Kyo

Weeeee ! You finally made it. Edit: Ho god another polluting post. I'll spank myself ...

No problem had my MBox eaten by a T-Rex last week. Got kidnapped by ETs and probed to death. Have to sort myself out before getting back to midiboxing. ;) Sorry for your thumb btw.

This would be really great. It is really amazing to see MBHP and derivative projects (like MB-6582) are offering such pro and open solutions. Anyway I made up my mind over the week end. I will go for a MB-6582. If the STM32 upgrade is possible great. If not I could still sale it on the flea market with no SIDs :p

Hi, I wonder if Midibox SID will benefit from STM_32 core in a future version. Underlying question is: What is the best choice ? Build a MB-6582 or build a modular SID V2 so that new cores can be plugged in when this new version would arise ?

Hey do not try to fool me, I already paid you ;). Seriously I received an another payment request. As I already fulfilled the first one I guess this is a mistake.

This is probably the easiest way to do it. Anyway I ordered a few samples of those: http://www.lumex.com/product.aspx?id=137 I am actually working on a solution to eliminate the protuberant led bulbs from panels. I think it would be doable with blind holes as those used around LCDs on your seq panel: http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/lib/exe/detail.php?id=wilba_mb_seq_construction_guide&cache=cache&media=wilba_mb_seq:spacer_locations.jpg Although it would raise the price of the panel. Not that much actually if large blind holes were made to encapsulate as much leds as possible in one go. Off topic: from this post:http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,11802.msg110479.html#msg110479 Wilba FYI I finally decided to use the same switch caps as your design. My initial idea was to use utrabright leds occluded by brushed pexiglass with these keys http://www.xkeys.com/pigraphics/graccessories/xka001117200.jpg. But after reading a few posts about utrabright blue led dangers I decided to let it go. So my seq will probably look a lot like "yours". I prefer to step aside from the bulk order for now as I am not interested by the case. Hope I will get to finish it some day. Getting there is a long and humble path :).

http://cgi.ebay.com/100x-Green-5mm-8000mcd-Flat-Top-LED-Lamp-Super-bright_W0QQitemZ330310905717QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item330310905717&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A7|294%3A50 Any clue on where to find "standard" leds as those ? I mean not the Ultrabright, killing eyes ones. And diffused as well.

I get "connection refused" every time I try to connect. Is the daemon down ? I would like to try-out that SEQ V4 GNUStep implementation. Thanks.

Hi, http://fr.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=50-57-9005virtualkey53810000virtualkey538-50-57-9005 http://fr.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=16-02-0097virtualkey53810000virtualkey538-16-02-0097 you also need the right tool to do the bending. Small and solid pliers works well. Or you could use same crimping tool as Smash. Get some patience as well, this can get really boring. Once done those cables a really helpful.

Wow thank you for all this precious details. Now I have to read it again and again until it gets clear. I will probably come back to you once I have it all sorted out (as I said I lack electronic knowledge to understand all this in a glimpse). About the diodes, I missed them on the BLM wiring diagram. I was probably half asleep when I read it ... As for the resistors I took resistor networks for row headers, which I couldn't explain either. Thanks again.

Hi Wilba, I have a question about the PCB. I am still working on my own MB SEQ design and it is basically the same as your's except switches, encoders, LCDs are different. I finally finished soldering my ultracore and I am now heading to the next step: laying out the control surface PCB. I am a complete newbie in electronic field with a few skills in building and software enginering. My idea was just to have the controls wired together (via PCB) and have cables going from the PCB to each connections on the DINs. However I made a few cable to be able to test the core + LCDs and realized it would save me a lot of time having DINs and DOUTs on the same PCB. So I looked at your PCB to figure out how you did it. But I do not understand how the wiring goes. I can see 8 sockets for registers and to me it should not be enough. Resistors are missing as well and diodes have been added. Could you explain the magic behind this design please ? Does it have anything to do with the BLM wiring (as with step leds) ? Thanks, Kyo

Sounds like great news. So it should be possible to reprogram/interface these babies with CORE STM32 via SPI BUS right ? No need to design our own PCB any more ? And with 512 bit possible colours (drool). Am I right here ? P.S. Is any of you saprkfun guys working on a midibox based "thingonome" ? Because this is quite a coincidence ;).

When ? You know school project due on ... ahem ... Too much track, too much teasing.

Hey I want one too !!! APC 40 is certainly a wonderful controller but it will never be a standalone sequencer. Didn't you say the rainbow will have sequencing capabilities ? Anyway if it hasn't I'll turn it into a grid sequencer. Hum ok I should finish my MBSEQ first. :D

*happy happy happy* I was hoping something like this would happen someday. And there it is. I really like this kind of grid instrument/sequencer/controller. Are you using sparkfun kits ? PCB ? Are you planning on adding some function keys as well ? say a row of 8 on top of the grid and a column of 8 on the left ? It could be used to switch to "grid visual control" mode. Like you press function key for velocity and function key in front of the 2nd row at the same time. Then the grid display the velocity of each step of track 2 as vertical bars. You can then press buttons to choose velocity for these steps. Same with volume etc. We could use the grid for pattern selection too. 64 patterns on a page, switching pages via function button as well (I have no idea about next Core capabilities.). Could be a bit too soon but I can't help getting excited. I have this controller in mind since I got my hands on a yamaha tenori-on. Thanks for making me happy.

No analog synth here :(. I am working with VST's and MIDI hardware. My first hardware synth will probably be a QuadSID :).

Well I just want him or anybody else to comment my drawings :). I would be happy to build it myself but I do not have any space left for this kind of activity. I would probably waste a lot of wood too because I never did it before :p. I wonder if schaeffer would accept processing wood with their CNC. Could be dangerous actually :).

Hi Doug, I was looking for infos on wooden case when I came upon your post. I designed an enclosure for my MBSEQ but I have no idea if it is feasible at all. Maybe you could take a look here and leave your thoughts. I would be glad. Maybe you could process it as well ;). Thanks.

Hi, got the boards today. Beautiful ! :)

Hi stryd, I'll probably be in for silent type with 1D caps. But I do not have clue on the quantities. Possibly around 40.

Got mine yesterday. Thanks ultra. Some UltraCore pron here.

Hi again, just got the knobs yesterday. Great product thanks for sharing. Kyo.

Hi mc4, Do you have any knobs left ?

Got mine today. Thanks.

It is nothing about the hardware or cool looking thing (I personnaly think it looks ugly). It is all about the way it let you handle music. You can play your music on it like you would play on a guitar except it opens a lot of possibilities like playing over yourself & more. The technical part of a step sequencer is totally absent from the creation process.