All my daily struggles and adventures while making a MIDI controller.
Today was a good day. The weather is great outside but more importantly, I got the controller working in Ableton! It’s not finished of course, but I was able to control faders and sends with it. The lights don’t work yet so that will be my next focus. http://cdn.midique.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_7394.mov
This week I’ve tested the dimensions of the wood an the panel. Here at KAOS we have a wood workshop and the guys from Studio Sheldon helped me brainstorm a bit on how to produce the wooden frame. It needs to fit the CNC mill, leaving some space for the fixation bolts, without wasting too much wood. Quite …
WARNING: this article is technical! This week the assembled PCB’s for the prototype finally came in! Most chips, LEDs, resistors and capacitors are already soldered on by the factory so that saves me a lot of work. The only things that I need to solder myself are the microcontroller (atmega32u4), the crystal (that dictates the …
Even though I’m still working full time on the KNTRL9 and Midique, I also start to feel the consequences of the global Corona crisis. Most suppliers currently have taken measures to limit the spreading of the virus. This means that some work half the hours and/or from home which has impact on the planning. Since …
Something really exciting happened while I was designing my MIDI controller: MIDI 2.0 was adopted! After 37 years of MIDI 1 (with an additional upgrade to support 14 bits signals), the new MIDI is finally here. Why a new version? As said, the old version has been around for a while. It was developed in …
Push Buttons adventures – part 1 The KNTRL9 has three push buttons: one that works as a “shift”-function (to offer extra functionality) and two that work as left/right arrows (for changing MIDI-bank or to go through the channels in Ableton, depending on whether you are using the Ableton script and are pressing shift). In order …
The First Prototype The first case for the prototype that I designed was produced by Rieger design in Berlin (https://www.rieger.design/) who also consulted me. The prototype does not contain the knobs or buttons but gave a good idea of the end product. The rotary knobs were designed as a team effort with Giorgi Rogava and …
