Rebuilding a Midikeyboard into a Midifighter-clone

Dear DJTT-users, Thank you for all the knowledge and inspiration you have provided me with, I am forever thankful!


I've been meaning to obtain a launchpad or a midi-fighter for some time now but never really had the extra cash to spend on more toys. Yesterday i decided do see what makes my M-audio Keyrig 49 tick, so I Pulled it apart and found this little bugger!

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The black 26-pin connector was the one that connected to the board with the keys. The White connectors were hooked up to the pitch-mod, modwheel and volume fader.

Is this possible to acomplish in a relatively easy manner?

How would I go about hooking up a bunch of arcade buttons to this little badboy (if possible)? I assume I need some kind of I/O expansion with a 26-pin output?


Thanks in advance!
//Theo