USB Gamepad Music Controller
Make a responsive, stage-ready effects controller from a common gamepad.
Real musicians adjust levels and effects with serious-looking controls.
Photography by Sam Murphy
For years, I enjoyed building analog effects pedals for guitarists. Today’s digital VST (Virtual Studio Technology) effects can do far more, but their interfaces are ill-suited to performing musicians. Having to hunt for a control on a laptop screen or a big piece of studio equipment ruins the mood.
This project is a small USB controller box that combines the flexibility of VSTs with the easy physicality of a pedal. Inside, it has ...
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