Ableton Controller

[thetimboroni]

Hey I'm working on an Ableton controller for a senior project (part of our curriculum is to do a project that we work on all year).  I have had many sketches and lots of crossed out stuff and added stuff, and finally I have come up with a design that I think I'm happy with.  However, since I am new to this whole thing I'm wanting to know what you guys think.

It has a total of 62 analog inputs (9 faders, 53 pots) and 47 buttons, so I should be okay with using a core, two AINs and 2 DINs.  There will be 44 Leds for the buttons so I think I can get away with just one DOUT.

I will be using this for two purposes in a worship setting:

-Playing pre-made loops and controlling each instrument's effects

-Creating loops on-the-fly via ReWiring to Fruity Loops

Send A will be my master, and Send B will be my headphones.

After searching and reading around here, I notice that most people use encoders for tempo.  One other thing I saw was two buttons for +1  -1  tempo.  Are there any other ways to do tempo b/c I don't wanna use an encoder since that requires buying the MB64e as well (right?).

Tell me what you think.

Thanks,

TIM

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[stryd_one]

heya.... Just a few tips: Pots and sliders are analog, but the buttons are digital, but the mb64e supports both pot/sliders and encoders simultaneously.

Hope that helps :)

[thetimboroni]

As in, the MB64 would not accept both a DIN and an AIN?

[stryd_one]

MB64 supports DINx* modules, but not fir encoders. Check this out:

http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=questions_and_answers#what_s_the_difference_between_pots_sliders_motorfaders_and_encoders

[TK.]

You can easily add the code for additional encoders to the normal MIDIbox64 application, it's done in the same way like for MB64E: define the encoder pins in mios_tables.inc, and add a routine which sends MIDI events on encoder movements to USER_ENC_NotifyChange, thats all

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[tos]

NOW I AM CONFUSED!

Someone told me that I HAVE TO use MB64E if I want encoders (specific 2xScratch dials, 12xEffect "pots").