Enigma
All-in-one MIDI keyboard for music producers.
8 weeks personal project, Spring 2020
More controls or more space?
Music producers use different tools to complete their tasks, but all the equipment takes up a lot of space.
Can I design something that’s compact but still handle the jobs well?
Interview
“Nowadays we don’t actually use that many knobs and faders to finish the job since everything goes digitally.”
Inspirations
Stylish/Futuristic/Sliding mechanism
Designing for possibilities
Keyboard is too important to get rid of on the desktop. What would it look like if I combine a keyboard and a midi controller? With this question in mind, I generated multiple ideas.
Numbers or knobs
The number pad is important for some people, but producers don’t use them very often.
I switched it with some analog controls at the same spot.
Digital controller
In order to visualize the MIDI controller in the digital world, I imagined there is a touchpad under the keyboard with all the essential elements to produce music.
Enigma
All-in-one MIDI keyboard for music producers.