push to make vs momentary

Parts Questions
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I m planning of making a midibox 64.

I am a bit confused about the push buttons.

is there a difference in using push to make or momentary buttons??

also is there any suggestion for pad-like buttons?

thanks in advance!

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The only pad-like buttons I’ve found, if I understand what you’re asking, are on sparkfun. 2x2 momentary silicone buttons. And momentary buttons are what you want, but that’s just a category. More specifically you want SPST NO switches to use as buttons. “push to make” could be the same thing for all I know, but certainly don’t take my word for it. Have you used the search? Check the wiki?http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=parts_faq

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push to make or momentary

The ones we want are “momentary ON”, or “momentary CLOSED”, or “NO” aka “Normally Open”, which are three of many names for the same thing, and guess what? push-to-make is another name for it. :wink:

Perhaps you’d like to add push-to-make to the wiki where I explained the different names - I didn’t think to use that one, as it’s quite old terminology and rarely seen these days…

Anyway I voted for push-to-make, because momentary is not a complete specification - they could also be momentary OFF/momentary OPEN, which we don’t want.

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To further clarify: the opposite of “push to make” is “push to break”.  So yes, “push to make” is what you want. 

BTW are you the “Atom Heart” that made the ultimate glitchy cover version of Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes”?  If so, I’m a fan!

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Best in that one was “angie”

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superbad

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If I was atom heart would u guys help more  :stuck_out_tongue:

huge fan too!!

so using push to make is the right choice isnt  it?

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“push to make” and “momentary on” are the same thing.  that’s what you want for midibox.

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so using push to make is the right choice isnt  it?

The ones we want are"momentary ON", or “momentary CLOSED”, or “NO” aka “Normally Open”, which are three of many names for the same thing, and guess what? push-to-make is another name for it. :wink:

Did I st-st-stutter? </samuel l jackson>

:wink:

I’m guessing you must be in the information overload phase of midiboxing… hang in there, it gets easier!