Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:47 pm
Hi everyone, it's been a while since I've been here.
However, more than ever I am a true believer of Free/Libre and Open Source Software and Hardware!
More than a year ago I started a topic about making a dedicated MIDI controller for LMMS. Now, let me tell you this: It didn't happen!
I was naive and saw things to big.
But that's okay! Because if you have to be naive to believe in something (in something big at least).
But things change and now, rather than being ignorant enough to believe I as a total N00b can change everything, I want to give it another shot!
Now, I love music but I never been able to create it. Why? Well first of all, I don't have real talent for it.
But that doesn't mean I shouldn't get a somewhat decent sound out of it!
Every time I started working with software based music creation I stumbled up on the fact that I couldn't get things right with a keyboard and a mouse. It just wasn't enough!
So any normal student that lacks money (every student lacks money, trust me!) would go on ebay and buy himself something simple like a Korg NanoPAD or something. But I don't, because I'm a geek.
Currently I'm a second year Industrial Engineering student, with a strong believe that the future of both Hard- and Software should be open! (the reason for that should carry us to far in this topic) A fellow student has the same opinion about this. He however knows how to make music! (And he literally looks like this:
) So whatever I build, now has someone that can get tunes out of it! (yay)
Since exams are the best time for creative ideas, I started digging in to the MIDI protocol last couple of weeks. I did that before, but now I actually took the time to really understand it. So I took my arduino a few days ago and was able to send notes with some microswitches. Yesterday evening I changed the code and was able to control an LMMS fader with a physical one. (hooray for understanding the protocol you're working with).
So now I'm at the point where I can do 2 things.
The easy one: building a controller for a program like MIXXX, which already has it's controllers but also has an approved layout.
The slightly harder one: building a controller for something I'd love to start working with but don't know how to make the right controller.
So I leave the question up to you guys, what would you throw in? faders, potmeters, switches, piezo's, drumpads...
Note: I'm not saying I'm going to build a kick ass controller and put it in to mass production or what so ever. I'm going to "experiment" but of course, all my data, drawings and code will be released.
However, more than ever I am a true believer of Free/Libre and Open Source Software and Hardware!
More than a year ago I started a topic about making a dedicated MIDI controller for LMMS. Now, let me tell you this: It didn't happen!
I was naive and saw things to big.
But that's okay! Because if you have to be naive to believe in something (in something big at least).
But things change and now, rather than being ignorant enough to believe I as a total N00b can change everything, I want to give it another shot!
Now, I love music but I never been able to create it. Why? Well first of all, I don't have real talent for it.
But that doesn't mean I shouldn't get a somewhat decent sound out of it!Every time I started working with software based music creation I stumbled up on the fact that I couldn't get things right with a keyboard and a mouse. It just wasn't enough!
So any normal student that lacks money (every student lacks money, trust me!) would go on ebay and buy himself something simple like a Korg NanoPAD or something. But I don't, because I'm a geek.
Currently I'm a second year Industrial Engineering student, with a strong believe that the future of both Hard- and Software should be open! (the reason for that should carry us to far in this topic) A fellow student has the same opinion about this. He however knows how to make music! (And he literally looks like this:
) So whatever I build, now has someone that can get tunes out of it! (yay)Since exams are the best time for creative ideas, I started digging in to the MIDI protocol last couple of weeks. I did that before, but now I actually took the time to really understand it. So I took my arduino a few days ago and was able to send notes with some microswitches. Yesterday evening I changed the code and was able to control an LMMS fader with a physical one. (hooray for understanding the protocol you're working with).
So now I'm at the point where I can do 2 things.
The easy one: building a controller for a program like MIXXX, which already has it's controllers but also has an approved layout.
The slightly harder one: building a controller for something I'd love to start working with but don't know how to make the right controller.
So I leave the question up to you guys, what would you throw in? faders, potmeters, switches, piezo's, drumpads...
Note: I'm not saying I'm going to build a kick ass controller and put it in to mass production or what so ever. I'm going to "experiment" but of course, all my data, drawings and code will be released.
