your arcade-button mods inspired me very much!
i built this controller december 2008-february 2009.
the interface is made for ableton live.
i have a 4 track-based setup.
i render my tracks to 4 groups: bass, drums, instruments and vocals.
on the left side you can see the 4-track setup with start, stop, solo and effects for each track.
the middle part controls the master channel (navigation & effects).
the buttons on the right are used to trigger samples and additional effects.
i used a 19" flightcase, closing the top transforms it to a… case
when akai released the apc i was a bit shocked because they created a machine that is doing what i wanted my controller to do but of course with a lot more possibilities.
the biggest disadvantage seems to be the lack of visual feedback- even though i didn`t have any problems with that while performing.
i hope you like my controller- if anyone is interested i can post more pictures and information.
i like the design and layout, the one thing i would try, at least for some of the buttons, would be clear arcade buttons with an programmable LED under it.
I’m guessing that is something you could experiment with down the road if you so desired.
i had the idea of led-buttons- my problem was to get feedback from ableton live. i would also have to put an extra board in there to control the leds, any suggestions what to use? it would be great to have some sort of visual feedback for clip-status etc..
Fresh… thanks for letting us in on what microcontroller you used…
I was also thinking of using the led arcade buttons on a design I’m working on, but still not sure how much visual reference I really need…
