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ah yes, I had a look at those too.

I think a) size and b) cost were the two main problems I had, and in the end I had to compromise a little. all worked out well though and I'm 100% happy with how its worked out.

I went for a combo of illuminated locking and normal momentary in the end.

ahh, well, if you're using pcb mount then you get a whole world of opportunities that weren't open to me!

so, you could try http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp for starters!

hmm, other places, not too sure as I just googled away as much as I could. I ended up going round in circles really ...

thanks for the reply macrostructure!

what sort of buttons do you need, and do you need pcb mount or panel mount?

illuminated? momentary or locking?

I'm not sure I can help too much, i had a real problem finding some, eventually settled on some. maybe I can point you to something you may have ...

Hey there macrostructure.

Thats a pretty nifty looking controller. I'm making one too at the moment. 700 seems pretty expensive though, what drove the cost up so high? maybe the buttons?

I had real trouble sourcing some decent buttons at reasonable cost. Everything else wasn't too hard though ...

Hey.

Void - there's a few places to start and have a read - a good one being this thread - http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12655

have a look there and follow some of the links etc, should lead you to some good info!

Boxerfresse, thank you for the link, very kind. We're building with ...

thanks very much!

hmm, I've been googling a bit, but haven't come up with a great deal - I'll try the way you worded it though.

thanks again plonk, owt else you come up with, let me know!

Hey Plonkman, thanks for that.

any chance you can point me to the US peeps?

Yeah, found some expensive ones too - bit too much, I need 64!

You got all your other bits and bobs sorted out then?

Hello.

Building a midi controller at the moment with my dad and a friend.

Evrythings going cool, pretty much got everything I need sorted out, using the doepfer units as a base.

However, I seem to be having problems sourcing some decent buttons. I've looked at RS components, Maplin etc.. can't ...

oh, hey!

hope I didnt make a mistake, sure thats what he told me. says its a beautiful build, all tp quality pots and sliders etc.

maybe I got it wrong though.

Hi

I spoke to someone who helped design this just after xmas. here's what I know:

It is a one off unit, and at the time I spoke to them they were in talks with various manufacturers. It cost £1500 to build. It weighs 25 kilos. Its deffo not really a production prototype at all, more a custom build ...

Thanks for the link and the info Angstrom

Not sure, just heard from someone likely to know that a dj-style MAudio box was on its way (a new model).

Didn't appear at Namm obviously, so must be a way off yet.

Hello All.

Been reading the forum for a while, haven't had much to contribute as I'm still a learner. Had Ableton for a year/18 months or so, so feeling like I'm getting there a little now. Obviously still got a lot to learn, but I'm enjoying the learning curve.

Feel a bit bad jumping in with a Q ...