Custom Large Format MPC
by Administrator on Jul.30, 2008, under Gear
Built in May by myself and my padre – Don Bwack – for the group Family Force 5 – a seven foot square MPC style midi controller. Weighs in at 750 lbs including intel mac, 22″ screen, 10 knobs, 8 momentary switches, 2 mod/pitch wheels, and 16 led backlit silicon pads.
This is in my garage the night we finished it. Sorry, the frame rate only catches about half of the led hits. This gives a good idea how the pitch wheels work with Ableton…
Here it is with the band Family Force 5 on the Warped Tour this summer…
May 5th, 2011 on 12:41 pm
27. Wow, incredible blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you made blogging look easy. The overall look of your web site is excellent, as well as the content!
February 25th, 2009 on 6:59 pm
Hey Bwack!
That is awesome!!!
Me and some of my friend have started a band (I would give you the name, but we haven’t really worked it out yet! haha)
And we were wondering how much it would take (effort / price) to make one of those? (not exactly the same, but the same Idea)
Rawk on!
August 1st, 2008 on 3:59 pm
I was wondering if you’d abandoned ye old blog. Then I saw your controller on the front page of gizmodo! Nicely done.
August 1st, 2008 on 3:38 pm
Bush Construction Strikes Again! This looks pretty awesome, and extremely heavy. I’m sure there are some good sized castors on this thing – i would hope.
July 31st, 2008 on 1:06 am
Pure. Genius. I love it.
July 30th, 2008 on 5:59 pm
That is pretty much great.