Hi,
i saw a very nice MIDISEQ16 from halucinogen (i think his name was). i wonder wether it is easy to use these buttons, instead of the normal push buttons and a separate LED. Does anything have to be modified, or can they be installed rightaway ?
dioes anybody know which type they are and where they can be ordered ?
thx
Hi,
Uups, you saw that on uCapps.de-- Here’s a link to forum posting where you can see it’s construction more clearly: http://69.56.171.55/~midibox/forum/index.php?topic=2608.0
Those ARE “standard” tactile switches and separate leds mounted to board below the frontpanel with selfmade (DIY) transparent acrylic button “caps” 
If you find switches with leds, you can use those as long as you take care that wiring is correct.
Bye, Moebius
Waaw, i just looked at the thread…such a nice project, and quite a clever idea, just cutting up a plastic rod to make switches.
Hallucinogen wrote that he used microswitches. What ‘action’ do these have / do they have a sort of on/off function, so they have two different settings/positions. (an OUT position and an pushed IN position), or do they remain always the same ‘height’ and just send a pulse to the software and does the software decide wether it is ‘on’ or ‘off’. i
hope i make nyself clear… sorry for my non-tech gibberish, but that’s just the way i talk 
Err.. he said “microbuttons” (microswitches are mechanically a different thing altogether).. and if you search the Internet “tactile switch” is a correct term.
What ‘action’ do these have / do they have a sort of on/off function, so they have two different settings/positions. (an OUT position and an pushed IN position)
That’s the way: Switches are “normally open”, and when pressed, the button shaft moves 1mm or less and makes a contact (and a “click” sound)
hope i make nyself clear… sorry for my non-tech gibberish, but that’s just the way i talk
No no no.. I hope I’m expressing myself with my lousy english clearly enough..
and yeah, those buttons are way COOL.. too bad I have already chosen buttons for my sequencer..
Bye, Moebius
Hi Halucinogen,
where did you get these nice back-illuminated knobs for the VPOTs? And how are the LEDs mounted? Normally the body of the encoders has a diameter of at least 12mm, so are the LEDs mounted arount the encoder, or…?
Cheers,
Skunk
ok, i think i understand. so i can use tactile switches, and these have only one position (open position) and they make a contact when pressed, but return immediately to their original open position ?
Yeah..
I’d guess, that you KNOW the feel tactile switches have.. VCRs, CD-players.. you can find 'em almost everywhere with different buttons caps.. so if it moves just a little when pressed and “clicks”, you can be pretty sure. Normally open, contact closes when pressed.
Bye, Moebius