That time I built a MIDI Controller

I love MIDI Controllers. Apparently enough to build one of my own from scratch:

I (unimaginatively) call it: ‘The Box’

Process pictures:

Marking out the buttons on the top
Marking out the buttons on the top
Drilling the holes
Drilling the holes
Fitting the button in the enclosure
Spray Painting the enclosure

Closing up the final circuit board

The box before I closed and turned it over

Circuit for the potentiometers

Wires Wires

All the controllers, buttons connected to the main circuitboard

All the circuits, connections inside the box
All the circuits, connections inside the box

Circuitboard for the buttons

Before connecting the buttons

Buttons connected

Testing the buttons against the main circuit

Here’s a demo of the thing in action: