diy piano midi sustain pedal

eross

here is a little project for anybody wanting to make something fun, instead of the same old boring sustain pedal from the store.
I build mine at work, in between coats of paint ( bodyshop) it only took a couple hours. it’s basically the same thing as a tattoo machine pedal. essentially just a basic switch. lots of plans online for them.
I had some aluminum
laying around, and the black is car undercoat. a some little rubber isolators, and bolts little bit of wire and 1/4” mono jack



. and i put a little bullet casing inlay in for style.
if you guys make one post them online, i’d love to see.

eross

here’s a link on how they work.

[Deleted User]

Man I could never make one but I applaud you for doing so! 👏

[Deleted User]

Mine. Credit to some random channel at yt.
Upgrade needed: glue it to something more weight (wood or similar) to avoid lay it when I kick it.

eross

@[Deleted User] said:
Man I could never make one but I applaud you for doing so! 👏

you totally could there’s really nothing to it.

eross

@Dubbylabby said:

Mine. Credit to some random channel at yt.
Upgrade needed: glue it to something more weight (wood or similar) to avoid lay it when I kick it.

haha love the stapler! i never even thought of that

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It has the spring incorporated

eross

@Dubbylabby said:
It has the spring incorporated

exactly

[Deleted User]

I love to diy...

eross

cool, what is the first picture( the grey box)?

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@eross said:
cool, what is the first picture( the grey box)?

Improvised stage patch panel from electric box for outdoors...

This

Into this

100€ less...

eross

ahh nice man

rs2000

@eross said:
here is a little project for anybody wanting to make something fun, instead of the same old boring sustain pedal from the store.
I build mine at work, in between coats of paint ( bodyshop) it only took a couple hours. it’s basically the same thing as a tattoo machine pedal. essentially just a basic switch. lots of plans online for them.
I had some aluminum
laying around, and the black is car undercoat. a some little rubber isolators, and bolts little bit of wire and 1/4” mono jack



. and i put a little bullet casing inlay in for style.
if you guys make one post them online, i’d love to see.

Now add Bluetooth MIDI and you've got a great companion for the iPad

[Deleted User]

@eross said:
ahh nice man

Glad you like it. We needed a cheap solution for friend’s studio and this emerged into my mind...

eross

@rs2000 said:

@eross said:
here is a little project for anybody wanting to make something fun, instead of the same old boring sustain pedal from the store.
I build mine at work, in between coats of paint ( bodyshop) it only took a couple hours. it’s basically the same thing as a tattoo machine pedal. essentially just a basic switch. lots of plans online for them.
I had some aluminum
laying around, and the black is car undercoat. a some little rubber isolators, and bolts little bit of wire and 1/4” mono jack



. and i put a little bullet casing inlay in for style.
if you guys make one post them online, i’d love to see.

Now add Bluetooth MIDI and you've got a great companion for the iPad

that would be sweet. wish i was better at coding, i’d attempt it.

AndyPlankton

@eross said:
here is a little project for anybody wanting to make something fun, instead of the same old boring sustain pedal from the store.
I build mine at work, in between coats of paint ( bodyshop) it only took a couple hours. it’s basically the same thing as a tattoo machine pedal. essentially just a basic switch. lots of plans online for them.
I had some aluminum
laying around, and the black is car undercoat. a some little rubber isolators, and bolts little bit of wire and 1/4” mono jack



. and i put a little bullet casing inlay in for style.
if you guys make one post them online, i’d love to see.

Nice job !

rs2000

@eross said:

@rs2000 said:

@eross said:
here is a little project for anybody wanting to make something fun, instead of the same old boring sustain pedal from the store.
I build mine at work, in between coats of paint ( bodyshop) it only took a couple hours. it’s basically the same thing as a tattoo machine pedal. essentially just a basic switch. lots of plans online for them.
I had some aluminum
laying around, and the black is car undercoat. a some little rubber isolators, and bolts little bit of wire and 1/4” mono jack



. and i put a little bullet casing inlay in for style.
if you guys make one post them online, i’d love to see.

Now add Bluetooth MIDI and you've got a great companion for the iPad

that would be sweet. wish i was better at coding, i’d attempt it.

Completely without coding:
Combine this:
https://www.thomann.de/gb/doepfer_we_wheel_electronic.htm
with a Yahama MD-BT01 or Quicco mi.1 and you've got the basis for not only a programmable foot switch, but also more analog inputs for pitch bender, mod wheel, volume pedal etc, all over MIDI

eross

i have one of these https://www.audiofront.net/MIDIExpression.php
I have an analog exspression pedal
i plug it into this usb interface and i can instantly
control midi cc in my computer. I use it mainly for a way pedal in amplitube software. but i have also used it as a velocity or expression control in many synths, samplers, and effects apps.
it’s actually a pretty brilliant little device

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Aaahh the code dilema...
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/19514/ot-the-build-your-own-midi-controller-topic

Coding is easy!*

*for coders