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
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 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.
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
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.
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.
+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
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!
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...
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...
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?
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
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,
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
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?
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.
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.
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?
is it going to make a different if I build this in the UK in terms of power rating etc... ? I'm guessing not because it isn't connected to the mains. Also is this controller bus powered by the USB cable? Thanks
Can i use push button on a breadboard for arduino, then use the sketch. would that work? then i can avoid soldering. Can the arduino run the whole thing by itself?
