d.i.y. midi controller

wayoftheworld · Post by **wayoftheworld** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:15 am

right so i'm looking to possibly make a diy midi controller. i've found a few things on google about this but wanted to see if any of you guys have done this sorta thing? if so, what are you using and how easy was it to convert to midi controller?

i'm using ableton live so it would be cool to have something with lotsa buttons to trigger clips. i did happen to come across a link on how to use a gamepad video game controller as midi controller using a max/msp patch -- the controller itself looks like a generic playstation controller an has those dual joysticks which would be pretty cool for doing x/y stuff. any experience with video game controllers would be much appreciated since it probably wouldn't be too cost worthy to do..

any one know if its possible to turn a cheap casio keyboard into a midi controller?

any links/recommendations are much appreciated

peace

tripwire22 · Post by **tripwire22** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:38 am

what if u could use that

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:05 am

Was just watching some diy midi controller for ableton porn on utub and what they said was that the controller transmits hid on the usb buss, and u need an application to turn hid to midi that is usable by ableton.

NE one use Bome's?

cloak and dagger · Post by **cloak and dagger** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:25 am

There's a program called Joy2Midi that converts any joystick/gamepad into midi...it can be SLIGHTLY tricky to use at first, but the options available for setup are pretty decent. You might need MidiYoke also with it.

wayoftheworld · Post by **wayoftheworld** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:07 pm

tripwire22 wrote:

what if u could use that

damn i wonder if that's usb?

tripwire22 · Post by **tripwire22** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:49 am

nah doubt it goes right into the old xbox but maybe there is some converter

symmetricalsounds · Post by **symmetricalsounds** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:55 am

tripwire22 wrote:nah doubt it goes right into the old xbox but maybe there is some converter

old xbox can be made into usb very easily http://www.darkplanets.co.uk/product_in ... medium=PPC

psylent · Post by **psylent** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:02 am

Is it possible to turn an Xbox 360 pad in to a midi controller?
As one of my pads is USB.

tripwire22 · Post by **tripwire22** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:47 am

psylent wrote:Is it possible to turn an Xbox 360 pad in to a midi controller?
As one of my pads is USB.

yes it is do some searching on the forums cuz there were atleast 2 topics on this i saw a while back

morro_e · Post by **morro_e** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:45 am

tripwire22 wrote:
psylent wrote:Is it possible to turn an Xbox 360 pad in to a midi controller?
As one of my pads is USB.
yes it is do some searching on the forums cuz there were atleast 2 topics on this i saw a while back

Inphluenzicc · Post by **Inphluenzicc** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:20 am

Actually it's also possible to convert a wii controller into a wireless controller. I'm planning on doing that later this month when my paycheck arives finally (lol)

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:59 pm

Inphluenzicc wrote:Actually it's also possible to convert a wii controller into a wireless controller. I'm planning on doing that later this month when my paycheck arives finally (lol)

Any links on that?

Hurtdeer · Post by **Hurtdeer** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:14 pm

i made a messy max/msp patch (mac) a while ago which basically does the xbox 360 controller to midi conversion thing... if anyone has max/msp and wants it

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