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Great collection! Are there any very affordable DIY midi control surfaces with a few knobs, pads, keys (two octaves), and BT?
by m_kos 2y ago
Great collection!
Are there any very affordable DIY midi control surfaces with a few knobs, pads, keys (two octaves), and BT?
- piltdownman 2y agoStrangely enough no. There used to be some M-Audio 25 key offerings, but seemingly no longer. A MIDI->BT dongle is about €50 though.
- diggan 2y agoSans the Bluetooth, something like the AKAI MPK Mini might fit? Not the greatest of keys, very plasticky, but it is cheap and has pots, keys, pads at least.
- m_kos 2y agoYes, it fits, but I am on a very tight budget, so I was hoping for a more affordable DIY option. Thanks for the recommendation, though!
- diggan 2y agoAh, for more a DIY approach, if you have an arduino and/or some basic components laying around, connecting a USB port that can do MIDI (or a DIN MIDI port) together with an Arduino or similar platform and some pots/buttons shouldn't be that hard and also there is a ton of resources online for building just that. Just Hackaday have 45 articles on the subject of "MIDI Controller" :) https://hackaday.com/tag/midi-controller/ https://hackaday.com/tag/midi-controller/
- ecocentrik 2y agoThere's Faderbank 16n listed on this site that I believe outputs midi, cv and i2c. https://16n-faderbank.github.io/ https://16n-faderbank.github.io/ For programable controllers, the Launchpad series from Novation is pretty handy. I've seen it configured as a sequencer controller among other things.