Project: DIY Midi mixer.
Project: DIY Midi mixer. Posted on: 08.09.2011 by Lisha Mazaheri Hi!The last time it was a Guitar, now it is a MIDI controller i chose for my "autumn project". I want to build a Midi-Mixer. It should have 4 Line faders, 1 Crossfader, some potentiometers (4 band eq and gain per chanel, master volume, headphone volume), some buttons (cue per chanel, CF assign). This controller should be added to my setup of 2 x1 and my audio2 and a xone (which will be almost useless then). What midi "brain" would you reccomend me? It will be at most the faders + 20 potentiometers + 10 buttons. And did i understand that right, that I can use normal faders / pots / buttons, just as i would use them in an analogue mixer? Have you got any wiring examples? I am planing to solder everything together in a solid metall box and i will publish a layout plan in a few days. I hope you can support me. | |
| Lisha Mazaheri 08.09.2011 | How many connections ("ins") does a crossfader, a pot (guessing 1), a button (huessing 1) or a lien fader need? So that i can figure out if 32 are enough. And could i use a a normal crossfader |
| Lisha Mazaheri 08.09.2011 | How many connections ("ins") does a crossfader, a pot (guessing 1), a button (huessing 1) or a lien fader need? So that i can figure out if 32 are enough. And could i use a a normal crossfader |
| Lisha Mazaheri 08.09.2011 | How many connections ("ins") does a crossfader, a pot (guessing 1), a button (huessing 1) or a lien fader need? So that i can figure out if 32 are enough. And could i use a a normal crossfader |
| Lisha Mazaheri 08.09.2011 | How many connections ("ins") does a crossfader, a pot (guessing 1), a button (huessing 1) or a lien fader need? So that i can figure out if 32 are enough. And could i use a a normal crossfader |
| Lisha Mazaheri 08.09.2011 | How many connections ("ins") does a crossfader, a pot (guessing 1), a button (huessing 1) or a lien fader need? So that i can figure out if 32 are enough. And could i use a a normal crossfader |
| Lisha Mazaheri 08.09.2011 | Hi! The last time it was a Guitar, now it is a MIDI controller i chose for my "autumn project". I want to build a Midi-Mixer. It should have 4 Line faders, 1 Crossfader, some potentiometers (4 band eq and gain per chanel, master volume, headphone volume), some buttons (cue per chanel, CF assign). This controller should be added to my setup of 2 x1 and my audio2 and a xone (which will be almost useless then). What midi "brain" would you reccomend me? It will be at most the faders + 20 potentiometers + 10 buttons. And did i understand that right, that I can use normal faders / pots / buttons, just as i would use them in an analogue mixer? Have you got any wiring examples? I am planing to solder everything together in a solid metall box and i will publish a layout plan in a few days. I hope you can support me. |
| Era Roka 11.09.2011 | I didn'y build it, but he bought the case here: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...22&k=enclosure |
| Lisha Mazaheri 10.09.2011 | Thanks man, that actually looks rly good. WHere did u get the case from? Did u build it urself? |
| Era Roka 10.09.2011 | I know what you mean by cue but it looks soooo clean: http://www.djranking s.com/community /showthread.php?t=24786 |
| Lizzie Hoesley 09.09.2011 | My only thought is a shift button if you don't mind mapping and that sort of thing... would mean less buttons needed or more buttons available (like some arcade buttons) |
| Lisha Mazaheri 09.09.2011 | I dont mean cue points, i mean the cue to get the chanel into the headphone output and not to the main out. |
| Era Roka 09.09.2011 | For cue i would use arcade, everything else looks perfect to me! |
| Lisha Mazaheri 09.09.2011 | Ok, so would that work out: 2 UMC 32+ 1 UMC 32+ Bridge to connect them 4 Line Fader (http://www.thomann.de/de/denon_fader_dnx400.htm or mabe the ones from HaleMicro, but are they reliable?) 1 Crossfader (http://www.thomann.de/de/allenheath_...er_xone_22.htm) 23 Potentiometers for 4 Band eq + Gain per chanel + Headphone volume + Master Volume + Headphone Mix (http://www.halemicro.com/Products/Products.html) 8 switches for Crossfader assign (just some normal mini switches) 4 Buttons for Cue per chanel (any recommendations? Are those mini buttons like they are used in the X1 easy to solder or can you any easy alternatives?) + Some ribbon cables So that would be a total of 40 inputs right? Then i would get some extra features to use all the possible 64 inputs, i dont wanna waste money |
| Era Roka 09.09.2011 | yes you can use normal crossfaders and everything takes just 1 input |
| Lisha Mazaheri 08.09.2011 | How many connections ("ins") does a crossfader, a pot (guessing 1), a button (huessing 1) or a lien fader need? So that i can figure out if 32 are enough. And could i use a a normal crossfader |
| Shana Minsk 08.09.2011 | Got the old school UMC32 and I can vouch for its ease of use. |
| Era Roka 08.09.2011 | Definitly the umc+ by HaleMicrosystems it's eazy, good an cheap and if you believe 32 digital or analogue inputs isn't enough you can link two togheter for 64 inputs. It's simply the best. |
| Xenia Gorin 08.09.2011 | I too am looking at building a mixer aswell, would this work, http://highlyliquid.com/midi-controllers/midi-cpu/ Thanks for the time and info Huey |
| Jan Manzoni 08.09.2011 | Midibox is pretty expensive, you could get an arduino mega or a ChipKit Max. You require however more analogue inputs that available so you'd have to multiplex them. |
| Neal Rayome 08.09.2011 | www.midibox.org |
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