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== Rough Schedule ==
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'''Elevator Pitch'''
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* ''A multi-functional, compact MIDI controller for DJs and producers looking for getting the most out of the least space.''
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== Steps / Schedule ==
  
 
11/03 - order parts, finalize design, and create housing template
 
11/03 - order parts, finalize design, and create housing template
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Current concept sketches for multi-functional midi controller
 
Current concept sketches for multi-functional midi controller
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[[File:Compound_fader.jpg|border|1000px]]
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Sketches for the bridge of the compound fader
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[[File:IMG_0959.jpg|border|500px]]
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The bridge of the compound fader, with rotary encoder and slide potentiometer attached
  
 
== Research + Info ==
 
== Research + Info ==
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* Icon Digital USA - iControls - Mini USB MIDI Controller (https://www.icondigitalusa.com/content/icontrols-mini-usb-midi-controller)
 
* Icon Digital USA - iControls - Mini USB MIDI Controller (https://www.icondigitalusa.com/content/icontrols-mini-usb-midi-controller)
  
'''MVP'''.
 
  
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'''MVP'''
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* For a minimum viable product, I need to accomplish my goal of developing multi-functional faders, faders which function as encoders and buttons. So, I need at least a simple casing to house the electronics, which would at minimum be four complex faders.
  
'''The Plan'''.
 
  
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'''The Plan'''
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* I want to have, by the final deadline, a clean and polished product with four multi-functional components, four programmable single buttons, and a tactile controller for directional interaction, all sending MIDI messages to my computer via USB.
  
'''Unlimited Time + Resources Vision'''.
 
  
 
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'''Unlimited Time + Resources Vision'''
'''Elevator Pitch'''.
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* With unlimited time and resources, I would want to expand on my current idea and revisit my original concepts for a modular MIDI controller, with multiple separate modules of faders, potentiometers, button banks, tactile controllers or joysticks, and piano keys.
  
  
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<br>* Arduino -- 1x
 
<br>* Arduino -- 1x
 
<br>* Frosted Black Acrylic
 
<br>* Frosted Black Acrylic
 
 
'''Next Steps'''.
 

Latest revision as of 18:44, 4 November 2014

Elevator Pitch

  • A multi-functional, compact MIDI controller for DJs and producers looking for getting the most out of the least space.

Steps / Schedule

11/03 - order parts, finalize design, and create housing template
11/10 - finalize housing template, laser cut housing, begin assembly
11/17 - finalize assembly and begin programming
11/24 - finalize programming
12/1 - solve any remaining issues and take care of fine tunings
12/2 - make and practice presentation
12/3 - final presentation
12/4 - documentation

Sketches

IMG 0935.jpg

Original off-the-cuff concept sketches for a modular midi controller, note magnetic connections

IMG 0937.jpg

Fine-tuned 3d sketch of the modular midi concept

IMG 0936.jpg

Abandoning modular midi for the sake of time and complexity, focusing on a single component

IMG 0938.jpg

Current concept sketches for multi-functional midi controller

Compound fader.jpg

Sketches for the bridge of the compound fader

IMG 0959.jpg

The bridge of the compound fader, with rotary encoder and slide potentiometer attached

Research + Info

Examples of other work


MVP

  • For a minimum viable product, I need to accomplish my goal of developing multi-functional faders, faders which function as encoders and buttons. So, I need at least a simple casing to house the electronics, which would at minimum be four complex faders.


The Plan

  • I want to have, by the final deadline, a clean and polished product with four multi-functional components, four programmable single buttons, and a tactile controller for directional interaction, all sending MIDI messages to my computer via USB.


Unlimited Time + Resources Vision

  • With unlimited time and resources, I would want to expand on my current idea and revisit my original concepts for a modular MIDI controller, with multiple separate modules of faders, potentiometers, button banks, tactile controllers or joysticks, and piano keys.


Materials Needed
* X-Large Linear 10k Taper Fader -- 4x
* RGB LED Rotary Encoder -- 4x
* Circular RGB LED Singular Button -- 4x
* 5-Way Tactile Switch -- 1x
* Power source -- 1x
* Arduino -- 1x
* Frosted Black Acrylic