Working at makersCAFE made me able to avail of technologies for the rapid prototyping and experience them mainly with private customers,
it literally means to show this kind of technologies to my grandfather for example, ex-car's mechanic master craftman (it's not a simple thing trust me).
So I started this makers-experience exploring and finding a way to combine 3D Printing (Laser Cutting as well) and Audio, something that I made (and it works quite well, check it out).
The combination of 3D Printing and Laser Cutting made me thinking about the combination of the two more then before (thanks to my mentor Cris Rose), and I ended up working on another way of combining music and 3D Printing.
I'm a digital dj and music remixer, and from several years I'm exploring small MIDI and Audio controllers from the cheapest one to the medium-high price range devices.
The problem I had few times was of the actual numbers of devices making a big mess, physically on my desk and on my mind (changing position on your desk every day of 5 devices can be confusing).
And why not create personal workstations made taking all your devices, disassemble them, take the electronic parts and build a new 3D Printed/Laser Cut case?
It can be big, maybe sometimes bulky, but you have a workstation that doesn't transform, solid that make your work much easier and funnier then before!
I started doing some tests, and at I decided to start working with Arduino as well and I made the Mini Unztrument (made by Adafruit).
So I made this small MIDI controller that you simply connect to your laptop and map however you like.
After this first experiment, I've been enchanted and right now I'm working on my own workstation made from the Mini Untztrument, Novation Launchpad and BEHRINGER BCR2000.
You will see updated pretty soon!
- See more at: http://www.axeldrioli.com/controllercasescustomization/#sthash.vSAI5q1B.dpuf