How To Build A DIY MIDI Controller (2015 Edition)
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Kyle Mohr walks us through his process for building a Teensy Arduino-based MIDI controller. - Jak na to + styl
Such a cool video, you've given me so many ideas and now I know how to start them all. Thanks DJTT
To get a cleaner job drilling the large holes - use a forstner bit not a spade bit - and back up every hole with a scrap piece of 2x4 or similar.
Forstner bits are the best. I never use a spade anymore.
I saw the tear out on that shit and thought "he's using that?"
As a dj and electronic engineer, i'll just say: that's what I was waiting for.
Amazing tutorial
If you were an amazing dj and electric engineer, you wouldn't be waiting for this
@@Ankushdas2001 Damn 5 years later!
@@fvw94 time flies i guess
@@fvw94Damn 7 years.
can not wait to build my midi controller ! beautiful tutorial, thanks man.
Awesome, I haven't built anything since we made a radio in school, but maybe I'll have the guts to give this a try. Cool!
Thanks, about to do something similar. Didn't know that teensy had midi over USB support, you just saved me a ton of time by not fooling with midi serial.
Hi... nice video. I did a similar project a few years ago with an arduino UNO. I actually used a power router with a very thin bit to cut the straight lines out for the faders. It worked really nicely because the router has a guide edge so you get a perfectly straight cut. The finish looked really professional. Just thought I'd share that with you. ANyway... nice work
Great, comprehensive video. Thanks!
even the design is Awesome being an DIY controller pretty damn good!
Absolutely fantastic video! I'm going to my own too. Thanks!
very informative video, I enjoyed it but was curious to know if Bluetooth technology would have too long of a response time considering latency but still would love to try it just for the fun
I plan on making a super special unique midi with this as reference, thanks
You are Joseph J: Cool: What a fabulous idea. Also I am inspired by the fact that you have the same cheapo but controllable soldering iron that I found on ebay.
thanks for all the hard work! great vid
Really nice build.
Best project!!! Love it.
I've always wanted to know how to make a MIDI controller, great video!
+Guy Dude thanks!
10,000 Subs With No Videos And I've always wanted to know how to make a mind controller! A pity I misread the title...
hey, i am using 6 analogue inputs and 1 button (digital input) do I have to change the code for this? can i just leave the code the same as the original and my mac will just see less inputs than there actually are.
@@marbleempire1874 why are u asking him lol
Hi Interesting video, love the basic setup and the expansive explanation from beginning to end, great for starters! So keep em coming. I do have some tips however for soldering and the case making.
First for the case: When drilling holes I can recommend three things. One: you can tape the front of your box when drilling with masking tape, this can prevent some of the damage the drill makes; two: put the inside of your box on a smaller hard surface (for example cheap mdf) when drilling, when you do this you are less likely to splinter the bottom and you get much cleaner holes; third: hand drills are great for DIY, however when you have a drill press I can highly recommend using this as it is far more precise and will involve way less clean-up. On the soldering part, I saw you used wires meant for breadboarding (the jumper wires), these are great, however using stranded core wire makes it easier to solder and is more flexible (and likely cheaper than jumper wires), furthermore you can also use shrink tubing more easily. I can also recommend resin/flux cored solder, it is a bit more expensive, however is is amazing when soldering, just coat everything with the solder and then connect, its easy and fast.
P.S. Thanks for this video, really love it wish there were a lot more videos for introductions to music DIY equipment.
+jortband Thanks! These are great pro tips. Appreciate you sharing. They will indeed come in handy for future projects and videos. Will be sure to utilize this in my new workflow.
Thanks guys
!!!Great video
Just finished building mine today. Thankyou for your help in this video. Demo coming soon on my channel if anyone’s interested
So... a 2019 edition coming up? With motorized sliders.
the motorized sliders increase the cost substantially
Nice job!
Thanks for sharing!!
nice work
Very very cool video thank you...
AWESOME!!! I cant wait to get some custom controllers designed specifically for my favorite Komplete 11 Ultimate software :P
Nice Job!
Super cool!
"instant gratification"
"after 24 hours"
"wait 72 hours"
right?
wow dude you are amazing!
Can you program CC values into the tinsy board and use a regular midi port instead of usb?
Time to take this idea to the max! DYI 40 channel mix board here i come!!!
Also gana make 20 Know addon, then a 10x10x4 pad DYI MAX!
A lot of work, but great detailed explanation, thanks a lot. What about using an arduino uno board for this? why did you choose the teensy?
Parts list in the description would be awesome.. +1 for the vid.
Full parts list with links at DJTechTools.com in the article with a step by step guide.
Raimz Gamez Grab the full parts list here: djtechtools.com/2015/08/25/how-to-make-your-own-diy-midi-controller/
+Raimz Gamez what's the second potetiometer effect ? 14.51
very nice video, thank you so much! :)
Very helpful thank you.
Excellent!!!!!!
I really love it!
could you please tell me if I can use an arduino uni or an arduino Leonardo instead?
if yes could you please help me with the software?
could it work with virtual DJ or dj softwares?
thank you!
Mad respect.
hello can you please build a diy motorized fader midi controller usb? 1-4 fader thanks.great video.
great video!! but can you please show us how to make a bigger midi controller with jogwheels and how to do when you puss a button that a led turns on?
+Bert Plays well the real answer is how can we put more analog inputs ?? building a simple 4 channel 4bands eq midi mixers for traktor for example..?? :) all the parts like jogwheels are not complicated using potentiometer and the learn function on the software but we first need the answer for the first question
2019 version case can be 3D printed 🤘🏽
Faders crackle and fail pretty easy. You can protect them from debris by making a slice of felt between the board cutout and mount.
Nice video. Thanks.
these faders can have a 100n capacitor across their output with confidence and still work fine; - they are only giving DC voltage.... - personally I always wanted to make touch controlled faders...
I love how you make a point of mentioning the proper step up process when drilling but then do absolteuly nothing else and still almost ruin your material.
Yall get over your selves. This demo is thoroughly demonstrative and this is a well crafted feat. Y'all are micromanaging.
you are a genius man
Thats amazing!i subbed 😆
wow its very cool ... i like it ..
pretty awesome
Really good video, now i really want to make one ! But it would be great if you could make a video with a bit more of theory, how to program, what we can do, all the different teensy board we can use, or other thing like this. So we could create exactly what we want ! But it style a great video, and don't stop, DJ TechTools is the best "music channel" i know !!!
***** Great idea! Thanks. We didn't get to cover everything, just some basics, but would love to do a follow up video with more theory and other board options for further discussion. We just wanted to show the cheapest and simplest way to get started.
I'm doing a project very similar to this, using the Teensy 2.0 as the brain. Because the Teensy only has one active and ground pin do I wire up the active and ground chains in series or parallel? It doesn't specify and this could affect the voltage that each part gets...
Very cool idea. Using arduino plc built-in a DIY midi. Awesome it works!!!.
Will that arduino work with my Maschine Studio software and combined with the controller maschine midi plug ? I was thinking to buy a new brand 16+master midi+effects. Just to take the digital out convert into analogue, arrange and get set to digitalize back again.
Best,
can you set an individual midi channel on each of the knob/fader/button, as well as an individual midi cc message?
I would have loved to see this with actual MIDI jacks and adding proper MIDI implementation since I tend to build a ton of non computer based instruments
Thank you so much, can we use this for X32 Rack Behringer.
Bravo !
could you do a wire digram for each parts or do complete digram please i would love to build this but its confused me when i watch u to wire it all up
WOOOW!!!!! Good Job!!!!
Thank you very much for the tutorial, sorry for my poor english jajaja... I have a question. To this project I can add a multiplexer to place more knobs ?, I would have to modify much of the code or just to add the knobs to the code would work?
great video guuys!!!
if you covered both sides of the lid with painter's tape before drilling that would help with the splitting, or just use a sheet of acryllic for the top instead.
Pretty good idea, Me.
GREAT ! THANK U
Welcome! In this video there are 4 potentiometers, 4 faders and 4 arcade buttons. How many potentiometers and faders and buttons together we can use in one project using arduino uno?
Hey could you explain what led you to go with Teensy instead of some of the other options? Been looking at Livid Builder. I think it's a little more expensive but it seems so straightforward
i have been eyeing my midifighter original and my broken vestax vci 100 se - thinking " a scratch + button masher box would be just what i need for my traktor D player" if I just had some bonus hours then this would be a great intro to that
+östen petersson Would love to see what the final result looks like. That sounds awesome!
time will tell - probably it will end up in the box for unfinished ideas
amazing thank you so muchQ!!
What a good Job!!! Thanks man. sorry if it's an old video, but can i use a regular Arduino as midi card? Sorry for my silly question, i'm french and i don't really understand all what you said in the video.
this pretty much is the verge pc build video of the diy midi world. but that being said it was informative enough to help me build one
Is there any noticeable delay between the faders and the DAW? Been thinking about building this with 8 faders witch each 4 send effects.
Awesome!!!
You are the man
hello there do you have diagrams from teensy to each pin point( going to buttons and slides) as well... thanxs in advance
What's the limit to the amount of faders and pots you can have with the teensy board you're using?
Great tutorial but could i make on compatible with pro tools 12?
It's Nice good job, but what can i do if i want to make a 24 Faders mixer? Is it possible? Thanks a lot for upload this video
this is close to what i want to build. looking for motorized faders i can strap on my guitar.
does anyone know a service or way to get a customized professional DJ controller with motorized platters and soft pads and so on?
is it possible to add audio outputs? i want to make one for my djing but need one with audio,
So, did the midi mapping stick after you did it once? I am trying to figure out how to store midi maps on the brain so that it automatically maps different DAWs
put painters tape on the inside while you dremel it out. that will prevent a good bit of the blow out
does this will work with SDJ (2017)??? I have my ns7 and i really meed more buttons according to my necessities
I was wondering why I kept getting constant random inputs. For less pots, just set appropriate number of analog inputs and start at correct pins. I only have 2 pots and one button and just left the 4 buttons in the code. With 8 analog inputs, 6 pins were left floating. I literally change one character in the code. Pot volume control on PC through Voicemeeter is nice. It doesn't need intermediary software to work either.
Is it possible i can buy this? The wooden style would fit amazing with my desk.
What are the advantages to using a teensy compared to an arduino uno or due?
awesome
I've got an obsolete Novation Nocturn, which has 8 rotary controls on it and one slider, I wonder if it would be possible to turn it into a MIDI controller, like this one. I hate throwing things away, but there's no software available for recent OSs that'll make it work.
I really want to build a custom midi controller based on the SSL 4000 series consoles. Anybody have any ideas on what parts i'd need and how to wire them up?
+DJ TechTools would you use piezos if you wanted velocity, in say, an mpc build?
Im from germany and dont know what a MIDI controller is, but hey, CZcams said that I should watch this video, a midi Controller must be very interesting
Hey mate, I'm also from Germany but what has that to do with a midi-controller?
123jo123lle why arent you speaking German?
Vermutlich weil unsere internationale CZcams Community auch gerne wissen will, was wir schreiben :)
Dutchies will understand
@@jacschilder echt he
so what type of usb do I need to connect the midi controller with my pc?
i may have missed it in the video, but are the buttons/pads velocity sensitive?
Are there any good alternatives to the teensy 2.0 that wouldn't require any coding other than the coding provided?
Amazing
awesome!!!
Hi can the teensy board be used on a 64 bit system. New to this
Questions
1: is there a good central store to get these components such as knobs, faders etc. if so can you send me a link?
2. Does the teensy board limit how many faders/knobs you can program to send midi signals? And if so, are there larger boards to assign more controller knobs to?
3. is it possible to create a MIDI controller which is specifically used for knobs solely To assign automation to each knob, Like the Faderfox PC12?
wow sei ittaliano!!!
mi iscrivo solo per questo
Is it possible to make this but all of em are the arcade button? Like the midi fighter 3d?
That's awesome
It's possible to build a standalone version like a drum machine? Or it works only with a program like ableton live on the pc?
Cherry or Oak wouldn't be so nasty to work on. The dremel would cut and sand it pretty nicely. Harder is better unless you want something that'll crush with a single hard fall. Otherwise, very cool project. Looking into the parts it's not much cheaper making your own. Large part of why I just went ahead and bought the MIDI Fighter 3D and Twister.
Can i use BEHRINGER MIXER (DUAL) B10K B103 LINEAR TAPER FADER / SLIDER instead?