I still need to order the arcade button for the shift key, some analog multiplexers and shift-registers (I think?), as well as a MIDI to USB converter.
As for the building side of things, I’ve so far:
Made the wooden case, however I still need to finish it with lacquer or varnish or something.
That’s about it for now. I still need to figure out whether I will go down the MIDI to USB converter route, as seen here, or whether I will put a big, ghetto ass MIDI Out port on the back. Also, if anybody could lend me some advice regarding which multiplexers and such to use, it would be greatly appreciated. Lastly, what colour should I make the LEDs in the buttons?
That looks great! but what kind of heavenly school requires you to build a midi-controller for a project? i wish i was taking that A-Level! Great work!
I wish I’d discovered digital DJing and this site much, much earlier. Doing this for a school project would have been so much more productive than some of the useless shit I ended up making.
That said, when I was 15/16 and making the course choices that would have let me do this, DJTT was still a good few years from being born and no one had ever even uttered the word midifighter!
I’m doing a systems engineering class. Most of my classmates are doing remote control cars and that sort of thing. I was all “fuck that, MIDI controller.”
Got a whole year to do it which is nice.
Can u let me kno how the Arduino Eleven (Freetronics clone) goes because I have been looking at them at jaycar (an Australian electronics store) and they look good but I have no experience with programming these things or anything because I am still in school and havent had the opportunity or money to learn.
I am in rather the same boat as you dude. Just learning as I go.
I’ll be sure to tell you how it goes.
Yeah, I’ve seen a lot of very similar converters around the place. Lots of power sellers going really cheap with them (~$2). I suppose I just have to suss out the good from the bad. Cheers
I’m not going to be putting that whole ugly thing in the box. I’m going to be taking the circuit from inside it and wiring it to the Arduino on one side then to a USB port on the other.
You can see what I’m talking about at this guide. Hope this helps
No unfortunately. Don’t hold me to this but as far as I know the Arduino can send serial data but the computer can’t read this as a MIDI message. It actually covers it in that link I am assuming you mightn’t have read.
i did read it but it was late at night, about 2am in aus. yeah i was thinking it was more like a midifighter sort of board where you would write firmware and all of that shit thanks. might be ordering my board soon again sorry for the miss understanding i was also reading about multiplexers and it is all just blur.
i shouldn’t do this cause im 14 but i am anyway
With the Arduino you do program it yourself. It’s not going to send and receive MIDI messages straight out of the box. Good luck with it, really all I can say from my lack of experience is read up.
Can u tell what chip does that arduino clone have. The mini usb is provided so its a lot less work for you to put ur code into it . Every chip has to first need a bootloader so that you can write the code into it, which defines which pinout of the board accepts what. You dont need a midi usb cable to work with a pc. A small software is installed on the computer to convert the serial messages from the arduino to midi . If there
is no bootloader on the chip, then you have to find a pic programmer to load the bootloader onto the chip.
Make your midifighter wireless to stand out. And guys search the forums for diy before posting a new thread. Someone has already made that exact project just find it .
again sorry for the miss understanding i was also reading about multiplexers and it is all just blur.