possible to put a cc foot pedal thru the contacts of a cc fader?
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possible to put a cc foot pedal thru the contacts of a cc fader? Posted on: 27.12.2009 by Rebbecca Fennell I've got this dinky old midi controller laying around and its got one fader that seems like it would be more useful if it was a foot controller. Can anyone straighten me out on this? | |
| Rebbecca Fennell 27.12.2009 | I've got this dinky old midi controller laying around and its got one fader that seems like it would be more useful if it was a foot controller. Can anyone straighten me out on this? |
| Iola Obradovich 07.01.2010 | Programming arduino's really isnt to difficult, ill try dig out some good tutorials for you when i get a chance. Though i can't recomend strongly enough getting a multimeter (even a cheep one just for checking voltages/resistances) and a reasonable soldering iron so you dont fry your components whill heating the solder. |
| Rebbecca Fennell 07.01.2010 | Ah I can't thank you enough. I'm new to modding and eventually really want to get into the deep end of customization, I should check out arduino projects |
| Iola Obradovich 06.01.2010 | The cheapest/easyest way i have found to do this is to buy a cheap wha wha pedal from ebay then open it up, then replace one of the mono 1/4 inch jacks with a stereo one and wire the pot to this. Then drill apropriate sized hole in the case of midi controller/synth and fit another 1/4 stereo jack. solder jack to appropriate points on fader with a two point switch so you can select between fader and pedal. You can then connect the pedal with a standard 1/4 stereo jack. I create midi pedals using said wah pedals with an arduino inside then the pedal can be connected directly to any divice via a midi cable |
| Graham Frazier 06.01.2010 | You could use a M-Audio EX-P pedal. http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/EXP.html Just hack the 1/4" tip off, and wire it up. It has a polarity switch so you can "hamster" it. But there is a small problem, the fader uses 100% of the available movement (0-127). And the pedal only uses about 40% (around 50-85). But if you use bomes midi translator, you could fix that very easily. |
| Rebbecca Fennell 30.12.2009 | let me rephrase that question - does anyone know a supplier that has an expression pedal with an output that can be soldered directly into the contact points a fader was once soldered on? |
| Reece Murray 28.12.2009 | Sounds like a great idea. If it's not gonna break your heart, open it up and get modding! |
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