cool .. make your own monome controller ..

[Peter Korsten]

Martin Naef schreef:

> Well, it will certainly reduce a few of the worst excesses. Yet my own 
> DIY experience tells me that $100 don't get you very far if you can't 
> buy the parts in bulk and don't have access to a fully fledged workshop 
> (hey, even a decent front panel sets you back more than that unless you 
> have your own CNC and engraver...).

Remind me again what a CNC machine costs. :)

> Others mentioned the time already. Those willing to spend $2000 on a 
> controller are either professionals who'd rather spend the time earning 
> money than building kit, or hobbyists who consider the $2000 as 
> disposable income, don't really care about the money, and rather make 
> music than build something...

To give a comparison: for us it makes economic sense to have a maid. 
Since both of us earn more per hour than she does, we're better of 
spending x hours working than x hours washing clothes and cleaning the 
house.

> There is an increasingly exciting place for DIY, but I don't see it 
> threatening commercial hardware anytime soon. It's an activity to be 
> creative and to have fun, to do things *differently*.

And perhaps come up with an entirely new idea...

- Peter