Captain_Hastings

Cool! Another one on my build list... :)

Update: Propellerhead Software will release a Remote SDK this summer

Hi Rowan, Did you manage to check out Reason with the Korg microKontrol yet? I guess support for this protocol would be a good option (a MIOS app) to have a midibox that integrates well with Reason. Now... maybe Propellerhead themselves (?) will create a Remote "driver" for MidiBox64(E) that configs the controller just as Serge's editor does (eg. "Lock SubTractor to Controller" and it sends a sysex config). I understood that they will keep adding support for different midicontrollers over time and that Thorsten's platform is "within scope"... who knows!

Propellerhead Reason 3.0 now has native support for a series of control surfaces / midi controllers. What is needed is a "Remote driver" for the controller that specifies the mapping / sysex messages for displaying device labels on the controller / transport buttons / etc. Bitstream is now the first to release it's own Remote installer... so... it seems it is time for MIDIbox Remote support! A Remote file for a midi controller - only receiving midi from the controller - is easy to make, it only maps incoming midi to controls and requires to setup the MIDIbox manually according to the Reason midi spec / CC chart. A full controller - Reason communication (midi in and feedback / CC update midi out to the controller), including sysex config is another matter though, for which i suspect a Develoment Kit from Propellerhead is required. The challenge in making such a Remote "driver" would be making something that takes the flexibility and vast feature-set of the MBHP in consideration... Any fellow Reason 3.0 users with ideas regarding this matter? :)

Yo, solder them like this: You could also connect Vdd & Vss instead at the end of the pot row (at pot 7 = 8 pots in a bundle), between pot 3 & 4 (4 pots in a bundle) :) cheers!

:) Right, i got the SpeakJet / PC Serial / PhraseALator combination working with the LTC module. The Phrase Editor keeps locking up for some strange reason, but other than that everything works. I have it set to the default 9600 baud for the moment. With the MAX3100 module / PIC i have less success... I trying to echo incoming MIDI back out (PIC > SPI > MAX3100 > LTC module), but the leds don't light up, nor does my PC detect any serial activity. The TX pin of the 3100 stays high no matter what... :( My application first sends 16-bits with the write config and 16-bits with data next. It also one-way, i'm not reading the DOUT of the MAX3100, only CS, SCLK and DIN are used to interface with the PIC. If anyone wants to have a look, PM me and i'll send the code...

Small update: Now what i am concerned about is the following: But i am assuming that it is OK to connect the TX pin of the MAX3100 directly to the RCX Serial Input pin of the SpeakJet?

Hi Lorin, I've just started... trying to figure out an function set (based on TK's AOUT/SPI example) to write to the registers of the MAX3100. Haven't written any other code or verified anything yet, but i will surely let you know my progress!

I've just ordered my upgrade... ;D

Okay... i got hold of one of them MAX3100 SPI to UART things. I'll try to breadboard this up in the next days/weeks... Maybe someone can help me out and check if this is the correct way to hook it up to the Core module? Datasheets: http://www.magnevation.com/pdfs/speakjetusermanual.pdf http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX3100.pdf Any help welcome!

I'm certainly interested in experimenting... however, my MIOS/assembler skills are limited. My biggest achivement so far was getting digital pots to work with SPI and that took me quite a while... ;) Let me know if you want specific help on something... (circuit testing/design/coding) I don't know what it can do... it's probably basic but it looks intriguing... and it is always übercool to have an old woodcabinet 2600 in your studio ;D

Hi Lorin, That is way cool! Please report back with your findings with the MAX3100 (damn... if only i'd known when i ordered samples from them last week). ;) I hope to have the IC in the mail soon, and first i'm going to experiment with the 'SpeakJet SuperCarrier' from speechchips.com... There is a scheme of that circuit in this doc (scroll down on page): http://www.speechchips.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=18 (uses a Maxim DS275 for serial to CMOS level serial conversion) Or i might buy an old Atari on ebay... http://www.atariage.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=295 ;D

Has anyone already ordered/played with this IC? It seems fairly simple, anyone have a guess how difficult it would be to make a MIOS application for this one? Anyone interested in a collaborative effort to design circuit/application? ;)

You can do some kewl stuff with an old Palm Pilot... like adding a midi out port. I once built one for my old Handspring Visor and it works ok. Even wrote a small app that allowed to vary 2 midi CCs X/Y axis style with the stylus. This soft is pretty nice as well: Playmidi BeatPad Once my SID midibox is in a housing i'm going to experiment with Palm midi out -> SID + clock sync to a GameBoy with Nanoloop. Oldskool bliss.... ;D

Thanks Thorsten for the quick and clear reply! I'll drop a hint about this feature on the ableton forum... cheers