Embedded Lab

Audio/video transport controllers are used in recording studios and live performance setups for quick hands-on control on demanding editing or mixing tasks. These devices are an expensive piece of hardware (costs from a few hundreds to thousands of USD). Victor Frost’s OpenTransport project would allow hobbyists to build an external transport control surface at very low price. It is an open-source, open hardware transport controller that sends out MIDI commands and therefore, works with most of the Digital Audio Workstation and Digital Video Workstation softwares. It is Arduino-powered and provides controls for play, stop, fast forward, rewind, record, loop, and mackie keys Function 1 and Function 2, which are configurable.