Crius Vertical Infinity Control-Arduino USB MIDI

Arduino USB MIDI Controller with 8 Illuminated RGB Potentiometers which control the VST Plugin of the DAW we play music with!

CriusDigitalStudio

Following Follow project

Liked Like project

Become a Hackaday.io member

Just one more thing

To make the experience fit your profile, pick a username and tell us what interests you.

OK, I'm done! Skip

Public Chat

Similar projects worth following

View Gallery

Public Chat

Description

I have always wanted to build a USB MIDI Controller that consists of 8 potentiometers in order to control the parameters of the VST-Plugin in the DAW that I use to play music.
In my case the DAW software I use the most is ABLETON LIVE so I wanted my MIDI Controller to be Plug and Play e.g USB MIDI with no need of extra software in order to be recognized from the DAW so I used an Arduino Pro Micro.
I also wanted it to be AUTO Mapped with the parameters of the VST plugin and not simply with the Track Channels which makes it super easy and user friendly leaving room and time to enjoy playing an not tweaking the ABLETON settings every time I plug the MIDI Controller to my PC.
Finally I would like to have some visual feedback of the potentiometer values so I thought that RGB Leds around it would be really handy!
Now only 2 things are left to be done :
a)Design and 3D print a nice Case to put everything inside
b)A custom PCB to minimize the space needed for the components.

Details

For the PCB board pcb manufacturing process I chose PCBWay which is sure to find quality and economical boards with the features and color I want. You can order the Crius Vertical Infinity v1.0 PCB at the following link: www.pcbway.com

Files

Crius Vertical Infinity Control v1.0 3D Printed Case .rar RAR Archive - 654.98 kB - 03/15/2023 at 19:25		Download
Crius Vertical Infinity Control v1.0 Gerber Files.rar RAR Archive - 268.90 kB - 03/15/2023 at 19:25		Download
Crius_Vertical_Infinity_Control_v1.0.rar CODE RAR Archive - 1.06 kB - 03/15/2023 at 19:25		Download

Components

1 × SparkFun Pro Micro - 5V/16MHz or an arduino pro micro clone
1 × Crius Vertical Infinity Control v1.0 PCB https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/Crius_Vertical_Infinity_Control_v1_0_USB_MIDI_Controller_c3b20edd.html
1 × 24-pin DIP Socket (Optional)
8 × Linear Potentiometers 10kOhm RV09 Vertical
8 × Transparent Knobs

View all 9 components

Build Instructions

Collapse

1

Youtube Video Tutorial
2

Solder the Header Pins to the Led Rings

I'll start by soldering the angled male header pins to the Led Rings
3

Solder the Arduino

Next I will solder the Arduino on the PCB or optionally the 24-pin DIP Socket in order to be able to replace the Arduino in the future.