Monome x Arcade Buttons Midibox

[Travischen]

Monome x Arcade Buttons all finished! My goal for this project was to be compatible with existing Monome programs and utilize big, fun to press, arcade buttons. For Monome compatibility I'm using a custom midi->osc converter running in Max/Msp. As long as it's running, any Monome 64h program works with my matrix. Theoretically there are some bandwidth problems using midi but I haven't run into any issues with the programs I've been using. On the midibox front, I got 1 CORE, 2 DINS, and 2 DOUTS.

Follow the build at my blog (and bookmark me for out-of-this world updates!):

http://www.defcon6.com/?cat=15

And video:

http://www.vimeo.com/6512581

And here are some pics:

[slumgud]

this is so awsome!

been thinking of building a monome, but I like this approach much better.

would you be willing to share code and din/dout-mappings etc?

also, where did you get those buttons?

[lucem]

Holy shit! It's green!

[Labelwhore]

that's pretty damn awesome! Great work!

[tos]

Wicked. Good simple wiring. I'd like to see Edison rock out on this one.

[TK.]

Very cool!

Blogged :)

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[Travischen]

@slubgud, sure sure, here's the Max/Msp program you need running to make the midi Monome compatible

http://defcon6.com/shared/midi_monome_v2

Credit for the original program goes to this guy; however, his only dealt with Midi in. I added functionality to convert the out to midi and send it to the controller.

http://docs.monome.org/doku.php?id=app:midi_monome

I'm simply using the standard MidiIO128 mapping with the button feedback turned off. Every button is mapped to a midi note and the corresponding led is the same midi note (note number 48 up to 111).

@slumgud, the buttons are genuine happ push buttons and i purchased from lizardlick:

http://www.lizardlick.com/pages/pushbuttons.shtml

Note that, you pretty much can only get away with illuminating the white push buttons with a really strong LED. They sell opaque and transparent buttons but they are usually like a dollar more. I drill a small hole at the bottom of the button underneath the actual switch that fits the LED nice and snugly.

Thanks all, and @ToS yes, you noticed my attempt to clean wiring! Everything is harness based. So much easier, just takes some time to plan out.

[mikeb]

NIIIIICCCCCE!!!!

[nILS]

Pretty :-) And green! What more can you ask for?!