Best midi keyboard controllers 2015
The main point of DIY besides saving some money and learning what is really inside your gear, is to customize it to be truly original.īefore you start drilling holes be sure to measure all components and their clearance! Once you’ve finalized your layout its time to “build” or make room for your components. You can use anything for an enclosure: an old VHS tape plastic lunchbox retro video game cartridge a wooden box or even 3D print your own.
You don’t always have to be this exact, you can always just take a marker and ruler, measure distance between components and make sure to keep the distance the same, and mark up the back or inside of your enclosure with drill/cut spots. This will result in broken enclosures and tight areas for soldering. Make sure to leave plenty of space between your components and do not overcrowd the layout. This was designed for 4 potentiometers, 4 faders and 4 arcade buttons, but you can certainly swap them out for other components.įor the buttons, you’ll need a 1 inch or 24mm spade bit and you should aim for using a 5/16 bit for the potentiometers. I followed it up using Adobe Illustrator to make a to-scale blueprint.
This is my awful drawing on a post-it note, but it suffices as an ideal layout and sketch.
Note: It will put you way over the $100 budget if you need any of these tools, but if you plan to do more projects in the future they certainly will come in handy and you can always buy them really cheap on eBay and Amazon.