Hi Group,
Has anyone ever opened up a Novation Lauchpad and circumvented the switches and lamps so they could wire lightable pistons to it. If this would work, it seems like I could save a lot of money and still have lightable pistons below each of my manuals? The following link is for a lightable pushbutton (thumb piston) that is $3.69 each.
http://www.midi-hardware.com/index.php? ... onSwitch15
I ordered one of these pushbutton units and its little brother also to see if they might work. I can say that the lamps within these units, work very well. I wish the plastic cap was a bit larger and it would bend inward like a real piston. The push button isn't too deep. That is good. I could print a number (like 1, 2, 3, etc) on a clear film paper and insert the printed number inside it before attaching the clear plastic cap. I believe the really tight area inside the unit would probably hold the printed number in place and I assume the printed number would not shift or spin around over time (although I have not verified the spinning part).
Does anyone out there have any comments about my hair-brained idea??? I don't know anything about power output of the Launchpad LEDs and how that would work with the lamp within one of these push button units.
Any ideas are welcome!!
Thanks,
Ted Williamson
Has anyone ever opened up a Novation Lauchpad and circumvented the switches and lamps so they could wire lightable pistons to it. If this would work, it seems like I could save a lot of money and still have lightable pistons below each of my manuals? The following link is for a lightable pushbutton (thumb piston) that is $3.69 each.
http://www.midi-hardware.com/index.php? ... onSwitch15
I ordered one of these pushbutton units and its little brother also to see if they might work. I can say that the lamps within these units, work very well. I wish the plastic cap was a bit larger and it would bend inward like a real piston. The push button isn't too deep. That is good. I could print a number (like 1, 2, 3, etc) on a clear film paper and insert the printed number inside it before attaching the clear plastic cap. I believe the really tight area inside the unit would probably hold the printed number in place and I assume the printed number would not shift or spin around over time (although I have not verified the spinning part).
Does anyone out there have any comments about my hair-brained idea??? I don't know anything about power output of the Launchpad LEDs and how that would work with the lamp within one of these push button units.
Any ideas are welcome!!
Thanks,
Ted Williamson