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Hey guys, long time no see ![Wink ;) ;)](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_wink.gif)
I am currently working on a project (as a present) for my brother in law. (My last present for him was the N64 Infinite)
He composes music on the PC and I once saw a very cool project that I believe he would really like to own![Big Grin :D :D](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Sadly this was a project from a student and is not on sale... So I decided to build my own one. With a bit of tuning.
This composer will have an Arduino inside, that uses a Midi-to-USB adapter for communicating with a PC.
It will feature eight rolls with 16 magnetic points, one volume fader and pitch control each. There are also eight drumpads as an enhancement.
Here is my progress so far:
Lets keep everything nice and tight![Razz 2 :p :p](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_razz.gif)
First tests with the Arduino![Smile :) :)](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_smile.gif)
A hall-sensor and a trimmed LED
This looks good for the most part, but I actually messed things up because I sprayed a layer of clear coating on the rolls... Very bad idea (luckily I have no pics of this mess
)
I did the design by myself. It might look messy, but I wanted to have enough space to fit the actual hardware inside and not loose too much stability at the same time. Dimensions are 355 x 183 x 25mm (13.97 x 7.2 x 0.98 inches)
My printing order will be from left top - left bottom, middle top....
The ports from left to right: PC (USB type b), Arduino (micro USB), power
First ideas for the drumpads. But I will have to come up with a better idea.
The first part does not look very good... I might end up printing it again![Razz 2 :p :p](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_razz.gif)
I try not to work with glue so much... Most parts are screwed together.
Part two is printing with slightly modified settings
As you can see I have to print the ground plate in segments, because my printer is too small >.< ...
But I try my best to hide the slits.
The printing takes rather long... The first part took about 26 hours. The second part (that I am printing right now) will take about 8 hours.
Thats it so far. I will post new pics from time to time![Wink ;) ;)](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_wink.gif)
Greetings
![Wink ;) ;)](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_wink.gif)
I am currently working on a project (as a present) for my brother in law. (My last present for him was the N64 Infinite)
He composes music on the PC and I once saw a very cool project that I believe he would really like to own
![Big Grin :D :D](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Sadly this was a project from a student and is not on sale... So I decided to build my own one. With a bit of tuning.
This composer will have an Arduino inside, that uses a Midi-to-USB adapter for communicating with a PC.
It will feature eight rolls with 16 magnetic points, one volume fader and pitch control each. There are also eight drumpads as an enhancement.
Here is my progress so far:
![1HK9Usj.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2F1HK9Usj.jpg&hash=c963dffdad135ef5a42ffbdfc14ef847)
Lets keep everything nice and tight
![Razz 2 :p :p](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_razz.gif)
![SROghby.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FSROghby.jpg&hash=689e49ce99bc750590eb3d4d0f8ba0e2)
First tests with the Arduino
![Smile :) :)](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_smile.gif)
![fv6GUof.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2Ffv6GUof.jpg&hash=5f56cb2af4be052b3b2fdde0206e72cb)
A hall-sensor and a trimmed LED
![2FpW1Fs.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2F2FpW1Fs.jpg&hash=b8c0fa19fcc58694c642e07d62f257ca)
![zAdCXC2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FzAdCXC2.jpg&hash=fb9e1757eabb3b87d1a4acb7baef69bc)
![zF0vQBX.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FzF0vQBX.jpg&hash=04b82dbc9abd5316d6dc5dcba8222a9e)
![TRFmB4I.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FTRFmB4I.jpg&hash=421a7c1c875fcd1a665a2c6b49aea280)
![MzskOVj.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FMzskOVj.jpg&hash=df1a2f52b43a758c5a3bab86236d1353)
![MDMjxYc.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FMDMjxYc.jpg&hash=afd74d15c9aad213d1e38b5d233ee5c8)
This looks good for the most part, but I actually messed things up because I sprayed a layer of clear coating on the rolls... Very bad idea (luckily I have no pics of this mess
![Big Grin :D :D](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
![M04ITD5.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FM04ITD5.jpg&hash=c1483f987164d11f74ace4eb8576855a)
I did the design by myself. It might look messy, but I wanted to have enough space to fit the actual hardware inside and not loose too much stability at the same time. Dimensions are 355 x 183 x 25mm (13.97 x 7.2 x 0.98 inches)
![zWIArs4.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FzWIArs4.jpg&hash=78f177d9e751ea62f195426a06630779)
My printing order will be from left top - left bottom, middle top....
![omhEAog.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FomhEAog.jpg&hash=c0c18cae3cebc90a818dbd548d67bb29)
The ports from left to right: PC (USB type b), Arduino (micro USB), power
![IZMS9YC.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FIZMS9YC.jpg&hash=4df5f5bd63534c329c7e17fc449b3b00)
First ideas for the drumpads. But I will have to come up with a better idea.
![XLT6Wvy.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FXLT6Wvy.jpg&hash=f33136f4fc714fa2960ecef08699c9a1)
The first part does not look very good... I might end up printing it again
![Razz 2 :p :p](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_razz.gif)
![FrJZXjk.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FFrJZXjk.jpg&hash=d72bd8c4fb61f6ea1da2707426978bd0)
![HInnDNP.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FHInnDNP.jpg&hash=f0ecf62085ea1f34cc6814a4aab0300e)
![rLZIJvW.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FrLZIJvW.jpg&hash=be2c88f78640b97d866de1e229ef519e)
I try not to work with glue so much... Most parts are screwed together.
![f3LqGz2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2Ff3LqGz2.jpg&hash=e590befe7b0878f09a0f1d6043a1e31a)
Part two is printing with slightly modified settings
![RtdSp6A.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FRtdSp6A.jpg&hash=d75413cf03a6309f9a91b7abc097d095)
As you can see I have to print the ground plate in segments, because my printer is too small >.< ...
But I try my best to hide the slits.
The printing takes rather long... The first part took about 26 hours. The second part (that I am printing right now) will take about 8 hours.
Thats it so far. I will post new pics from time to time
![Wink ;) ;)](http://forums.modretro.com/smilies/bh_icon_wink.gif)
Greetings