Kyo

I had a try on one of these a few minutes ago. It is a really amazing instrument. The sounds are really cheap but you can use it as a MIDI "sequencer". Tenori-on is a mix between a step sequencer and a real instrument. You have to practice a lot to master it but it is really intuitive. I wonder what effort it would take to do MB based one. Except we would never reach the (small) size of a real one everything else should be handleable by MIOS. We need a 16x16 button matrix so ...

Well if you do another run I'll be in for 50 knobs.

Ok I'll try to sort this out ASAP. I have to check shipping fees from France first. Thanks for the help Ultra.

Hi, you've got PM.

Well I am living in Europe actually, France. Problem is I never had the chance to do a group buy and I am totally clueless about how to do it properly. And I do not speak a word of German :). Edit: Never mind, I just noticed that albs.de provides a neat feature called "Change language to" which makes me understand German like never before. :D

Hi I'm interested in another order as well.

Hi wilba. Ill take a set of four SID. Thx.

Hi, I have ordered a pack of those switches + caps. I'll let you know what they "feel" like ASAP ;). (this could take a little time however as they have to travel to france :) )

Hello, I am actually looking for a software that would allow me to use ma PC keyboard as a midi controller. Not just the basic pianoroll available everywhere. What I whant is to be able to assign any CC to any key on my keyboard. Can someone point me to something that can do that ? Thanks ;)

This may help ... http://www.livelab.dk/tablet2midi.php

No offense. I just jumped on it to clarify why I am thinking it could be a good thing. Anyway your right. I spank myself everyday for beeing so "lazy" ;).

Well I do not think I am being lazy here. The thing is i have a son and wife to take care of and a job. Building my box is a lot of fun and is really self rewarding. Anyway, despite I really like building it what really want is to play with it. Tweak its sexy knobs, push buttons, hear my sounds getting big fast and easy. I did not start building a box just to build it ;). I do not really see how one can build its own design when it comes to grouping knobs, buttons and leds together. Midi hardware always comes with rows/lines/blocks of 4/8/16/32/64 knobs/buttons. This because we are living in a world of bits and bytes, arent we ?? :D I follow what is, I think, the best way so far to mount those on front panel. ie Getting a test board, drilling it to fit components and building the circuit with standard wires. But it makes me fill like my box is loosing quality there. I do not have the tools/skills needed to do a professionnal job. By having those standard mounting PCB we could get a box done faster and in a better way. Just like with the modules PCB it would be a standard part (but still modular) one could get easily. When thorsten designed the first MB the PCB were something you had to do yourself or replace by the same test boards then came smashTV to ease our lives. Maybe the same process could be applied here. Well anyway I still think it could be a great thing :D.

Hi smash, I am currently working hard on mounting my encoders, buttons and the like on my front panel. This is really a pain because you have to drill, solder, redrill, measure, solder, throw away, restart from scratch and it takes a lot of my precious time. As far as I can see from the gallery pics everybody is using the same design, so I was thinking It couls be a could idea to offer mounting kits in your shop. Something like a PCB drilled to fit the parts you are already selling, and everything it needs with it, or only the pcb. It could be a 8 slot PCB (ie 2 row of 4 encoders/buttons), 4 slots ... Anybody agree ?

Salut, Juste pour dire que je suis egalement interessé par 100/150 de ces petites betes. Alors vous pouvez compter sur moi en cas de commande groupée. Vala. ++

Yow ! Excellent ce lien. Quelqu'un sait il si on peut commander chez eux ? Je vois quelques element interessants la dedans. Genre ca: http://www.canford.co.uk/commerce/item_49-755_2001154.aspx Bien a vous ;)

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You're right I'll try that but I do not think he will open a paypal account for 5 GBP ...

Hello all, A guy is selling packs of 100 yellow leds, 100 green leds & 200 1N4148. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2557371895&category=4660 He is only shipping to UK and I am living in France. And he wants to be paid via cheque... I am looking for somebody to help me here. I need: - 2 packs Green LEDs - 2 packs Yellow LEDs - 1 pack 1N4148 Thx a lot. Kyo.

Just in case: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2554563945&category=4660

Thx justin. I fear some "stability" issues with this method. I mean do not you risk to detach it during manipulation. I'd like to avoid this solution but I fear this is the only one available ...

Great news ... But I still do not understand deutsch ... :(:(:(:(

Well he did post to france ;) Oh man I still miss a few parts. I am so close from completion. How frustrating is this.. :( ;)

Hello all, I just received 50 of those encoders. Thank you very much for the info. I have 2 questions for you. First I would like to know what is the purpose of the little customization (ie part removal) ? Does it only modify (improve ??) the feeling ? Or does it improve the precision as well ? Second I wonder how to mount those on a front panel. As there is no screw on it. If anybody has descent solution I would be interested. ;) Thx Kyo

Ok great so I will place my order :D

Great job really. Could you quickly explain the difference with the euro PCB ? Cause I ordered my components and I was waiting for your boards. What parts will not fit ? Thx!