Steven_C

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I like the picture story on the website!

I found some further info in an old thread... http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=1751.0 edit... have you checked there is enough room for the LED's to fit around the encoder? (room underneath the panel?) A comment... it is good to have the LCD almost upright like you have, the viewing angle of these LCD's makes it hard to see otherwise.

Hello again, the display configuration of Doc's MBLC is one of the standard display modes, you access it by pressing the MB layer button, and then pressing the record ready button for channel 3 (assuming you have default button setup). The disadvantage of this mode is that a dialogue message transmitted from logic is kinda broken up and a little harder to read. I don't think you will get even channel spacings unless you start cutting the length of the display pcb's down and putting wires in where the tracks were. But then you have no mounting holes anymore! :'( (I thought about this! ;)) If changing the display is beyond your scope (beyond mine at the moment!) and you don't like the extra spaces at the ends I guess you could make your panel holes shorter so they hide the ends of the LCD's. P.S. I've been thinking about this today too! I'm thinking of rebuilding my MBLC. (I've been saying this for two years now! :P)

Hey rambinator, what type of LCD's are you using?

does anyone know why there are two nand gates arranged as inverters in series on the midiport schematic? What is the point? http://www.pjrc.com/tech/midi-drums/sch-midi.html

So how does such a membrane work? is it resistive? Is that how touch screens work?

This is interesting, I wonder if there are websites with more disassembly pictures like this?

He He! That's Michael Stavrou's control surface! A really efficient worksurface! They are built here in Australia. I saw a demo of it at the Smpte show in Sydney. (the larger 24 channel version, it was controlling a pyramix workstation.)

One thing to think about is that if you spread the channels out on the LCD, you end up with gaps in dialog mesagges that come up on the LCD screen.

Should be possible. But will probably only be good for using the Tascam 2400 in LC mode. How many midi ports does the Tascam US2400 use when it is in LC mode? According to the Logic control protocol, for 24 faders you will use 3 midi ports, or has Tascam found a way around this? The reason that I'm asking this is, that normally, you could use a midi splitter from the computer's midi outputs feeding the LC compatable controller, and the Midibox LC (display) at the same time. All you need is to build a MIOS core for each 8 fader blocks, with LCD's attached. There is still quite a bit of work and electronics skill required to make MIOS core's and get the firmware loaded into them though, as well as soldering the LCD's. ...Steve

thanks for the tip!

It is unlikely that anyone on this forum will sell you a midibox. (It is not 'the done' thing) I can help with programming the bootstrap loader into the PIC chip if you like. (Though you can order the PIC chip with the bootstrap loader pre-programmed from Smash TV) Get in contact with Ian Hurlock, via the forum's Personal Message functions, to ask about the best approach to build a controller for Ableton live. ...Steve

Hi James, welcome to the midibox community! I live in Sydney, but this forum is the best place for any advice, and midibox.org and the ucapps.de site are also great. All the info is here, and you can do forum searches to find answers to most of the questions you will need to ask. (instead of waiting for replies). It may seem like a steep learning curve, (it is!) but you will end up with a unique midibox tailored to your needs that is unavailable anywhere else! Decide what features you want, and then it becomes clearer as to which midibox project to base your midibox on. Maybe you could do a forum search on ableton to find someone elses experiences in creating a controller for ableton? (I've never used that program) I dunno.... feel free to ask questions. Talk to midiboxers who use ableton... good luck! all the best from Steve

Probably not everyone's 'cup of tea' but its cute ;) http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2005/Space-Synth.html

kangoo, I'm glad you found a solution that works for you. Just another tip... I have found that putting a tiny bevel ground on the leading cutting edge of the drill bit makes it much easier when drilling perspex. This stops the drill from pulling into the material. High speed helps too. (this comes from experience of drilling hundreds, maybe thousands of holes in perspex) I'm not sure how similar plexiglass is to perspex though. ...Steve

8) cool, I'll try it!

Hey there, jackchaos, Welcome to the Midibox forum! Sounds like you will have a very professional box by the end of your quest. What's the oberheim Matrix 1000 like? Sounds like you got it for cheap! How well did the BCR integrate (work) with it? Any good? Sorry, not sure about which project to base your MB on, and I haven't done any meta event stuff yet. I'm sure you'll find your answers soon ;) all the best, from Steve

tgp wrote... Did you follow this diagram for the order of your pots? http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_ainx4.pdf because if you did, you shouldn't have any problems, as far as I can see. Thorsten, here is the old order of pots... pot-0 to pin-12 (of 4051) pot-1 to pin-13 pot-2 to pin-14 pot-3 to pin-15 pot-4 to pin-1 pot-5 to pin-2 pot-6 to pin-4 pot-7 to pin-5 thanks, from Steve (P.S. if it turns out to be a hassle, don't worry, the old 16F firmware works fine for what I want to do, I just felt like seeing the new features of the MIOS version!)

Hey there, Ian, good to hear from you! That's a good idea! Actually my supervisor at work suggested something similar... I'm still thinking about it. So what features will your son's MB have? Using up those encoders you still have? ;) ...Steve

Thanks for the suggestion, Davo! (Actually, I used to work in a metal shop!)

Does anyone know of a source of a labelling system like the ones they use on (expensive) patchbays? I mean the ones where there is a strip of thin metal with a folded edge on top and bottom, and you slide in the pre-printed labels you have made? I would like to put labels like this on my MB64's, so that I can easily change the pot labelling for different applications. many thanks, from Steve.

I'm sure someone will be able to help! ;)

be wary of emc/noise when putting any analogue audio near a running PIC. I learnt the hard way!

I have swapped from the old MB 16F firmware to MIOS 1.8. Now my pots are in the wrong order compared to the display! What is the best way to re-assign my pots? (if this is not possible within MIOS, then I'll just disassemble the header sockets on the PCB... I'ts not hard... just time consuming but that's ok!) all the best, from Steve