Extra Classic - Midi Controller Project
Extra Classic - Midi Controller Project Posted on: 07.06.2011 by Joan Kollmorgen Copied and pasted from my blogOk here's the story... Ever since I bought my M-Audio Xponent a few years ago I | |
| Joan Kollmorgen 09.06.2011 |
Damn thats good looking
You sure frosted is a good idea? I don't doubt you cos your design skill is unquestionable but that black looks awesome.. |
| Cammy Clegg 09.06.2011 | I have to give you props on this. After having to sell your decks, Im glad to see you got a new project. |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 09.06.2011 | you've got a really good eye for detail and finish mate... the prototypes look excellent! can you show us some pictures of the tools you use to cut the plastic and wood? particularly the router/drill you use and the router bits. Maybe a video of you cutting some of the holes? Don't believe anyone's done a build log like that yet... |
| Kiyoko Wellisch 09.06.2011 | Glossy shit looks horrible about 25 seconds after you take it out the box. :P |
| Janyce Henningson 09.06.2011 | Damn thats good looking You sure frosted is a good idea? I don't doubt you cos your design skill is unquestionable but that black looks awesome.. |
| Joan Kollmorgen 10.06.2011 | I thought I would have a practice at cutting some acrylic perspex today. I needed to have an idea how easy or hard it would be before buying some larger sheets for my Midi Controller Project. I'm pleased to say it all went smoothly. I corrected the issue with the fader slots that i mentioned yesterday by reducing the length of the jig. After coming up with 3 designs in corel draw I started by making this one first. (by the way that's a fly sitting on the perspex in the first shot ) I was believeing this would be used in the vertical position with the crossfader at the bottom. The bank of 16 buttons above could be mapped to transport functions, cue points and various effects. The two red buttons I would map to deck select and the knobs would control the gain for each channel. I won't be using this glossy perspex for my main project I will use frosted acrylic instead. Finished in a solid oak case this project would look the buisness (shame I have no intention of finishing it) |
| Jacqualine Arroyos 08.06.2011 |
Originally Posted by Nicky H
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5WZB...eature=related |
| Joan Kollmorgen 08.06.2011 |
Originally Posted by Nicky H
If you ever want a case building to finish your project just let me know |
| Janyce Henningson 08.06.2011 | Looking good so far mate I did all the electrical bits for a midi mixer - built the midibox cores, wired everything up in a mdf box, leds, pots, encoders etc.. Wrote the code for it. But my joinery skills are none-existant so never got round to making a pretty box for it. I wanted a nice oak case and metal face-plate like one of the livid controllers. I gave up and its all in pieces again. Sooo jealous of your woodwork skills Can't wait to see the finished piece mate. |
| Joan Kollmorgen 08.06.2011 | I will be using my router and a few hss drill bits I've been to price up some frosted acrylic today. |
| Kiyoko Wellisch 08.06.2011 | How are you planning to cut the acrylic? I never enjoyed doing that stuff by hand, it just never fucking worked. Do you have access to a cadcam laser cutter thingy? |
| Joan Kollmorgen 08.06.2011 |
Originally Posted by ToOntown
Thanks ToOntown Here's a quick update Just fitted the faders. Slots cut out using a 3.2mm straight router bit and a custom made jig. I will be replacing the Xponent fader caps at a later date. Faders held in place with M3 countersunk screws. When cutting out the slots I made the length of the cut the same size as the opening on the fader. After fitting I realized that a could have made it a few mm shorter because the fader stem doesn't travel right to the end of the slot. I know It might sound petty but little things like that really annoy me. This is why I'm using MDF first and will correct this in the final build. |
| Shonda Soulier 09.06.2011 | Hell yeah, man! I have an unhealthy amount of internet history on your last project. This one should turn out well too. Can't wait to see the progress! |
| Jacqualine Arroyos 08.06.2011 | nice :-) |
| Joan Kollmorgen 08.06.2011 | 3mm holes drilled for led's Because I'm using 4mm MDF at this stage of the project (final finish will be 3mm acrylic perspex) I had to countersink the holes on the back to let the led's poke through the right amount. I used a depth stop attatched to the drill bit to ensure all holes were the same. Next up making a jig to cut the slots for the faders. |
| Joan Kollmorgen 08.06.2011 |
Hey nice dude! Can't wait to see this project unfold.
(boy that's a tall controller) The mixer section is the exact same dimensions as the Pioneer DJM-909 Also I'm sick of tiny controllers with no space around any of the buttons and knobs It's a man sized controller
So its a Midi Mixer? Thats tight
Next up will be the deck sections.
very nice! I was pondering this process with my Numark Stealth
awesome! should be an interesting build... plus mdf is great for making almost anything out of
Swweeet man, wish I had the brains to make a customize my controller.
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| Sherley Headden 08.06.2011 | Swweeet man, wish I had the brains to make a customize my controller. |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 08.06.2011 | awesome! should be an interesting build... plus mdf is great for making almost anything out of |
| Ralph Alderette 08.06.2011 | very nice! I was pondering this process with my Numark Stealth |
| Thi Akehurst 07.06.2011 | So its a Midi Mixer? Thats tight |
| Kiyoko Wellisch 07.06.2011 | Hey nice dude! Can't wait to see this project unfold. (boy that's a tall controller) |
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