*BUILD LOG* 'CDJ 2000'-style DIY Traktor controller
*BUILD LOG* 'CDJ 2000'-style DIY Traktor controller Posted on: 14.10.2010 by Arcelia Siebeneck Just in the design stages at the moment but I'm pretty excited by this controller concept... believe it's pretty unique and is a good compromise between a performance 'midi-fighter-esque' controller and a more traditional CDJ/mixer combo. See what you believe:The screen is a 7" USB screen by Samsung (model U70) and is the most expensive part (about | |
Rosita Bourdeaux 13.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by MiL0
Anyways keep up the awesome work |
Kayce Mesia 12.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by MiL0
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Arcelia Siebeneck 11.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by MiL0
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Temple Guffin 18.08.2011 |
Originally Posted by chrisw
I definitely wouldn't want endless posts on EQs. I believe endless pots are good for switching between controls with a single knob. |
Carlee Pickard 05.11.2012 | Any update's on the controller? |
Rosita Bourdeaux 13.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by MiL0
Anyways keep up the awesome work |
Anabel Fogleman 12.11.2011 | Amazing project Milo, look forward to the new updates / progress reports! Cheers Lee |
Arcelia Siebeneck 12.11.2011 | haha there's nothing to show... just trying to get everything in place (working on a hopeful commerical or non-profit limited hardware release... more details soon). i'll create a new thread once I've got something tangible to show to everyone... it literally is a completely new project (albeit one that's been heavily influenced by this thread and everyone who contributed) for now, probably best to just let this thread die... |
Kayce Mesia 12.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by MiL0
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Arcelia Siebeneck 12.11.2011 | nope - the controller has completely changed from the original design (besides, I believe the Eject button was originally intended as a means of loading/unloading the deck in Traktor). |
Patrica Giancaterino 11.11.2011 | I know you're not showing anything but I saw an ejection button.. are you planning to play CD's with it? |
Arcelia Siebeneck 11.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by MiL0
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Golden Faubert 11.11.2011 | how's this going... do you have any updated pics of progress?? (also had to get that 200th topic post in!! ) |
Osvaldo Newhall 11.11.2011 | I don't know if anyone suggested this yet as I didn't go through all the pages, but it would look and feel better to work with this if the pitch controls were placed on the right side of the unit instead of left. This way, "traditional" DJs would love to "spin" with it. Other than that, very impressive work there! |
Arcelia Siebeneck 11.11.2011 | keeping things underwraps for now... would rather just finish everything off before I post anymore updates. the design and concept has changed drastically by the way. |
Cristobal Madhavan 11.11.2011 | I love it that this scene of ours attracts people of all talents. More and more EDM is becoming about your rig, how you work it, how it's routed (like custom m4l and reaktor ensembles) than just about the latest track released. People like Tim Exile, Moldover, BT, Ritchie Hawtin and more pushing the envelope of what a performer in this genre can present. If you could make that controller with said functionality I'd buy two just to help your biz for competition. |
Hoa Koogle 11.11.2011 | Good to hear your dusting this one off Milo. This build was one of the reasons I started to go down the DIY route. How's things traveling with it? |
Roselee Jasnoch 10.11.2011 | Been following this thread for a long time, really makes me want to take apart my nanokontrol and have a play! |
Dannielle Glassey 08.11.2011 | Back on, nice to hear that. How far are you now with it and what is the next step you're going to take ? |
Arcelia Siebeneck 02.10.2011 | well its kinda back on again lol... thanks for the kind words btw |
Dj aziz mastouri 02.10.2011 | LMAO!! .........and done. you need to be contacting Novation, Ean Golden and his crew or DJ Tech and putting together a portfolio for them to look at. This design for the controller trapped inside your head could make a massive amount of people happy and possibly you, a future in design. |
Arcelia Siebeneck 18.08.2011 | this project is on semi-permanent hold for now, I'm sorry to say. The Novation Twitch pretty much covers what I want, for the right price. |
Temple Guffin 18.08.2011 |
Originally Posted by chrisw
I definitely wouldn't want endless posts on EQs. I believe endless pots are good for switching between controls with a single knob. |
Arcelia Siebeneck 29.06.2011 | chrisw - you've lost me! what are you referring to? |
Cammy Clegg 30.06.2011 |
Originally Posted by MiL0
Also couldnt u have used endless rotary encoders or endless pots? |
Arcelia Siebeneck 29.06.2011 | yes, a little... but I want to make some solid progress first before I update this thread. should have something substantial to show in the next month or so |
Carlena Dechand 29.06.2011 | Any updates? |
Arcelia Siebeneck 27.04.2011 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a7NU98fSMI Small update - slow and steady... |
Louisa Oberc 24.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by Siytek
Or when A/B/C are connected to 8/9/10 you can do: Code:
void multiplex(byte mp_number_man) { PORTB = mp_number_man; } |
Lillia Mestdagh 24.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by DjNecro
http://www.instructables.com/id/Ardu...how-to-fix-it/ Here is the bit of code I use for MUXing, I replaced the code in my last post with this to get things up to speed for multiplexing my LED VU meter, the code is also shorter and 'nice to look at' ... PHP Code:
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Louisa Oberc 23.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by Siytek
On a serious note though... Direct port access would be pretty much required for any serious project. There's just so much overhead involved when using digitalwrite/read that there's really not much that can be done to speed things up past a certain point. It can be tricky to wrap your mind around |
Seymour Kopec 23.04.2011 | Thanks. I love this community . |
Mikki Brasuell 23.04.2011 | LMK if you ever want to sell me one of these! |
Lillia Mestdagh 22.04.2011 |
I'm also using the teensy++ but i'm still working on the programming, trying to get the multiplexer running.
PHP Code:
Then add this subroutine to your code... PHP Code:
multiplex(x); This code will work fine for scanning switches or pots but to multiplex LEDs I find its not quite quick enough and they flicker a bit. I use a more advanced technique for switching the control inputs called port manipulation... http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/PortManipulation |
Blair Turick 22.04.2011 | the teensy++ just has more inputs lol i believe all together it has 28 digital and 8 analog. So you can get the 28 digital and 8 analog without any additional hardware. plus it is soooo much smaller then a mega. as far as the mux goes it should be reasonably straight forward to add the code to make them work, but you really only need them for the analog. if you hook it up as a matrix you could get 196 buttons hooked up on the 28 pins. On the arduino community there is a pretty good guide to using that mux. http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/...num=1257035971 It seems pretty straight forward. You would then take the new analog inputs names and input them in the code where the analog inputs go. and change the number of inputs Code:
// Number of digital inputs. Can be anywhere from 0 to 18. #define NUM_DI 12 // Number of analogue inputs. Can be anywhere from 0 to 6. #define NUM_AI 14 #ifdef MIDI_FIGHTER #define MIDI_CHANNEL 3 // First note, starting from lower left button #define NOTE NOTE_C2 // When mapping to a MIDI Fighter we need to skip a row of buttons. Set this from 0-3 to define which row to skip. // Rows are ordered from bottom to top (same as the MIDI Fighter's button layout). #define SKIP_ROW 2 // This pin order corresponds to the bottom left button being zero, increasing by one as we move from left to right, bottom to top // 8 9 10 11 // 4 5 6 7 // 0 1 2 3 // This array size must match NUM_DI above. #define DIGITAL_PIN_ORDER 10, 11, 12, 13, 6, 7, 8, 9, 2, 3, 4, 5 #else #define MIDI_CHANNEL 1 // First note, starting from upper left button #define NOTE NOTE_C0 // This pin order corresponds to the top left button being zero, increasing by one as we move from left to right, top to bottom // 0 1 2 3 // 4 5 6 7 // 8 9 10 11 // This array size must match NUM_DI above. #define DIGITAL_PIN_ORDER PIN_D0, PIN_D1, PIN_D4, PIN_D5, PIN_D7, PIN_E0, PIN_E1, PIN_C0, PIN_C1, PIN_B3, PIN_B2, PIN_B1 // #define DIGITAL_PIN_ORDER 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 #endif #define ANALOGUE_PIN_ORDER A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, aval1, aval2, aval3, aval4, aval5, aval6, aval7, aval8 I've never used a mux before so i could be wrong, but I just ordered some of those boards so in a few days ill try it out so i can help further if you need it. |
Seymour Kopec 22.04.2011 | Hi guys, the arduino board helps a lot. digital/analog mux: (they are really cheap) http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/4051 Or analog mux: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9056 Or even Encoders: http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/RotaryEncoders I'm also using the teensy++ but i'm still working on the programming, trying to get the multiplexer running. My plan is to use some 9056 boards for the analog inputs and some 4051 for the digital and some MAX7219 chips for the LEDs. http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_Matrix.html Bye |
Arcelia Siebeneck 22.04.2011 | how do you get more inputs than an Arduino Mega? Are you using a multiplexer? I've got a couple of these: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8970 would it be reasonably straightforward to use your code with a mux? (thanks for posting the code in the other thread btw ) |
Blair Turick 21.04.2011 | Not to jump into this thread super late but as far as the programing goes have you ever looked into the teensy? You can program it using the same IDE as the arduino however it has way more inputs and can do stright midi-usb. I have a midi fighter clone i made with the teensy that does stright midi-usb. If you want a look at the code lemmie know and i'll post it. I modded it for the teensy off a code from instructables. It does a great job with buttons and knobs/faders and all works on a plug and play on any computer with no added drivers. |
Torie Hollobaugh 16.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by michaeldunne109
I've been buying from them for years, they always have what I want. Ok, I build mostly amps and pre-amps, but they have a vast array of components other than semiconductors, incl displays and switches. But I must admit, they're not the cheapest, but defo high quality. Edit: Forgot the link: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/home.html |
Maryanne Weatherill 16.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by MiL0
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