DIY Custom MIDI Keyboard Controllers

This thread is for the general discussion of ways to create custom keyboard based MIDI controllers. This can include mechanical systems, electronics and software, as well as general ideas related to this topic.

This thread was inspired by a post by Airyck in another thread.

Airyck, those QKB keyboard options look amazing ! Have you ever made any of their keyboards ?

So for example someone might talk about making a keyboard with a two axis whammy bar, like those from QKB, and key cap sensors from Andrew McPherson, and some sort of sequencer and CV part, of your own creation, maybe using an Arduino.

Or you have a controller that you just want to cut-down or mod. (I have been considering hacking an AKAI MAX25 as for instance.)

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AKAI MAX25

Or you’ve got a particular idea but you’re not sure exactly how that might work.

Or perhaps you’re looking for a good project.

Or something else.

It doesn’t have to absolutely use a two black/three black arrangement either.

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