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Klopfenpop
Joined: Mar 05, 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:42 pm Post subject:
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So I'm wanting to make an interface that turns push button signals from a couple video game controllers into MIDI.
As far as I understand, every MIDI capable keyboard, at the very least, has this system built in (push buttons [read:keys] with MIDI signal outputing from the MIDI out port). Is there any way to use the guts of a MIDI capable keyboard, remove whatever I don't need (in my case, all but around 20 keys) and replace one by one the contacts going to the leads of each piano key (push button) and connect them to leads of a button on a videogame controller?
One problem that I don't know enough to predict may be the key sending velocity info while the video game controller button does not. Perhaps the keys are not analog push buttons, but actually sending digital information? |
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MusicMan11712
Joined: Aug 08, 2009 Posts: 1082 Location: Out scouting . . .
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:25 am Post subject:
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I am not a DYIer, so I cannot answer your questions, but I am wondering if you have to destroy a keyboard to do what you want.
Is your primary objective here to make use of videogame controllers you already have?
I believe that with PC controllers you can use software to generate midi data. I don't know if video game controllers can be converted for use on a PC.
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Klopfenpop
Joined: Mar 05, 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:25 pm Post subject:
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I'm looking just finding a cheap keyboard at goodwill.
Yeah, I either need to convert to USB or to MIDI. MIDI seems more doable. |
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bod
Joined: Apr 28, 2009 Posts: 148 Location: Glasgow
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Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:53 am Post subject:
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bit late in one this one, but some friends of mine did something similar to this a good few years ago. they use it for controlling the arkaos vj software mostly, but will work with anything midi based, and basically replaced the keys from a midi keboard with toggle switches and rehoused the whole thing.
check out http://www.thesoundsurgery.co.uk/videoswitchboard/ for details on the build, and their own site http://www.pointlesscreations.co.uk for some quality video nonsense!
happy hacking! |
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MusicScienceGuy
Joined: Jun 22, 2007 Posts: 97 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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