One Button, One Knob, USB: Crazy-Simple DIY Teensy Project
Midi controllers are so common that the prices for them have done nothing but drop. We can readily afford any type of USB midi controller on the market, and they come in all shapes and forms. The Behringer line of modular controllers are a great example of one company iterating the process until they have found a design that they like. But even with so much variety produced by these major manufacturers, there is something left to be had here. No controller is perfect, by any means. A controller could be made of diamond and platinum and there would still be a couple in the crowd complaining that it isn’t idea or strong enough to handle button presses. Instead of complaining, why not just make you own? It seems daunting; the idea of creating an electronic device from scratch, but you aren’t doing it alone. There are software developers and programmers out there who have been picking their own brains for long enough that the basic software coding has already been taken care of. Really, it just comes down to your skills with a soldiering iron and few bits of testing gear here and there. Just make one yourself and be done with it. http://createdigitalmusic.com/2013/05/one-button-one-knob-usb-crazy-simple-diy-arduino-project-and-some-music/
