Re: [jOrgan-user] Home Constructed Console
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Re: [jOrgan-user] Home Constructed Console
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From: Graham H. <fg....@vi...> - 2009-03-13 22:31:03
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Thanks, Andy! Look forward to seeing the completed console. Re your "one mistake" - we all make them! But yours could perhaps be rectified quite easily e.g. by getting a mkc-x stand-alone encoder. You would probably also need an additional MIDI input to your PC e.g. a second soundcard, or a MIDI-USB adapter. GrahamH ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Larkham To: jor...@li... Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:43 PM Subject: [jOrgan-user] Home Constructed Console OK - here goes..... Basically I bought a pair of second-hand FATAR keyboards (with a nice tracker feel) and used an older keyboard I already had (with a very 'synthesiser' type feel). I placed this on the top, as it has a different fixing and could be hinged up to get at the contacts - so from the bottom up Great Swell Solo The MIDI is provided by a board from MidiBoutique - http://www.midiboutique.com/ - I used the HWCE module so the keyboards had to be wired for a 8*8 matrix. I used some inexpensive pushbuttons for thumb piston. Look the part - and the feel is not bad. Search for this on ebay: 250384148361 5 for £1.10! The red couplers are just spray painted. The hard part is the wiring. I'm OK with a soldering iron, but it just takes time..... And I seem to be away a lot at the moment! Pedals are from an old analogue church organ. Removed the old contacts and added Reed switches. Wired into an 8*8 matrix. Use the unused 32 switches for the Thumb Pistons Should have used stronger magnets, as it needs some fine tuning at the moment! I've made up an additional board to 'extract' the 32 thumb piston contacts, and wired the diodes onto the same board. I have also extracted the top 3 notes from each keyboard for couplers. My one mistake - I should have got a bigger Midi controller, but I only planned 2 manuals when I started. Swells will be the swell pedals from the old organ. Not even looked at this yet! I'm using a touch screen for stops - so keeping it simple. With lots of thumb pistons, I will have a fair degree of 'course' control over the registration. The plan is to buy a second touch screen one day - so a jamb each side. But that's very much futures at the moment. Here's a couple of photos. Don't have a 'completed' picture yet. http://larkham.me.uk/Console1.jpg http://larkham.me.uk/Console2.jpg Hope this is useful. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ jOrgan-user mailing list jOr...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jorgan-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09 05:59:00 |
