MIDI Control Surface issue with Encoders & Multiplexers

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Hey,

i'm relativly new to the arduino cosmos but wanted to build a custom midi controller since i new it is possible.

Last week i got a Leonardo and some parts that i knew i want to use.
I allready accomplished some working sketches but now i have a problem (and google and the forum couldn't help me).

I use the awesome Control Surface Library.

I want to use a lot of buttons and encoders to control my DAW (Reaper and hopefully someday Pro Tools) and some Plugins.
I managed to get the buttons working with a multiplexer.
The Encoders, when i connect them each individually but not with a multiplexer. So first: is that even possible?

My try on this was as follows:

#include <Encoder.h>
#include "Control_Surface.h"
#include <MIDI_Outputs/CCRotaryEncoder.hpp>
#include <MIDI_Outputs/CCButton.hpp>
#include <MIDI_Interfaces/DebugMIDI_Interface.hpp>

USBMIDI_Interface midi;
//USBDebugMIDI_Interface midi = {115200};

const int speedMultiplier = 2;


CD74HC4051 muxB = { // mux for buttons
  11,       // digital input pin
  {8, 9, 10} // Address pins S0, S1, S2
};

CD74HC4051 muxE1 = { // mux for encoder 1st pin
  12,       // digital input pin
  {8, 9, 10} // Address pins S0, S1, S2
};

CD74HC4051 muxE2 = { // mux for encoder 2nd pin
  13,       // digital input pin
  {8, 9, 10} // Address pins S0, S1, S2
};
 

CCButton Buttons [] = {
  {muxB.pin(0), {8, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(1), {9, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(2), {10, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(3), {11, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(4), {12, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(5), {13, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(6), {14, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(7), {15, CHANNEL_1}},
};


CCRotaryEncoder Encoders [] = {         
  {{muxE1.pin(0), muxE2.pin(0)}, {16, CHANNEL_1}, speedMultiplier, 1},
  {{muxE1.pin(1), muxE2.pin(1)}, {17, CHANNEL_1}, speedMultiplier, 1},
  {{muxE1.pin(2), muxE2.pin(2)}, {18, CHANNEL_1}, speedMultiplier, 1},
  {{muxE1.pin(3), muxE2.pin(3)}, {19, CHANNEL_1}, speedMultiplier, 1},
  {{muxE1.pin(4), muxE2.pin(4)}, {20, CHANNEL_1}, speedMultiplier, 1},
  {{muxE1.pin(5), muxE2.pin(5)}, {21, CHANNEL_1}, speedMultiplier, 1},
  {{muxE1.pin(6), muxE2.pin(6)}, {22, CHANNEL_1}, speedMultiplier, 1},
  {{muxE1.pin(7), muxE2.pin(7)}, {23, CHANNEL_1}, speedMultiplier, 1},
};


void setup() {

  RelativeCCSender::setMode(relativeCCmode::REAPER_RELATIVE_1);
  Control_Surface.begin();

}

void loop() {
    Control_Surface.loop();

}

I try to upload the curcuit so you can see what i patched.

I tried a lot of things (syntax like brackets, braces, less variables (speedmultiplier..) but nothing has worked.

I would to love to get some feedback and advice how to improve!
Again, i think i got a rough understanding of how to do stuff but i'm pretty new to the whole game.

This is the Code that i got working at the Moment with 8 buttons on one multiplexer and 5 encoders each conntected directly to the arduino (only five because i ran out of inputs, just learned today that the analog pins can also be used as digital pins..):

#include <Encoder.h>
#include "Control_Surface.h"
#include <MIDI_Outputs/CCRotaryEncoder.hpp>
#include <MIDI_Outputs/CCButton.hpp>
#include <MIDI_Interfaces/DebugMIDI_Interface.hpp>

USBMIDI_Interface midi;
//USBDebugMIDI_Interface midi = {115200};

const int speedMultiplier = 4;
const int speedMultiplier2 = 4;
int shift = 0;

CD74HC4051 muxB = {   // mux for buttons
  3,                  // digital input pin
  {0, 1, 2}           // Address pins S0, S1, S2
};

CCButton Buttons [] = {
  {muxB.pin(0), {8, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(1), {9, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(2), {10, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(3), {11, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(4), {12, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(5), {13, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(6), {14, CHANNEL_1}},
  {muxB.pin(7), {15, CHANNEL_1}},
};


CCRotaryEncoder enc1 = {
  {4, 5},                              // pins
  {16, CHANNEL_1},        // address
  speedMultiplier,          // multiplier
  1,                                   // pulses per click
};

CCRotaryEncoder enc2 = {
  {6, 7},                                // pins
  {17, CHANNEL_1},          // address
  speedMultiplier,            // multiplier
  1,                                     // pulses per click
};

CCRotaryEncoder enc3 = {
  {8, 9},                                // pins
  {18, CHANNEL_1},          // address
  speedMultiplier,            // multiplier
  1,                                     // pulses per click
};

CCRotaryEncoder enc4 = {
  {10, 11},                           // pins
  {19, CHANNEL_1},          // address
  speedMultiplier,            // multiplier
  1,                                      // pulses per click
};

CCRotaryEncoder enc5 = {
  {12, 13},                            // pins
  {20, CHANNEL_1},          // address
  speedMultiplier2,          // multiplier
  1,                                      // pulses per click
};

void setup() {
  RelativeCCSender::setMode(relativeCCmode::REAPER_RELATIVE_1);
  Control_Surface.begin();

}

void loop() {
    Control_Surface.loop();

}

thank you in advance!

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Unfortunately not, the reasons are explained here: https://tttapa.github.io/Control-Surface-doc/new-input/Doxygen/df/df5/md_pages_FAQ.html#faq-mux-encoder
If there's no other option, there are Encoder libraries out there that do support it, and it shouldn't be too hard to integrate them with Control Surface, but you have to test it to make sure that it's fast enough to be useful.

You shouldn't connect the buttons to 5V, and you shouldn't use pull-down resistors. Connect one leg of each button to the multiplexer, and the other one to ground. The internal pull-up resistor of the Arduino is enabled by the library.