Alternatively, if you don't have the patience or confidence to make this for yourself, you could just buy the cheapest melodica you can find in order to get that "portable keyboard" experience
i am thinking to build a sampler box with Raspberry Pi zero , but i'm not sure it will works fine... it is fast in response? Or do you have latency problem?
Hi Geordie, just found your project on thingiverse. Awesome build! It should be possible with any Midi-Controller or is your software tutorial just and only for the nanokey 2? Thank you!
Which USB hub did you use? i have the same one as in your parts guide section but it only has 2 USB inputs. the one in the final shots has 3 USB inputs ans also has a switch on the side..
How is the latency on that thing? The problem I've been having with a lot of soft synths is that the latency is too high when plugging in a usb midi interface. It's a little frustrating sometimes. I've been told installing ASIO would work, but I've tried on two different computers and ASIO doesn't seem to agree with it, always gives me errors when I try to make it the driver. Maybe it's a Windows thing? Anyway, great video.
Latency was initially pretty bad, but basically I just played around with some settings and made the synth sounds as light as possible, this means I don't get delay or reverb, but these are the sort of things I like to add in post. I haven't measured the actual latency, but it is small enough for it not to bother me. I also use ASIO in Windows and it seems to work for me in terms of latency, but ends up being a pain to use when I'm trying to do any kind of multitasking on my pc.
@@geordie_tomo That's interesting that stripping it down a bit made the latency better, it always seemed like the bottleneck to me was the responsiveness of the controller. Like if Xbox controllers work just fine while running high-demand games, why not the MIDI controller? It seems like there's something inherently wrong with the pipeline somewhere.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4418390/files Keep in mind that this design isn't the best. I would say if you are planning on 3D printing stuff long term it's worth picking up some CAD like fusion360 which is free for non-commercial use.
I love that "why did you build it" question. Because I wanted to!
This is genius. I also have a nanokey laying around so I'll have to try a variation of this.
I was gonna make something like this a while ago but hit a big wall with the software! Can’t wait to see your software video!
Your explanations of methodology and reasons for the choices you made is great!
Helps me to consider both what to use, and why!
Thanks again :-D
Alternatively, if you don't have the patience or confidence to make this for yourself, you could just buy the cheapest melodica you can find in order to get that "portable keyboard" experience
yes yes yes
i wanted do do something like this for ages and i may will...thank you for the inspiration
i am thinking to build a sampler box with Raspberry Pi zero , but i'm not sure it will works fine... it is fast in response? Or do you have latency problem?
Great project, excited about the software video
You could have added a small touchscreen on the side to control settings on the rpi
nice one > my kind of project..
This is freaking awesome. Well done.
Hi Geordie,
just found your project on thingiverse. Awesome build!
It should be possible with any Midi-Controller or is your software tutorial just and only for the nanokey 2?
Thank you!
Yep it will work with any midi controller, you just need to configure the software to recognise it!
Which USB hub did you use? i have the same one as in your parts guide section but it only has 2 USB inputs. the one in the final shots has 3 USB inputs ans also has a switch on the side..
How is the latency on that thing? The problem I've been having with a lot of soft synths is that the latency is too high when plugging in a usb midi interface. It's a little frustrating sometimes. I've been told installing ASIO would work, but I've tried on two different computers and ASIO doesn't seem to agree with it, always gives me errors when I try to make it the driver. Maybe it's a Windows thing? Anyway, great video.
Latency was initially pretty bad, but basically I just played around with some settings and made the synth sounds as light as possible, this means I don't get delay or reverb, but these are the sort of things I like to add in post. I haven't measured the actual latency, but it is small enough for it not to bother me.
I also use ASIO in Windows and it seems to work for me in terms of latency, but ends up being a pain to use when I'm trying to do any kind of multitasking on my pc.
@@geordie_tomo That's interesting that stripping it down a bit made the latency better, it always seemed like the bottleneck to me was the responsiveness of the controller. Like if Xbox controllers work just fine while running high-demand games, why not the MIDI controller? It seems like there's something inherently wrong with the pipeline somewhere.
Thats awesome! I wanna build it tooooooooooooooo
Was the coding part complicated, and which sounds did you use? Did you use mp3s and pitch them up and down or did you program smth like an oscillator?
I didn't program the actual output, but used the program fluidsynth, which can play any sf2 format file. Basically they are just samples though.
Amazing! :) Superb idea!
Is it possible to get the stl file for the 3D print that you used?
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4418390/files
Keep in mind that this design isn't the best. I would say if you are planning on 3D printing stuff long term it's worth picking up some CAD like fusion360 which is free for non-commercial use.
NIce project. I would like to see how the software works too.
Would you be willing to sell a copy of the 3D printed components? I don’t have a printer :(
What audio interface did you use? I cant get the link to work
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sorry about that, try this link and let me know if it works
@@geordie_tomo yeah it works, thank you so much. Have a good one mate
clever!
GREAT!
Crack!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Would you be selling these at all?
Probably not, sorry
cool
Any chance you would build this for someone and ship it out? Obviously you would be paid for components and your time. Let me know, thanks.
Probably not, sorry, it doesn't quite have enough finish for my liking to call it a product
noice