Nanotrak DIY midicontroller tutorial

[sir enzo]

Wow, that's amazing and inspiring!
Throwed me out on a "quest for awesome diy midi controllers" last night, will be ordering parts net week ^^

[Nanotek_Dj]

nice one - can u upload it somewhere? would like to get a closer look at it...

http://www.mediafire.com/?xmngi2vvzyz

here is the front panel file you can download the program to open it from
http://www.schaeffer-ag.de

there is some errors on it that I had to solved once I recived it like the hole for the jogs it is completely wrong. Also the 4 encoders near the jog are too close to each other.

[kingnerk]

hi,
really love your project. Im interested in the clear push button caps you used, on your device they look quite small, but the part you linked to is 16mm caps. 16mm should be the same width as your pots, but the pots look bigger.

Is the 16mm the actual size of the bit that pokes through the panel? I cant seem to see any 10mm ones - thats more the size i was looking for.

Many thanks

[kingnerk]

In fact, after looking at your FPD file the drill holes are only 7mm, which is perfect for what I want. Do the 16mm caps only need 7mm holes drilled then?

Also, how do you go about making the metal rails to hold your buttons/pots to the back of the panel? i have no idea where to start....

Cheers. I hope you are getting lots of use out of it!

[Nanotek_Dj]

The button needs only 7 mm hole the cap il 16mm only in the part behind the panel. If you read all post in this thread you can find the links for the panel. There is a company that makes the panel, i suggest to don't think to cut by your self the panel if you want something that look good.

[Nanotek_Dj]

Also, how do you go about making the metal rails to hold your buttons/pots to the back of the panel? i have no idea where to start....

I just design holes in the middle of the parts. Alla the buttons where soldered on a testboard, and then I drilled the testboard and used spacer to attach to the panel.

[kingnerk]

Hi, thanks for your replies, dont worry im not going to drill them myself
going to use the same panel design software so it looks really professional.

Cheers

[Str8upDrew]

That's a kick ass Midibox.
You said you didn't like the encoders though. You should look at these in the future...
http://www.bourns.com/data/global/pdfs/em14.pdf
I really like their feel, and the output is smooth, not jumpy at all.

[Nanotek_Dj]

That's a kick ass Midibox.
You said you didn't like the encoders though. You should look at these in the future...
http://www.bourns.com/data/global/pdfs/em14.pdf
I really like their feel, and the output is smooth, not jumpy at all.

Thank you very much, I will have a look the encoders, if I can I will substitute mine. Any Idea for the Jog wheels? I'm looking for one small and easy to asseble

[Str8upDrew]

http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...name=GH7342-ND

I've used these but i didn't really like them. But they were cheap.