Steven_C

I'm only guessing, but if you only need to send note data, or CC data, that won't cause a crash if the data dosen't get received, it might work... I wonder if these people give out samples... BTW, digital cabling needs to be able to carry signals to at least the third harmonic, (to avoid distortion) so I'm told, so for midi (36 khz I think??) that would be around 100Mhz... I would look into this further, but I'm low on time this week! ;) (lots of college work, and my PC ain't working properly!) I hope we find a solution!

Hi, reguarding .mov... I've been trying for about 18 months to figure out how to get quicktimes created on a mac to work on a PC, and it has been driving me crazy! They open, but not in Logic audio (pc), which I need to be able to do for an assignment. I got it to work on my old PC, just today, (but it jerks too much for me to sync audio) but it won't work on my newer powerful PC. :-/ (this is after I have imported and exported out of "Quick editor" trying to translate the file or something????.....) I've been trying to find 'codecs' to install, but the ones I've tried don't seem to do anything. Can anyone shed some light on this, or tell me a good place to find the info I need?

Hey, is this a standalone device? or does it need a connected PC?

This subject has writings spread all over this forum, do asearch to find heaps of info....

for LC, download the LC manual from emagic site, sorry, I can't help with the others, but I'll look try to get a peek at the digi-002 manual, though I'm not sure if there will be a midi implementation chart or not... probably only good for LE anyway...

Hey! This topic has been brought u[p before, but unfortunately nothing has become of it :'( I also wish it was possible! I saw an article on the net once, where some Uni students built such a unit, but they did not say how to build your own :'( Kenton are working on a commercial unit, but it is going to be very expensive (400 euros or more) and midiman have worked on prototypes, there are others, but too expensive to mention!! Please let me know if you find out more than I did! bye, from Steve

I have posted somewhere on this forum details of how I have reduced the noise inside my midibox significantly, though I can't remember where. Maybe do a forum search on starlike or jitter or filter or something.

I strongly reccommend that you purchase the pre-made PCB's from Mike, or SmashTV, as there is a lot of holes to drill, and making PCB's is a time consuming process. The size you will need if you do make your own depends on which and how many modules you need. Probably easier than the toner transfer method is the product called Press'n'Peel, but it is expensive, but it is still tricky, and on one of my boards, I had to spend hours re-touching it. I have used large sheet metal shears to cut PCB's which is quick, but it tends to curve the boards out of shape a little bit. If you are making a large project like LC emu, then putting all the modules onto one board is the easiest way, but if you change the specifications later, then you may have to add more boards. 4x6" might only fit two modules if your lucky, but the modules are all different sizes, download the PCB files and print them out in eagle light to see how big they are, before ordering. good luck!! ;)

I have built midi to CV converter, that goes with my TB3030, but it works at an unusual standard of 0.8v/octave. It works well, and the supplier Oakley Sound Systems sells a kit that works at the usual standard of 1V/octave as well. The only thing I don't like about mine (TBdac) is that it dosen't smooth out the 128 positions of the pitchbend knob, but that is partly because I have set the pitchbend to a fairly large range.

thanks! I alredy found an old package that I will try when I find a serial midi interface! (prob off ebay!)

Basta73, Ian, and myself have spent hours pondering the possibility of adding touch sensitivity to the panasonic MF's available from allelectronics, even pulling them apart, I have tried to solder to the spare (3rd)track inside, but solder will not take to it, and there isn't a wiper contact that touches this track anyway... don't pull your faders apart like we did, it is very difficult to put them back together without damaging them! and don't bend the pins either! I think the closest you'll get to touch sensitivity with these MF's will be with extra buttons near the faders, that you press at the same time as you move a fader... though I hope I'm wrong! (this is what I did on my box)

I have seen 40x4's for much much cheaper than that! I think it was at rockby electronics in Melbourne, Australia.

Hey Ian, nice to see you replying to your own posts again! Thanks for the tip... I reckon it oughta go into the FAQ, under "why does my pic act wierd" or something like that!

this may be a bit crazy, but has anyone the patience to attempt to make LCD displays under each control to tell you what it does?? (Not a feature request for TK, just a concept idea! I won't be attempting this, sorry) like LC/MC/HUI etc

Sorry I haven't done any more work on this lately, I'll try and get back into it soon...

look under midibox NG

WOW! Take it easy TK, how do you expect to get all this stuff done so fast?? (that sounds quick for me) I know, TK has invented a MIOS Time machine in the future, and then brought all his ideas and designs back to our time and space ;)

Heh Heh! have a nice break! ;)

whoa! I hope the rest of your PC is OK! Smoke was coming out the back of my Mac once, then I realised it was actually a bad IEC mains lead, arcing between the plug and the PSU!

Hi there, I have this old 486 laptop, and was wondering if anyone knew of a simple midi sequencer program that could run on it? (pref freeware) also, does anyone know off the top of their head if midi-ox will run on an old 486? bye, from Steve

Unfortunately, at the moment, the Mackie HUI can only be emulated by an LC on Mac, by registered Logic users... and no PC control is possible that I know of... The digi002 is not as cool as you may think... No Jog wheel, and that is probably the most used tool on my LC... and the 002 is not easy to use at first, I haven't figured out how to control plugin parameters with the encoders yet, and there aren't cool record-enable buttons like on LC either... (I use 002 at college) BTW, the included reverb in PT LE seems to be crap, though the compressor seems ok, the gate is ok, but not as nice as most... FYI... if you are a student, you can get logic 5 mac/pc for really cheap. and you can use your favorite VST's with it too! good luck finding a suitable package... (I like protools and logic equally, protools for its ease of use, and logic for its in depth options, but I'm still reading the manual for logic!) bye, from Steve

try loading MIOS again, sometimes I have to have a couple of goes, sometimes I don't! Remember you only have 2 seconds after turn-on to do it!

Hi, 30W iron will be fine, as long as you have a nice tip, that isn't too bulky, so you can solder the pins of IC's. Use sockets for the IC's, and don't hold the heat on the component leads for more that 3 seconds or so. Use a ground strap if you have one, and attach the other end to something like a computer case, or a metal water pipewhen handling the IC's. These midiboxes allow such functions of a simple hardware step sequencer, and the ability to customise the layout of the box to suit your needs. The Logic Control/Mackie control/Housten controller is cool, as you only need one unit, although I think the latest Mackie Control (commercial unit) can do all the major platforms (but not logic 5, if you are a PC user :'() There are always people trying new ideas, as well! I had a software synth that generates random patches, but it was before VSTi's, etc were popular!

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...the knobs on the O2R are plastic... touch sensitive??