der.warst

Hey, anyone of you come across the U-create music? I found it a while ago in this Blog: http://nomeist.com/ucreate-music/199/comment-page-1#comment-584 (read the comments, too, this is where the real informations are). Needless to say, I immediately bought one and to say the least, this thing frelling ROCKS! Well beyond any toy I ever bought for about 10 pounds before, or any proper instrument i got for an equal amount of money, for that matter. I would even go as far as saying it beats the dren out of quite a few so called "pro" pieces of gear for prices waaaaaay beyond that. The effect section alone is unbelievable for a unit this cheap, and yes, you can use it as a standalone fx unit. Apart from the somehow quite average flanger/phaser/distortion/delay/filter it has those amazing looper and pitch fx --instant aphex twin! It's no KP, but amazingly close when it comes to controllability and fun factor. Only one effect at a time, but, well you could just buy another one. :) There's no comfy way to add your own samples yet, apart from the two sample slots, which is why I'm trying to spread it around the DIY community a little. Perhaps some of you know how to write an alternative frontend for it, or how to reverse engineer it or whatever... Oh, and I don't work for Mattel. I'm just very impressed with that thing. It's just too cool to not be hacked to its full potential. der Warst

Hey there, I've been a lurker on this forum for quite a time, but now switched to active mode because I'd really like to MIDIfy my Yamaha CS01 Synth. For a start it would be enough for me to have it receive notes, but maybe some control for the sliders could be added, too. As far as I can see on its schematic: http://freenet-homepage.de/kirdneh/yamaha_cs01_schematic.pdf, the keyboard matrix is pretty simple: By seeing the vast amount of projects that this forum is filled up with, I'm a little unsure which application would fit the best and if I could just use something "as is" for that task or if I have to write/modify some code. Anyway, Thanks for any hint in the right direction. Simon

Danke! Tschä... weiß ich eigentlich auch nicht. bisher funktionierts und sieht super aus. Langzeittests hab ich natürlich noch keine machen können. Zugegeben, circuit bending ist sowas wie "Programmieren mit dem Brecheisen" oder vielleicht noch eher mit dem Vorschlaghammer. Ausprobiert hab ich das auch vorher nur mit Musikinstrumenten, und die meisten davon funktionieren seit Jahren problemlos. Ob das mit einer alten Spielkonsole ebenso ist, kann ich von meiner Seite aus natürlich nur vermuten. Aber davon abgesehen, hast du eine Idee, wie ich die Kamikaze-Loesung irgendwie ansatzweise sicherer gestalten könnte? Gibt's da irgendwelche tricks, mit denen man die Chips ein bisschen ...hm, "robuster" machen kann? Grüße, Simon

Hallo, Das hat jetzt zwar mit Midiboxen nix zu tun, aber ich bin grad ein bisschen am verzweifeln, und da hier viele hilfsbereite Leute unterwegs sind, dachte ich mir, ich frag mal hier: Ich bin im Moment dabei, aus einer alten Ps/2-Tastatur ein Interface für circuit-gebendete Super Nintendos zu bauen. Anschauen kann man sich das hier: (das ist ein relativ früher Test) Eigentlich hatte ich geplant, die Bends mit 4066-Vierfachschaltern an einen gemeinsamen Punkt zu schalten, also eine Matrix, bei der jeder pin des Vram chips mit jedem anderen Verbunden werden kann. Insgesamt sind das pro SNES 40 Pins. Also bräuchte ich 10 4066. Dachte ich mir. Dummerweise allerdings hat der 4066 einen Schaltwiderstand von ca. 120 Ohm, was ihn für meine Zwecke unbrauchbar macht. Ich hab ein wenig rumexperimentiert und -gemessen und herausgefunden, dass der Schaltwiderstand maximal 20 Ohm betragen darf, also 10 ohm pro Schalter. Hat jemand von euch 'ne Ahnung, wie ich das anders lösen kann? Maxim stellt chips her, die mit einem Widerstand von zum teil unter 10 ohm schalten, ich hab nur leider keine Kreditkarte und außerdem haben die ziemlich hohe Verandkosten aus den USA. Wisst ihr vielleicht einen Deutschen Händler für Maxim ICs? Danke, Simon

Hey, currently, I'm looking for something pretty similar for my Casio DM-100 which also has a LED blinking to the beat. I was thinking along the LDR technique, too. but maybe one fourth of a 4016 quad switch would give a cleaner digital signal... Please tell me about your progress. I don't know how to code, so I'd really appreciate anything you come up with. Do you think the application could work on a 16fxxx Pic? I have a few of them lying around and would really like to put them to a proper use... cheers, der Warst

Hey, I've got a Casio DM-100 Keyboard which I circuit bent some time ago. The sound of it is great but since there's no MIDI, I have no way of syncronizing it with other Gear, which I'd really like to do. It has a blinking "Tempo LED", though. So I thought it might be possible to convert the LED's steady pulse to a MIDI clock signal somehow. maybe with a Display showing the current BPM. I guess doing this wouldn't be very hard for someone who knows how to code, but I don't. Does anyone know if this has been done before? If so, please tell me. I've searched the archives but didn't find anything that exactly matches my needs. But perhaps I've used the wrong words for my search, so please be gentle if I asked a very common question. any help will be greatly appreciated, cheers, der Warst

Hey, my MB SEQ will hopefully be finished pretty soon, and I'm really enjoying the fact that you integrated the DIN Sync feature just in time for me to include it without having to open everything up again. But I have one question: since there are different standarts with DIN sync, is it possible to change the output's resolution? Would be cool If this could be done without any coding in the interface. I know, a hardware solution would't be much of an effort, but this way it could be more comfortable. Thanks, der Warst

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Hey everybody, finally I found the time to work on my MB projects again. Since I know this is a very nice Forum, I don't feel too intimidated to ask stupid questions, so here it is: Looking at the mbfm_dout_default.pdf for MBFM, I assume a DOUTx3 would be enough. Is that right? Just want to make shure. Thanks, Warst

ahem... Guess I'm not the first one noticing that, do you allready have secret insider-Jokes about that? Is this a test? you nerds are weird... ;D

Hey, i've been to Votis site some minutes ago and noticed that he sells surplus Notebook touchpads for spectacular cheap. Does anyone of you have an idea if it would be somehow possible to include one of those into a Midibox. It sends a standart PS/2 signal, so i guess it wouldn't be too hard to do for someone who knows what he's doing... would be cool to have some kind of MIDI-Kaosspad... greets, der Warst

Me too, 2. around 40 -depends on the price 3. the cheaper alternative for me too 4. doesn't matter to me 5. Pushbutton would be cool. 6. I have a Dremel, so any shaft length will do

please keep me updated with efforts on this issue! Would it be possible to integrate some rater unusual controls like extreme pitch alterations or an abillity to play a Sample backwards? Weird stuff in general... ;D I mean it's Lofi allright, but it could get a lot more interesting than only rebuilding an 80s drummachine. But you are the guys who know how to do this, so you decide what it's gonna be like. der Warst

yay, a beatbox with your own favourite sounds in raunchy 8-bit format! would be cool if some live-controllability was possible, like pots or encoders for pitch, envelopes, whatever... but who will design it?

Hallo, ich hab das zwar schon unter "parts questions" geposted, aber ich versuch's nochmal hier. Ich hab drei 2x40 LCDs übrig und falls jemand von euch noch so um die 17 Encoder überhaben sollte, aber noch LCDs braucht, könnten wir ja ein kleines Tauschgeschäft anleiern... :D :D der Warst

woooo, this really could be fun! I really like the idea of building a PIC Lofi Sampler. And think about the possibilities of mangling a Sample live with a Midibox-interface together with the MBseq2 playing loops and stuff. ;D Wouldbe some nice companion to MBSID I love Samplers that add their own flavour to the sampled sounds, the dirtier, the better. It would be great if this could be integrated in MIOS somehow, but since i don't have any clue about coding and no one seems to be really interested, I guess it will stay a dream... :'( Warst

well, I'd like to have 17 in toto since i'll be using them for a MBSeq2. But I guess you won't give me 17 encoders for one LCD, right? ;) If you're interested, tell me your offer. greets, der Warst

Hey everyone, I made a pretty good deal with 2x40 LCDs recently. Now I have five of them, but I need only two for a MBSEQ2. Does anyone have some encoders left to trade for two Displays? They are 2x40, with green backlight. cheers, der Warst

it's some Guys who started a DIY project to build a simple synthesizer in their Forum. www.elektro-kartell.de http://www.sequencer.de/forumsynth/simplesizer.html I just mailed thomas from anyware instruments who made the PCBs and he told me that he will order new ones in about 2 or 3 weeks, so if you want one, this is your chance! the cost for a PCB was 21 € incl. shipping in Germany and the parts cost something around 50 €. Where else do you get an analog one for this price? Warstwarstwarst ;D

why don't we do some music, get famous and tell some magazines about our unique equipment? Let's just be the next Fatboy slims, chemicals or Daft Punks or whoever. I think if there's someone capable of paying for gear it's these guys. I don't really need to be underground or something, but i think if musicians are really interested in stuff like this, they discover it on their own or they don't. Or let's experiment with the following thought: how would Fatboy Slim, chemicals.... sound if they HAD a MB SID? Hmmm, maybe just like the next track you will produce, because most of you guys have one. ;) Use it yourself, don't wait for some superstar to do it for you. Listen to the new Kylie Minouque (I always forget how this name is written proberly) song, it's definetly produced with some SID Synthesizer or emulator or Samples. Let's all get rich and famous and fat and lazy! B) der Warst

Hier: http://qotile.net/ Extrem empfehlenswert, der Typ hat ziemlich schräges Zeug gemacht, unter anderem 'nen Drucker zum Musikinstrument umgemodelt, und das klingt noch nicht mal schlecht! nochmal warstige Grüße.

Gibt's schon, die Synthcart von Paul Slocum. Das is 'ne Karte für den Atari 2600, die das Gerät zu 'nem Syntie ummodelt, kann man laut Anleitung mitn bisschen Übung auch ohne Fernseher spielen. Wenn ich jetzt noch wüßte, wo ich den Link hatte... vielleicht einfach mal die favorisierte Suchmaschine anwerfen. Gruß vom Warst

Aaaaallright!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Well this is just plain amazing, :P I guess since something like this is stated in the announcement, i will be able to control an analog synth with this one. This would be great because I've ordered a Simplesizer-PCB some days ago and was looking for something suitable to play it. My plans so far are: building both devices into one housing to have a combination of real analog Synth and analog style Seq for maximum live usability as well as the possiblity of using it to trigger other devices. Would it be possible to also use the AOUT of the MB64 SEQ as MIDI to CV/Gate converter to be able to play live on a MIDIkeyboard in combination with the Seq or would this be too much? Hope you come up with a final part list soon, so I can start ordering. Greetings, der Warst :

hmm, das Problem an der Sache ist, daß ich angefangen hab, das Ding zu bauen, bevor es MBHP gab, ich hab also das MB64- Layout benutzt, das es vorher gab, leider ist das nicht so übersichtlich gestaltet, wie die MBHP-Platinen... Naja, das Dingen muß ja auch erstmal fertig werden, war mehr oder weniger auch erstmal so 'ne proforma-Frage. Lemonhorse: das ist nett, ich denke, ich werde darauf zurückgreifen, dann weiß ich wenigstens schonmal, daß die Firmware soweit in Ordnung ist, und ich nicht beim Brennen schon irgendwie Scheiß gebaut hab. viele liebe Grüße, der Warst