Its usb interface can be reprogrammed to be a usb midi hid device instead of the usual serial device.
													
																	Usb midi foot controller diy. 
									
	
		
	
																	Arduino midi foot controller for ableton live. 
																	Wouldn t it be cool to build your own. 
																	In this article we ll be building a diy midi foot controller that was inspired by an article on the very cool and helpful site randumb page. 
																	Maybe you don t want to spend 150 on a foot controller. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Elektron octatrack elektron analog rytm elektron analog four moog slim phatty korg volca. 
																	I like diy ing things. 
																	If you ve repurposed usb gear for musical purposes tell us about it in the comments. 
																	How to make a diy foot switch controller from an old usb computer keyboard reader andrea messina shared this visual demo of making a diy foot switch controller from an old us computer keyboard. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	And like building drones. 
																	For the smarts of this build i decided to use an arduino uno as it has a useful party trick. 
																	A linux macos or windows machine. 
																	More on the latter use case at the end of the article. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	The pocketpod is a usb midi class compliant device and therefor the controller needs to be a usb host in order to detect it i e. 
																	The article there. 
																	I usually bite off more than i can chew and often have to go to others for help. 
																	This can be a usb audio interface or a usb midi interface or with a usb hub both.