Reply to Looking for a cheap, basic midi brain.

So here's my idea.

I don't really want to do the arcade mod since I like having the LED feedback on the buttons, and I basically just like my VCI the way it is!

However I was believeing, why not just put 8 arcade buttons in the same configuration along with a shift button onto a separate bar that I could put along the bottom of the VCI on its stand? Separate USB connection and everything.

My question really is this: is there a midi brain that I can buy quite cheaply ready to go out of the box, just solder buttons onto it and it will send midi notes with a built in USB socket?

There's not much point doing this if it gets too expensive since I could just buy a midi fighter!

Sorry if someone's already asked something similar, found lots of mentions of Midibox but from the website it looks like you need to build that yourself... tell me if it's a stupid idea!