Hi all. I thought I’d share my DIY project. I’ve been slowly collecting parts and have finally started building.
My goal was to design a controller around a Livid Brain that could control 2 decks in Traktor. I mix externally with a 2 channel mixer so my controller will only be used for cue points, effects, transport, loop control, etc..
In addition to the Brain, I have purchased arcade buttons, nifty button pads from sparkfun, linear and rotary potentiometers and some other odds and ends.
The panels are made out of G-10 Fiberglass. All holes have been cut with a drill and a dremel…
Looking super good already! I’m thinking of creating my own controller (someday) so I’m just curious to possibly hear why you picked this particular layout as compared to a more “traditional” layout?
Thanks! Currently I mix with an external mixer and an Axiom 25 keyboard, I’m used to lots of buttons as opposed to jog wheels. I really wanted to have independent control of each deck as well.
The Livid Brain is a really good solution for a DIY controller. I would highly recommend it. It is however very expensive (i was lucky enough to pick mine up for 100 used). I wish it supported endless rotary encoders too.
Hi there @pumpkin2themax finally you posted the thread about this controller.
I used your idea and work from it to make a design of my own, but i have a question how do you plan to connect the two units with only one livid brain.
I hope you post some more pictures soon, also i would love to see how are you plugging your arcade buttons to the brain.
Cool! I’d love to see your design. The original plan was to have a wiring harness go between the two units, but I think for the sake of simplicity I’m going to mount the two units in the same enclosure.
So, as i told you before i was thinking in something like this here´s and idea of it.
I wanted to know if someone have thought about putting the beatjuggle buttons (lower ones) on the way i put them, i have never try that but i think that if they are not aligned you could use the upper 4 to better beatjuggle.
The 4 ones that i put above and the upper fader are for FX´S using arcade buttons as values on the effects is just awesome i do it with my LPD8, is like using them to loop roll.
I’ve finally received my order from Futurlec.com. I should be able to post some progress this weekend. I also have my first paying gig this weekend! wish me luck!
That looks like a nifty controller.. I like it a lot. It also takes advantage of the maximum number of buttons available in an 8x8 button matrix (assuming you pair it with another identical controller) Any thoughts about LED’s?
That looks like a nifty controller.. I like it a lot. It also takes advantage of the maximum number of buttons available in an 8x8 button matrix (assuming you pair it with another identical controller) Any thoughts about LED’s?[/QUOTE]
Well yeah mate i spent 3 months doing a full 4 deck mapping for TP on the APC40 very complete mapping so i knew that the buttons matrix its very usefull for simple tasks.
Here´s a video of the uncomplete tsi but it might help you with your mapping:
The problem with leds is that i havent found a diy controller that works with multicolor leds like the apc40, 20 and launchpad…
In theory you could use 3-color led’s with the brain, but each light would take up three LED outputs in the matrix. The brain gives you 42 matrixed LED’s but if each one was three colors you could only have 14 total… Not very practical..
EDIT
I misspoke. The brain supports 48 matrixed LED’s. This would allow for 16 3-color LED’s
I tested a LED matrix using a breadboard just to make sure everything worked. I finished cutting the panels and gave them a coat of paint. Lastly, all the components are installed except for the sliders… i just need to pick up some hardware to mount them.
