D.o I.t Y.

ourself midi controllers

And how to implement them in your setup.

H.I.D

Human Input Device

Trackballs, graphic tablets, trackpads etc. etc.

basically, anything that communicates with
your computer

Gaming keyboards

Gaming controllers

Use of factory-ready circuitboards, microcontrollers

I-PAC

arduino

teensy board

Xin-Mo

Software that can convert standard h.i.d. messages

into midi-events.

Junxion

Bomes

reverse engineering your aqquired gear

to work for you

- using the device "as it is"

- using the device circuitboard and replace components with
other components at your own taste.
- "integrate" a controller into a existing design.
- use akward objects to house your ideas

the only limitation is your imagination...

How to obtain Source material?

flea-markets
secondhand shops
marktplaats (dutch online buying/selling website)
sometimes even in trashcans and containers.
during kings night and kings day i have a complete schedule.
29 april i visit Utrecht but it gets to crowded fast with (drunk) people
that seem to be wandering without a purpose. On 30 april i wake up
as early as possible to get to the stuff i want before someone else
does. First in my hometown, then to a bigger city. If you're
wondering why you never find anything, now you know.

finding the right components

piezo disk

pushbuttons

potentiometers

knobs

some examples of my work

2 joysticks

teensy board, programmed within a

Arduino enveronment. 8 banks of 8
rotary encoders

Xin-mo gaming pcb

Xin-mo gaming pcb, programmed with Junxion. The buttongrid

corresponds with Live's drumrackgrid, the 2 tiny pushbuttons on
the side act as "shift" buttons to give a total of 4 x 12 buttons

trust predator pro based controllers

teensy based fingerdrumming

joystick based, notice the

redlight detail...

This was a M-audio 49 keys with some malfunctioning keys

i cutted it trough half, including the pcb (.)
and glued and soldered the parts and traces
back together. Then, i implanted a wireless
joystick and attached pushbuttons and pots
to that circuitboard A wireless midikeyboard was born..

Keyboard-mapping
(how to make a 2,- midi controller)

Housings for your project