Vestax VCM 600 Mod Question (midi HW newbie, ableton long termer).

[mrideas]

HI Guys,

To those with more experience than me... I'm wondering how difficult it would be to modify my VCM 600 controller.

Do you think it's possible to switch the 8 FX pots for endless encoders? (these are the pots arranged 4 across x 2 down pattern on the RHS of the console).

Reason being is that the Akai APC40 is good in this regard, as you can jump to any FX rack (via the buttons under the 8 pots), or let Ableton auto map them to the first device in a chain in a track when selected, and not have to worry about 'jumping' values when you turn a knob, it just 'moves' each control from where it was last left at.

I use 'Value scaling' in the midi prefs within ableton, which for the most part is an ok compromise, but endless encoders would be perfect.. :)

Thought/Ideas??

[nILS]

I doubt it'll be an easy operation. The pots are most likely mounted on a pcb. So, to keep the rest intact, you'll have to carefully remove a part of the pcb (or at least kill some tracks), and somehow fit the encoders and a core and din module in there. After that you'd be looking at merging the two individual midi outputs...