Hi there,
I have many drum machines and live playing them live. I would like to building my own MIDI controller so I can have control of each channel/track volume. I have come to love the feature on the TR8 and would live to make a separate controller than can do the same. I used to have a CME keyboard that had this feature so know it is possible.

I have in mind a small unit like the nanokontrol. Either with 16 faders or 16 rotary dials. I only need to control the channel volumes.

Is the best route an arduino? This is for 5 pin MIDI. NOT USB.

Any help would be great.