Hello DJTT! Long time reader, first time poster.
So here's the deal. I'm looking to build more or less a clone of the MIDI controller featured here: http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/07/1...59-minutes-99/
I have read up on MIDI controller construction throughout the forums, the comments on the blog post, etc. and feel like I'm ready to put it all together.
The thing is, there are a few questions I wanted to ask when it comes to parts. Like I said before I feel confident that I'll be able to fit them all together (I've built computers before and have always been good with legos, ;P) but I don't quite know which ones I should be buying. Really, what I'm looking for here, is just some advice in that department.
Before I go on, I just want to say that if a topic like this has popped up before please link me to it. I don't want everyone having to restate themselves! I did search the forums for something like this, but couldn't find anything, but if you can it would would be awesome if you could send it my way!
So, back to the subject at hand.
The only parts I've decided on for the moment are the buttons and the case. For the buttons I'm going with these: http://www.lizardlick.com/Seimitsu-P...ons_c_241.html (I know they're not the ones used in the tutorial, but if I wanted to add LED's later to make them light up, I could, and that is awesome.). As for the case, I'm going to build it out of legos and glue them all together so they won't break apart. I'm going to leave the top unglued, but insert screws into the corners, so if I need to open it up I can. The other parts I have questions about and don't want to just buy things without knowing if I should be or not. So let's get down to business.
HID Board: From what I understand there's a lot of different options for this. I've heard the Teensy is supposed to be the best of those options (or at least the most simple) but I also heard that it requires some kind of computer programming, which I have absolutely no idea how to do. I might have misunderstood, but that's what I gathered. So what I'm wondering is what did you guys go with, and what would you recommend for me?
Potentiometers: While looking at these what I noticed is that there are many more options when it comes to resistance and power ratings and volts and stuff than there seem to be with the arcade buttons. And this is scary to me. I really don't know what any of it means or what I should be looking for. I'm assuming it has something to do with the output of whatever HID board I buy, in which case I really don't know what I'm looking for, as I don't know which HID board I'm buying at this point. Any advice in this department would be greatly appreciated.
At the moment these are the two things I'm worried most about, and would love any and all wisdom anyone may have on the subject. And like I said, if there is another post out there somewhere that answers some or all of these questions, please let me know where I could find it, as I did look and couldn't locate it before.
Thank you all in advance!!
~Rawkz0rz!!
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