mate, do you think you will build a run of these? this is pretty much my ideal controller too. I use Xsession pro but i need like 50 more buttons plus a few more pots.

I’m considering it, but want to do some research. I’ll keep everyone posted if there are any major developments.

Thanks

William! I so glad to see that you are here to answer questions. I’m dying to know how you use your controller in a live setup. Are the first row of arcade buttons used to change the midi notes of the rest, like a bank change? Do the color arcade buttons trigger clips or do you use them in an instrument like Drum Machine. How do you use the led buttons and what about the led lights in the bottom corners?

Are you primarily playing tracks like a DJ, or orginal sample based music, or something in between?

Very curious. Thanks.

I plan on using it for the following:

-Chopped up DJ sets in Live (arcade buttons triggering clips, middle buttons for xfade assignment and fx sends, bottom buttons for a custom looper patch to be made in Max, knobs eq/fx, faders vol/xfade). Basically ripping all the good bits out of others tracks, incorporating a ton of my own edits, samples, loops, and throwing them together at a mile a minute.

-Eventually an original live set structured like above.

-Basic DJ sets in Traktor (haven’t mapped it out yet, but nothing really fancy… i.e. faders for vol/pitch, arcade buttons for transport/cue points, etc). Standard 2 track mixing.

-A general purpose “studio” controller (automation, etc).

-Sequencer patches I’m building in Max (16 step acid sequencer, and a basic x0x style drum sequencer.

Musically, I’m into everything from harsh noise, to Raster-Noton style minimalism, to classic acid/rave/techno/hip hop, to silly experimentalism, to the amazing electro/bassline/fidget/bmore/whatever craze that’s sweeping across the world. Basically anything that is hard/synthetic/silly/cut up/experimental/gimmicky/makes you want to move/not boring.

I designed the controller with all this in mind and kept it tactile, clean, symmetrical, and open ended. Hope that answers you questions

I need to learn how to do this!

Are you primarily playing tracks like a DJ, or orginal sample based music, or something in between?

Very curious. Thanks.

(i.e. midibox scans last two changed contols more agresivly thus lowering response time)

What a great idea - you only have two hands, so optimise the driver using that fact. I’m writing that one down…

…requires just only 75 uS to fetch the data from 128 digital input pins(buttons) and to write out data to 128 digital output pins(LEDs). 16 rotary encoders are handled within 100 uS. Analog inputs(pots & faders) are scanned in background, every 200 uS a conversion result is available….