Adding Arcade LED’s to your VCI-100
First of all DON’T LAUGH!!!
This is my first EVER Video and am not a good speaker…and Yes I made a few mistakes (especially when I now review it again…so to all the critics..(oh Well?)
Anyway, on the last scene of the second video (wiring) I’m actually trying to get into “Disco” mode NOT “Juggle” mode. (Don’t know why I said that) I guess a little nervous.
Anyway I didn’t have a Hi-Def camera, but I think you can see the video(s) ok.
(Be Gentle)
BCondemi
nice one.. really good explanations and all..
Thank you… It was maybe couple hours to perform the mod but two days of recording the video as I took maybe 200 takes.
Anyway I think most people are interested in the S4 now and the vci-100 perhaps is ‘old school’ now. Regardless it’s beautiful and the visual feedback is fantastic..
BC
This post was brought to you by the number 12 and the word AWESOME!! Very well done and better than a good majority of the how to videos on youtube.
Nice video dude! Your arcade mod looks much cleaner than my does, the idea using the connector is great!
Thanks… I actually took my time to do the arcade button holes. I used a fine metal jigsaw blade to cut close to the line (I pre-drew by tracing the button hole locations) Then used the metal sand paper bit on the rotary tool to the edge of the line for a fine smooth perfectly round hole.
I then used automotive body filler to fill in the old rectangular factory cut-outs, then sanded the holes round again.
…Since the overlay is slightly bigger than the buttons, normally you would see a little gap between the edge of the buttons and the overlay (that gap is the inside of the vci-100…where the aluminum is missing)…After filling the old hole with body filler and sanding is smooth and round, I painted the deck black around all the buttons applied the overlay and it looked like the holes were factory done.
http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3962&stc=1&d=1291337802
Thank-you very much
BC
The colours are so bright especially in the dark.
http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3963&stc=1&d=1291338315
Is this mod possible with a Midi Fighter?
looks beautiful.. great job m8
I think so …Yes.
I guess the led’s on the board need to be removed (un-soldered), then extend little wires from the board’s led pins up to the led legs at each button. Of course it’ll have to be done really neat so that you don’t see lots and lots of wire…and the new led wires would have to be fed through the faceplate before soldering them (because they get pushed through the plate later.
…and you could use any colour for the leds you want as well.
Maybe I’m going to buy one for my next project…a Christmas holiday project…
BC
Fair play dude, great video you left no holes in the process explained everything in detail
Well done and keep ehm coming
Incredibly awesome, thank you!
Ok so I was tinkering this weekend and decided it would have been nice to label the arcade buttons just like the overlay (i.e. knobs/faders/functions,etc…)
So…here you go…
BC
how have you done this???
Did you watch the video?
yes but i don’t see anything about labeling arcade buttons 
Ahhh… Didn’t understand what you meant . Those clear plunger arcade buttons have a white insert. Pull out the insert, put in a round (cut it out) piece of paper (with anything written on it) then re-install and re-insert into the plunger .
This can be only done in these seimitsu arcade buttons. Not the sanwa buttons .
BC
i’ve bought those buttons: what do you think
however i would like to understand how have you created the piece of paper!
Print up whatever you want (i.e. echo/slice/etc…). Print it out on your printer…then take the plunger and trace out the circle. Cut it out and place it in your button.
BC
have you cutted every single letter?
what power LEDs are you using for this mod…any resistor?