Homemade MIDI Guitar controller

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Homemade MIDI Guitar controller
Posted on: 07.08.2013 by Isela Moton
Hi guys,

I know guitars, even MIDI guitars, are not really the main focus of interest here, but I thought I'd post a YouTube video about a new controller I made. It's not far off being a regular homemade MIDI controller except that it's sort of.. guitar shaped.

I wanted to post here because the information on this site about making your own controllers was what got me started on the project, and I'd like to say a huge thank you to the DJTT for the inspiration and information.

Anyways, let me know what you believe

Charline Dye
08.08.2013		The one thing I would change (and you did mention it) is the arcade button placement. Instead of matching them to the "strings", I would match them to my hand/fingers when it is in a comfortable position. Also put them in a slight arch like Moldover's Mojo. image.jpg
Isela Moton
09.08.2013
Originally Posted by VanGogo
Nice work Kaitain! Thanks for sharing. I really like the way you used the touch strips as a guitar fret (& fretless) board for notes, not just modulating Fx. Which really makes it an instrument, and not just an Ableton clip launcher.
Thanks! What I was aiming for is to have something that was properly expressive, which the strips do a good job on. There is still a good many things I can do to improve that with the instrument as a whole, pressure sensitive "pluck" buttons for a start, and the MIDI footpedal i mention near the end of the video would really increase the expressiveness too. The nice thing about it being guitar shaped is that guitars are a really great performing instrument: you're stood up and the instrument is facing the audience, and also, people sort of understand how guitars work. I believe it's nice to watch people play music when you know more or less how the sound is being generated/manipulated. Sometimes buttons and knobs style controllers can be a tad... arcane (from the audience's point of view). :-D
Jonathan Chiuchiolo
08.08.2013		cool project, I drew some concepts a while ago you should try to make them a reality

midi slasher copy.jpgmidi slasher JOG copy.jpgmidislasher 80's edition - synthet1c new.jpg
Isela Moton
07.08.2013		Hi guys,

I know guitars, even MIDI guitars, are not really the main focus of interest here, but I thought I'd post a YouTube video about a new controller I made. It's not far off being a regular homemade MIDI controller except that it's sort of.. guitar shaped.

I wanted to post here because the information on this site about making your own controllers was what got me started on the project, and I'd like to say a huge thank you to the DJTT for the inspiration and information.

Anyways, let me know what you believe

Isela Moton
08.08.2013		I totally agree :-) I'll definitely do that for v2
Charline Dye
08.08.2013		The one thing I would change (and you did mention it) is the arcade button placement. Instead of matching them to the "strings", I would match them to my hand/fingers when it is in a comfortable position. Also put them in a slight arch like Moldover's Mojo. image.jpg
Isela Moton
09.08.2013
Originally Posted by VanGogo
Nice work Kaitain! Thanks for sharing. I really like the way you used the touch strips as a guitar fret (& fretless) board for notes, not just modulating Fx. Which really makes it an instrument, and not just an Ableton clip launcher.
Thanks! What I was aiming for is to have something that was properly expressive, which the strips do a good job on. There is still a good many things I can do to improve that with the instrument as a whole, pressure sensitive "pluck" buttons for a start, and the MIDI footpedal i mention near the end of the video would really increase the expressiveness too. The nice thing about it being guitar shaped is that guitars are a really great performing instrument: you're stood up and the instrument is facing the audience, and also, people sort of understand how guitars work. I believe it's nice to watch people play music when you know more or less how the sound is being generated/manipulated. Sometimes buttons and knobs style controllers can be a tad... arcane (from the audience's point of view). :-D
Charline Dye
08.08.2013		Nice work Kaitain! Thanks for sharing. I really like the way you used the touch strips as a guitar fret (& fretless) board for notes, not just modulating Fx. Which really makes it an instrument, and not just an Ableton clip launcher.
Brunilda Kora
08.08.2013		synthet1c!

Mad props on those designs!!!!
Jonathan Chiuchiolo
08.08.2013		cool project, I drew some concepts a while ago you should try to make them a reality

midi slasher copy.jpgmidi slasher JOG copy.jpgmidislasher 80's edition - synthet1c new.jpg

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