Pad type buttons

[defred]

Hi there to all !

As I'm planning to build a low cost M64 (mios based) to control Ableton live, I was wondering If any of you had the chance to see somewhere "MPC style" square pad/button.

Let me explain, I have no use for velocity capable push button of course, I'm planning to create a 4x4 buttons matrix to launch sounds/patterns in Live, and I wish these buttons to be sufficiently large to be hit without errors (maybe not as large as the MPC ones !)

What interest me the most is to have the "nodelay" type of feel provide by these pads.

Are there such type of pads in simple version (open- close, normally open) that would be like 2 cm sided ?

Can this be achieved with standard electronic mini-push and a smart "soft cap" ?

Or do I have to kill an old yamaha cheap-home-arranger to get them   :P !!!!!

thanks for any hint !

defred "apologizing for aproximate english-electronic-vocabulary"

[d2k]

u could try some cheap tact switch and stick some large rubber feet on em...

[drumwide]

good idea, I am also exploring the possibilities of molding silicone, to make custom buttons/pads for a sampler type trigger unit i am trying to port to mios.I'll post any results asap.

[sidysm]

http://go.to/edrum

this allows velocity triggers which could be adapted into what you want.