Captain_Hastings

If yer on W2K/XP: you installed/configured the extra driver? Maybe try if it fails on another PC as well? (i had the same error with my old 300Mhz PC sometimes, but no longer on my current Athlon system...) good luck

If yer on W2K/XP: you installed/configured the extra driver? Maybe try if it fails on another PC as well? (i had the same error with my old 300Mhz PC sometimes, but no longer on my current Athlon system...) good luck

But you get midi out? Or nothing at all?

But you get midi out? Or nothing at all?

You could print mirrored on transparent slides, but problem is you'd probably get a very glossy surface whitch is hard to read...

You could print mirrored on transparent slides, but problem is you'd probably get a very glossy surface whitch is hard to read...

Gilles, The Vocoder sounds really good, but treating vocals and such still requires the workaround to record in another app and import it into NN-XT or slice to a Rex file. The Scream (distortion) and RV-7000 (reverb) are awesome and sound warm. The Malstrom + Scream can do really good old-style-analog-synth sounds. Defenitely awesome for a free update! :o

Gilles, The Vocoder sounds really good, but treating vocals and such still requires the workaround to record in another app and import it into NN-XT or slice to a Rex file. The Scream (distortion) and RV-7000 (reverb) are awesome and sound warm. The Malstrom + Scream can do really good old-style-analog-synth sounds. Defenitely awesome for a free update! :o

And Captain Hastings is busy because... http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/reason25/main.html Reason 2.5 got released as well! ;D

And Captain Hastings is busy because... http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/reason25/main.html Reason 2.5 got released as well! ;D

Nah, not yet anyway... maybe a future project. Just came across it and it *seems* a nice one as well. If you do build any, i'd be interested in your findings. ;)

Yep, Reason transport btns work with my midibox64. You might like to add a Snapshot button to your list (which is one of the 4 first predefined buttons together with left/right/exec).

Strange, i can't get it to work with vmidibox + midi yoke either... ??? But it does work with my midibox prototype and keyboard tho.

25 euros, a bargain...

Well, if you set the event type to 9/note on, say channel 16, note 64 and then go into Reason and set the midi remote for "Play" to Channel 16, note 64, it will work. Maybe you have a midi keyboard? Should work the same way. Mind that in Reason you need to select the midi input for Remote Control in the Preferences dialog. hope this helps!

Steven, ??? Okay, say you have bank 1 and an encoder has value 32, if you switch to bank 2 where the encoder controls another midi param, and switch back to bank 1, does the midibox return to the value 32 of the encoder? And if you switch banks on a midibox 64, this doesn't happen - meaning the virtual motorfaders/snap/relative/parallax functions are only useful when you do have midi feedback? Right?

There might be two things: setting up the midibox when opening a song (initial values for the banks) and switching banks. I think the switching problem could be solved by using the snap or relative function on the midibox... but i'm not at all sure this is how it works (my box ain't finished yet) - maybe someone else can confirm this? Yep, that's the drawback of having no midi feedback from Reason. You're right! I thought wrong. They're not in the midi implementation charts, but you can assign them using the Edit Midi Remote mapping. And you could use Midi Translator + Midi Loopback to control the tempo up/down (+/- keys).

Yay, a fellow Reason user... ;D I suppose that by 360° endless pots you mean encoders? They are actually 2 different things: encoders need to be connected using a DIN module (encoder = digital, ref a computer mouse), and pots using an AIN module (analog). The problem with Reason is that it neither has midi out (to update the values of the encoders or pots in snap or relative mode) nor a "soft takeover"/snap function. This means you can only work in absolute mode = whenever you turn a pot, Reason will take that exact value. Dunno if that answers the question? You can attach leds to the DOUT and configure the midibox so that the leds are linked to buttons. That way you can have a led indicating the state of a toggle button on the box, which is handy for solo/mute feedback. You can build a powersupply in the box, but it's easier to use a simple external psu thingy. About the jog wheel... can't be done... But you might be able to assign buttons to the transport functions (play, record, ff, rew etc) by using a workaround. Reason has no midi implementation for these, but there are keyboard shortcuts. I found this http://www.beatprisoner.com/support/midi/us-428_reason_control.html article that apparently describes a way to translate midi events (from a Tascam US-428 ) to those keystrokes. But i think it might not be that straightforward... :P cheers!

Think "Breathe" wouldn't be out of tune on the next Mezzanine de l'Alcazar compilation. ;D A real sax would be nice! I had expected the bass to kick in around :46, but instead it gets into gear too slowly imho. The bassline really drives it from 1:58 on. The 808 style drum sounds a bit too harsh and centered, or maybe that's because the sound of that wma compression is so horrible :-/ Maybe you could try some more rythmic variation with the hats? cheers!

Once again... plain awesome Thorsten! *bows* A big thank you for sharing your projects.

Other parts that might be useful: Atari ST soundchip : Yamaha YM2149 Used to make a very basic 606-style drummachine in this project: http://www.preromanbritain.com/gwem/drym/ Sega Genesis soundchip (first generation) : Yamaha YM2612 (soldered) I didn't find any DIY projects using these, but maybe... one day... using MIOS... *dreams* Nintendo Gameboy Classic (DMG-01) : known for their "warm" sound... with a DIY midi cable (http://www.preromanbritain.com/gwem/lsdj_midi/) and  Little Sound DJ (http://www.littlesounddj.com/) or Nanoloop (http://nanoloop.de/) can be used as a synth ;D

Oi mista, check out this alternative: http://tangentsoft.net/audio/meta42/ (Under "Assembly Tips and Hints" is a nice paragraph on "Picking the Power Supply"...)

I'm not entirely sure... I need to finish my midibox64 first so i haven't reached this stage yet ;) Guess you can, but it should deliver 15V / 500mA for a 6581 SID. I just wonder if the 7805 on the Core won't get too hot with that powersupply.

Yep, only that hex file. Mind that you can change some values in the hex file depending on your MidiBox hardware (enabling COM-port, character or graphic LCD). Even tho yer not going to burn the PIC yerself, you can download IC-Prog to make the changes to the hex file as described in the readme. If you select the PIC 18F452 in IC-Prog, i guess you'll also be able to see the details your mate will need... Yup, for all MIOS applications (but mind Thorsten may release a new bootstrap loader version).

Hi opiumx. For the MIOS SID box, you need to burn the Bootstrap Loader (mios_bootstrap_loader_v1_1b.zip, see MIOS download page) on the PIC 18F. Once that is done, you can upload new firmwares over MIDI to the PIC, without the need for a programmer. (see MIOS Bootstrap loader page) About the settings for burning the PIC, IC-Prog takes care of those as described in the JDM programmer page under MB Hardware Platform. hope this helps!