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A lot of the DAWs I've tried either work like crap when they are slaved (ableton) or don't even offer slaving (reaper). I've asked around and one of the more interesting ways people are getting around this is by using an audio out for the clock. Expert Sleepers are definitely doing some interesting things with converting audio signals to CV and clock. I'd love to build something similar into my Midibox but I might just drop the coin on a few expert sleepers modules or get a sync gen. Problem with both of those solutions is that then I HAVE to have the computer on and running as master...when really I'm just trying to bring it in at the end as a multitrack recorder that is aware of the clock.

How are midiboxers syncing their sequencers to a DAW? I'm not that attached to any DAW but I would like one that can be sync'd to my larger hardware setup without too much trouble. If I have to use the computer as the master I will but I'd rather not. I've looked at the innerclock sync gen and the Roland sbx-1 but is there a way to tightly sync a DAW with din sync in the midibox world?

I'm in minus a case Name PCB BLM PCB miniCore Case Shift button M2 hardware 4xLED availability 0 0 - 4 0 11 latigid on 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rowan 1 1 1 1 1 1 Phatline 2 2 1 1 1 1 TK 1 1 1 1 1 1 Altitude 1 1 1 1 1 1 rwo 1 1 1 1 1 1 jojjelito 1 1 1 1 1 1 tashikoma 1 1 - 1 1 1 workspace 1 1 1 1 1 1 flyweight 1 1 1 1 1 1 Grizz 1 1 1 1 1 1 blingy 1 1 0 1 1 1 Total 13 13 10 12 12 12

Does anyone know a part number from albs for the tapered knobs that do not have the ribbing as was used on the waldorf microwave xt and waldorf q? These are my favorites but I can't seem t find them anywhere. If they still can be made anyone interested in a bulk order?

All the boards are shipped except one pair and I talked to that person. If you paid they're on their way.

Never did get din sync as tight as I'd like it to be, ended up just using a 707 as master.

Looks like USPS considers it a parcel so each pair will actually cost $6 in shipping. Apologies for the incorrect estimate.

My run has arrived from osh park, if I have your address expect an invoice soon.

Each pair from Osh Park is $15.30. One or two pairs shipped to europe will be $3. PM me your paypal details and I will invoice when the boards arrive. Thanks.

Edit: my run is now spoken for and I'm putting in the order today. I will wait for sneak's groupbuy to finish and go in the order requested but so far I've got chriss ffw starspawn slo electrodancer freddy x2 mfk I need two pair so 3 more people will make it 10. Shipping from Chicago.

I need two so I'm going to follow sneakthief on this and do another run of 8 more if anyone is interested

Midibox DR? Looks very nice. Is this upcoming stuff being discussed offline or somewhere other than the forum?

So I've level shifted J28 with the 74HCT541 and adjusted the pulsewidth to I belive 3mS. I am now able to sync my TB-303, but curiously when I hit stop the 303 often (but not always) plays one more out of tune note that I don't think is even part of it's sequence. This doesn't happen when I sync it to my TR-707. I believe Roland's sync is running at a 50% duty cycle rather than just pulses, but I don't see how that would cause this either. I just wanted to see if this issue rang any bells for anyone. I'm using an LPC17 core and powering it via MIDI.

I just ordered two...the price seems reasonable compared to others selling these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121341596374 I've seen others recommend the Noritakes, I'll post back with how they work in my seq

Hello there, I am currently trying to tackle "finishing" my midibox seq v4 this summer. I was thinking about pulling apart the core and the frontpanel/displays and casing them separately. I currently have an lpc17 core, a quad iic an sd card reader, I've just finished an aout_ng and now that I'm considering power my small wood case is starting to look a little overstuffed. I'd also like to add several din sync outs, midi 3 and 4 and the available trigs. I basically want to have all the possible outputs from the sequencer and preferably also be able to keep them wired up during transport so it makes more sense to put the core closer to my rack modules. If I keep the frontpanel separate, I was then considering mounting the pcbs vertically in something like a tiptop happy ending kit and then in the future adding a few euro modules. Has anyone already gone this route? I saw jbdiver's aout_ng panel which got me thinking about separating the frontpanel and the core and i/o and using it more like a swiss army knife. I love 19" modules but the seq frontpanel is the main thing I want on the desk in front of me and then ideally have everything else (way too much stuff-part of the issue) wired up semi- permanently out of the way.

Rogan is right down the street from me...

Of course it works flawlessly now. Thanks TK. I think that bitwise or might be undocumented anyway...didn't end up live sequencing any drums but there is always next time...

More test results, works perfectly in the BLM emulation. So Lemur does seem to be the problem.

What is wrong with copy and paste?

OK I've been able to do more testing with another LPC17 core. For sure if I set BLM_SCALAR_Port to 64-67 (The OSC ports as I understand it) neither a firmware flashed with a SEQ or SEQ v4L will boot. I got those numbers by setting the default port and then looking at MIDI_DefaultPort, so I could be off with that assumption and if they are nothing at all, I could see that causing problems. Then I did some more testing of the Lemur BLM. Basically it seems to work fine with the V4L firmware. It also seems to mostly work with seq v4, with the exception of drum mode, which of course is the killer app of the BLM for me. I'm not sure how deeply I ever used drum mode before so I can't say for sure that this was working for me before, but I am still trying to get my hands on a copy of Lemur 4 to test whether or not the issue was introduced by their update.

One more question, have you tried it with a channel set up as a drum channel? That's what I'm doing here...

Thanks lukas, that is good information. Are you running 4.079? What are you plugging it directly into, the midi port? Is it this Lemur template you're using? http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_blm/MIDIbox_BLM16x16+X_v1_002.zip Did you get a chance to try setting the BLM_SCALAR setting under midi settings?

Well nothing jumped out at me looking over the BLM code so I tried downgrading Lemur. iOS apps appear to be nearly impossible to downgrade if you don't have a backup handy. This is exactly why I stopped using software to write music. I'm about to throw this stupid ipad out the window. Talk about non-free software.

Hey Borfo, On my v4l I was able to get those settings to stick by just editing the MBSEQ_GC.V4: BLM_SCALAR_Port 66 OSC_RemoteIp 3 192.168.11.102 OSC_RemotePort 3 8001 OSC_LocalPort 3 8000 OSC_TransferMode 3 1 That should help you with the first part (storing the settings). At that point we will have the same problem at least. :P

Well I'm trying to get it working with a V4, but had issues with my v4l as well...It could be a bug in Lemur, they just did an update recently and I'm pretty sure I had this working before. On the other hand, my v4 crashes totally when I select the OSC outs as the BLM scalar in the midi settings! I'll do more testing with my V4L tonight and see if I can get those settings saved on mine. It will recognize Lemur over USB or MIDI but it's not working quite right as shown in the video above. If anyone else can check the BLM_scalar setting in 4.079, it's under MIDI->Misc. Move the encoder up above the usb and midi settings and let me know if it stops responding. TK's got me digging into the code and I must say that it is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside!