinstruments.com/brain-jr/