soundman Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Hows everyone doingI came to this forum because it looks like a very helpful community, and its full of information.I have some questions to ask about the possibility of this idea I have.Ok, i'm planning to build a custom control surface, 18+1 sliders or 24+1 sliders, dual colored LEDs for each slider (red signifying mute, and blue signifying on, with a mute button). Panning knobs for each slider (18+1 or 24+1). Also a small LCD just to show the value of the sliders (0-127) and the knobs (100% left - 0 - 100% right). I want to make this USB compatible since it would really be just for controlling virtual control surfaces and shit on the computer. I also want to have midi ports thought, and a power port for standalone use with midi (usb will, be powered by usb). and most likely a custom box for it (with the top cover on a slant for hand comfort, preferably a darker gray box or black).so a few questions about this, would this be too hard to do? is there pre programmed ICs i can use so that i dont have to code anything? if i need to code for certain small parts of the project would it be difficult to learn a few things about the language used to program these kind of things? and finnally, does anyone know a very rough estimate of what this would cost?i have good knowledge in soldering and reading schematics, althought i have picked up an iron in a few years. and i'm a great DIYer really looking forward to the responses!!! and thanks in advance everybody, and sorry if i posted this in the wrong place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLP Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 1. Welcome aboard, mate! :D2. The Answers to your questions have been asked many, many times. So we (well, me not) decided to write it all down. all you have to do is to read.-> http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/-> http://ucapps.de/Now go on and Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, ;Dregards,matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundman Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 1. thanks for the welcome2. i will definately check this out, thanks a lot bro!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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