Liam Lacey on Jul 17, 2016 in DIY & Hacking 30 comments
Liam is the Head Of Development specialising in software development at Modal Electronics, the company behind the 002, 008, CRAFT and SKULPT synthesisers, and was previously the lead software developer at nu desine, the developers of the AlphaSphere MIDI controllers. He was also an Associate Lecturer at UWE, Bristol, UK where he gradua... Read More
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Can a dual color LED be hooked up so you know what mode you are in (CC or Note) or can a small LCD display be hooked up to do the same thing?
You'll then need to change the NUM_OF_BUTTONS value in the code as well as other places that this value is used.
The simplest way to use an LED would be to use a single colour LED where 'off' is one mode and 'on' is another, where only 1 digital pin would be needed. A bi-colour or RGB LED could also be used, but involves a more complicated circuit. An LCD display could also be used - see https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_LiquidCrystal.html.
Great article. I have created a smaller version of this to control vMix software on my Windows 10 laptop. The buttons work great but I would like to have the LEDs light up using the Tally light outputs in the software. Is it possible to modify this code to receive the tally signals? I am a total newbie when it comes to coding for midi control so any help with code would be awesome....
Thanks in advance.
First of all thank you very much for this awesome tutorial and sorry for my English. I´ve built a 16 arcade button controller and I have upload the code in to my Teensy++ 2.0 but I have a problem. I´m using FL Studio but I´m not getting any sound I don´t know what´s wrong. The programme recognizes the "Teensy MIDI" but it hasn´t any port asigned. I really need some help because I´m a total noob whith DAW programmes.
Again, thank you for the tutorial and for your time.
Thank you for this tutorial.
What I want to do is only two button midi controller.
Scenario:
Talkback controller (SPL 2381) & Logic Pro X.
When I switch ON the Mix button on the SPL, it would enable the certain plugin in Logic and when the Mix button is OFF, it would bypass the plugin. The same goes for 2Tr A button on the SPL controller.
I tested it with other midi controller and it works as expected.
Is Teensy LC enough for my project?
I would also like to know if it is possible to switch between MOMENTARY and TOGGLE mode, or is it Momentary only? (this mode is what I need for my project)
Thank you
Regards,
Roger
A Teensy LC will be more than powerful enough to build a two-button MIDI controller.
As long as you use push buttons (as opposed to toggle switches), the buttons can behave as both momentary and toggling - see https://www.arduino.cc/en/tutorial/switch for an example of how you could implement this in code.
Thank you for explanation.
What is the maximum capacity for buttons on Teensy (In case I will change my mind and also connect other buttons)?
Can't wait to assamble my first micro controller project, though still waiting for Teensy.
Regards,
Roger
The Teensy LC has 27 Digital I/O pins, meaning you can directly connect up to 27 buttons, however there are methods (e.g. multiplexing) of connecting more buttons if needed. Most of the other Teensys contain more pins - see https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/techspecs.html for more information.
Great!
27 buttons will be more than enough.
Thnx.
Cheers
Erin
As Teensy is an Arduino-compatible platform, do a Google search for "Arduino LDR" and you'll find plenty of existing tutorials and examples that will show you how to do this. The main difference from this project is that you'll need to use analog pins to read the LDR inputs.
Hope that helps!
I'm working on my master's thesis right now and part of it is creating a MIDI controller for a software guitar looper made in Pure Data. My concern is that I want it as cheap as possible, so I'm thinking about buying Teensy LC. Question I want to ask is. I want to have 12 buttons that will have basically the same functionality as yours (sending a MIDI value of a note), that would be OK, but also with this I want to have 4 extra rotary potentiometers for adjusting volume. That makes a total of 17 inputs. I read that Teensy LC has 13 analog inputs and plenty of other digital I/O pins (in total around 27 I guess). So fimally my question is. Will Teensy LC be enough for this project or do I need Teensy 3.2 which has 21 analog inputs? I'm new to this and would appreciate any comments on this. Thanks a lot!
Honza.
You'll be able to use a Teensy LC for your project.
If you have a look at the LC pinout diagram at https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/card6a_rev2.pdf, you could use pins 0-11 for your buttons and pins 14-17 (referred to as pins A0-A3 when using them as analog pins) for your pots.
Hope that helps!
I've been trying by my own to make à similar controller.
I just have a problem, once I program the teensy, if I unplug and replug the teensy, impossible to get thé midi messages fromage the teensy.
Have you a solution to solve it?
This project is fantastic. I followed the instructions, and all worked beautifully right away! I know nothing about code, but what you provided was great.
I built a single button version with the toggle switch. I’m using this to control a Leslie speaker effect in my music software.
To expand upon this project, can one use a 3-way blade switch instead of the arcade push button? This type of switch simply connects different circuits together, I think. These are found on electric guitars to switch between the various pickups. Just wondering...
Thanks again.
Bill Congdon
Glad to hear the tutorial was useful to you!
It would be possible to replace the arcade button with a 3-way switch, however the type of switch you use will affect how you need to change the circuit and code. The most common method would be to instead use an analogue input/pin (instead of a digital one) on the Teensy where each switch position creates a different analogue value - do an online search for '3-way switch and Arduino' to see how this can be done with Teensy.
I hope this helps!
Thanx for your good work..
I really need your help,
i’m using Teensy LC for Midi Controller, i uploaded the Sketch, and do = Tool USB > MIDI
And when I’m using MIDI Monitor, looks good, work well,
But when I’m hooking it to a Device (USB or MIDI pin), it’s not working, i mean I think the device doesn’t recognize the Teensy as a Midi controller
What did i do wrong, and what should i do?
Thanx
And if yes, how?
I'm obviously missing some basics here....
Many thanks for a great tutorial - you've given me the confidence to try something similar!
Is it possible to use the toggle switch to change the set of MIDI CC messages rather than switching between CC & note messages? How would I alter your code to achieve this please?
Many thanks!
karinathill
CrackCut.com
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