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I posted this in the MIDI Mania forum, but thought this might be a better place.
I built a 3-channel, programmable MIDI controller, for between $100 and $120. It works awesome! The detail from the 100mm slider pots is great! I could've added some pan pots, buttons, and other stuff, but what I really wanted was the one I built. I'm using it to control cc11, cc1, and cc21 (expression, dynamics, and vibrato) with some of the SpitFire strings and winds.
I was inspired by this post, but had my own ideas on building it. Mainly the wood case. I wanted something that looked professional, and be low-profile so I'm not having to hold my whole arm up to ride the faders. I used a dash mat, for a car, to keep the unit from sliding around. It really keeps it in place.
I looked everywhere for something like this, but the closest I found was the Korg NonoKontrol2. The short faders, as well as the resistance on the faders, really wasn't working for me and returned it. The other option would've been to get a Palette, but they are ridiculously priced for my needs.
I'm using this in the most current version of Cakewalk by Bandlab (formerly Cakewalk Sonar). It works flawlessly, and will work the same on any DAW.
If anyone's interested in how I made it, let me know and I'll post a write-up on it with pics.



I built a 3-channel, programmable MIDI controller, for between $100 and $120. It works awesome! The detail from the 100mm slider pots is great! I could've added some pan pots, buttons, and other stuff, but what I really wanted was the one I built. I'm using it to control cc11, cc1, and cc21 (expression, dynamics, and vibrato) with some of the SpitFire strings and winds.
I was inspired by this post, but had my own ideas on building it. Mainly the wood case. I wanted something that looked professional, and be low-profile so I'm not having to hold my whole arm up to ride the faders. I used a dash mat, for a car, to keep the unit from sliding around. It really keeps it in place.
I looked everywhere for something like this, but the closest I found was the Korg NonoKontrol2. The short faders, as well as the resistance on the faders, really wasn't working for me and returned it. The other option would've been to get a Palette, but they are ridiculously priced for my needs.
I'm using this in the most current version of Cakewalk by Bandlab (formerly Cakewalk Sonar). It works flawlessly, and will work the same on any DAW.
If anyone's interested in how I made it, let me know and I'll post a write-up on it with pics.



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