hey guys, thanks for the comments really helpful. I have been thinking about the cable issue… So far far the best I can come up with is to the the usb ports cut out of the case too, the case will be about 2cm thick hopefully cutout perspex so it will hide some of the plug but not all.
Lid wise great idea, did not think about that so will try and work some thing out maybe a clip in like a flight case so it can be removed. I want to keep the unit as flush and flat as possible. I’ll work on on it!
it’s cheap enough to not feel too bad about taking it apart either. you’d think it would be cheaper to start with a nano to make a custom controller as the usb midi boards that i have seen people use here are more expensive.
This post concerns my thoughts on the use situation.
Just the other day, I disected a usb cable and shortened it from about three feet down to a little less than one foot.
Reason being, whenever I was out and about with my laptop and wanted to play with the nanopad, I’d always have a hundred miles of cable on my left side.
I think that you’d do well to make very short usb cables, with a sort of micro-usb-hub, all in the case. That would allow you to have one usb cable output.
If your situation is like mine, the keyboard portion of your laptop (totally presuming that’s how you roll) is wider than your korg nano gear by about an inch and a half…
Good luck buddy, hope to see your masterpiece when you’re done!
I’m lucky enough to have a mac which is pretty much the same width. Seem to be we’re on the same waveform though d; ) I have a ESI gigaport sound card, and the case is very crappy plastic far to delicate for out and about, I was thinking of putting the sound card in a new harder style case incorporating a 7 port hub. As the new macs only have two usb’s. my main issue at the moment is the power line for the hub…
I have progressed the design a little for the controller. I’ll post a pic of the hard case I’m working on for easy transport and protection makes sense really. Thanks for your thoughts hombre!
slow at the moment the issue I’m having with the case is the slight height variation.. need to take it to both units to get it moulded. bit of a pain.. stay tuned!
With the NanoKontrol across from the NanoPad… I thought it would be cool to give the Kontrol a slight pitch, so that the more you increase a fader, the more uphill it rests. Not even close to being verticle… but something that resembles a 24+ channel yamaha or behringer mixing board