Quick and Easy DIY footswitch for under $20

[MattE]

I just finished my first really useful DIY project: a CHEAP footswitch using an old Fender stomp-box enclosure and a thrift-store USB joystick. With the freeware app "Joy2Key" you can remap joystick actions to keypresses, which allows me to trigger any action within Traktor Pro!

http://www.studiogangstas.net/matts-blog.html



Let me know what you think!

(PS: This is my first post to DJTechTools, so go easy on me)

[Zac Kyoti]

Great job man, repurposing second-hand stuff is the way to go. A good footswitch can go a LONG way!

[ToS]

Could have used the old USB keyboard and there is no need for intermediate software.

[Str8upDrew]

Hell yeah... I've made at least 20 sustain pedals/foot switches out of left over pushbuttons, guitar cables, and what ever i can find to use as an enclosure. My favorite was an old cigarette tin with the button sandwiched in the middle tape to a piece of wood for the weight, the thing was awesome for what it was....