(noob question) Somebody knows if its possible to make a Zynthian Keyboard

[rockwater]

I’m also a relative noob but, I think someone did what you might be talking about? (not me) Hmmm… maybe not what you were meaning.

Success Cases

Cme UF5 Zynthian After x hours with the dremel I finally got Zynthian installed inside my good ol’ CME usb keyboard. Only thing I could wish for is a 3d printer frame round the screen… [image][image][image] Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3, Adafruit 5" hdmi, Audioinjector soundcard, Prototype4 wiring. I have all pots “directly” wired to gpio (no all in one module), thus only the two lower pots have switches.

If you are really trying to build your own keyboard, this might have some information. It’s not Zynthian though.

MIDIbox KB

Or maybe could use the parts or case from this?

https://www.amazon.com/midiplus-AK490-MIDI-Keyboard-Controller/dp/B00VHKM72Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1527574342&sr=8-2&keywords=midiplus+keyboard

It has MIDI DIN 5 Out and USB. I’m not very experienced with Zynthian (mostly built mine) but really just using a MIDI keyboard controller with the Zynthian would do what you are asking I believe? Zynthian has MIDI In/Out and Thru. Currently there isn’t a supported sequencer included in Zynthian but I’ve read there probably will be in the future. Meaning, right now you could only control Kontakt VST by actually playing your MIDI keyboard and it would pass thru the Zynthian. I am guessing you could play the keyboard and have FL Studio send MIDI to another instrument on the Zynthian by choosing different MIDI channels?

Midi player/ sequencer / looper program?

Great!! Thanks for the info … i didn’t know about sequencer64, although i know its “daddy”, the old good seq24. I think sequencer64 could be a perfect candidate for being the Zynthian’s official step sequencer I will compile and try it in the next days … Kind Regards,

Sorry, just a lot of ideas. I don’t know if I helped. I don’t have a lot of experience using Zynthian yet. But I just wanted to clarify, it sounds like you are really just talking about hooking up a keyboard to Zynthian, you could PUT a Zynthian INSIDE a keyboard you build or modify, but it’s literally the same thing. If I understand you correctly.