Take a red box, some buttons, knobs and we have....

DJ Gear & Hardware Hardware: Controllers, Mods and Gear
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Take a red box, some buttons, knobs and we have…

…my first shot at making a custom controller.

Made for tweaking parameters in Ableton :slight_smile:

One mapping I did used the rocker switch as a crossfader in Ableton to switch between two different synths while the knobs controlled LFOs on each. I wanna film it in action once I put a little demo track together.

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I like this! It’s clean.

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That is sexy.

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Nice, loving the clean look!

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It looks awesome.

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It looks great!

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Looks sick- details/parts list?

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Looks classy as fuck, nice job!

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Are those push buttons metal? nice indeed!

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Those metal buttons look hype! Can’t wait to see this in action!!

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that thing really is damn sexy looking. What synths are you controlling with it?
would love to see it in action!

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fantastic! very nice work.

is that switch by any chance connected to an analog input?

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damn man great job! making of video? :smiley:

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i had first hand on this controller tonight, works flawless, great job bro :slight_smile: this thing is mad clean

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looks very slick! i want one… :wink:

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Damn that’s sexy.

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nice! but the usb cable look very short

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Thanks for the compliments guys, glad you like it!

I got to try the thing out live when playing a gig last night, and I shot a not so great quality video, but you can get the idea of what it does. I overlaid the mix recording with the live footage so you get some live/crowd ambience while still getting the audio quality of the recording.

I had it mapped as follows:

Buttons

  1. Beatmasher 1 (+ turn on filters)
  2. Beatmasher 2 (+ turn on filters)
  3. Gater (+ turn on filters)
  4. HUGE reverb

As you can tell it’s a MIDI fighter style FX macro mapping for the buttons.

Knobs
(Switch position 1)

  1. Dry Wet 1
  2. Dry Wet 2

(Switch position 2)

  1. Filter 1
  2. Filter 2

Here’s the video, enjoy:

It’s based on Teensy, if enough people want to build one I can put together a parts list/DIY :slight_smile:

Yep, metal pushbuttons.

I was first using it to control FX on synths in Ableton, specifically FM8. Still working on a track to demo that though. I was using the switch as a crossfader as well.

Technically no, it’s wired just like a pushbutton switch. However, I did program the switch to send MIDI CC data as if it were an analog input so that I can control the crossfader in Ableton with it.

I did that on purpose :wink: I didn’t need a 6’ cable just to have the thing sit next to my laptop. I use an extension when I need more cable.

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Haha it took me a while to realize what I was looking at in that video.

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This is sexy I like its simplicity. Good job dude.