Steven_C

upgraded to logic 5.5.1 (was 5.5.0) now it works yeah!

Hi, I have got to the stage where I have 8 faders connected to LC, so I tried to boot logic, in the manual, it says that LC will be detected on startup, but it dosen't. The faders work as controllers in fruityloops though. But nothing happens in logic, the controller dosen't even show timecode. :'( hopefully someone will help me! :)

hey, thanks for that! :) and thanks MrMusicman for the pics !

most of the modules for my LC are on a single board :) will post pics when finished ;D

I'm a little confused.... how is the second LCD connected? is the second LCD connected in paralell to the first one, except for the data bus? where is the data bus? is it 4bit or 8bit? how do you know the pinout for J10 in relation to the second LCD? any replies appreciated........Steve  ;) btw, Thorsten is about to clock 900 posts! amazing!!

Hey Ian, that will be cheaper than Ally! Make sure you will have people who will purchase these panels before you get lots and lots made!! (you don't want to invest all that cash, and get stuck with that stock!!) bye, from Steve

I always solder the part to the vectorboard, and then use small pieces of wire to make the links..... but it is easier to use PCBs made for the job if you can, except for small circuits like JDM. I also made the JDM on vectorboard, and followed the layout of the "corona" layout, which I got off Thorsten's site ages ago. I used DIL right angle pins to go from the 9 pin D connector to the vectorboard (had to stretch the pins a little, to get it to fit

hey Dan,  well if it works, thats all that matters.... thats what thorstens looks like too. thanks for the effort! Are  you working on yours right now? cos I am!! (better go 2 bed soon, cos I got college 2morrow, I think its about 1 am!)  bye, from Steve

Hey, is the pin orientation on the variable voltage regulator the same as 78 series? because the diode positioning on the pcb looks wierd compared to the schematic.... probably just my misunderstanding! bye, from Steve

cool, thanks!

In that case, is it really worth the effort?? (for t6963c)

QUOTE: "Well Steve While we are going down the laser track maybe if we had a concensus on just what panel form would suit. Ie 100mm fader slot panel for say 8 faders. With enough room surrounding to support the sides. Do you have CAD ? Perhaps you have a design in mind. I will draw up a panel and see what I can get out of a 2400 x 1200 sheet of say electro galv at around 0.6. I'll get a price for lasering the whole sheet.. something around the A4 sheet should suffice....I'll check it out. Ian" very generous of you to check this out, no I've never used CAD, funnily enough! (I just look at other people's drawings!) 0.6 would be a bit thin, I would have thought, 1mm steel would be better? Aluminium is easier to deburr, and drill any extra holes in (as you would know) but too expensive (needs to be thicker) steel a good compromise.... be careful... you don't want to make any mistakes on a large sheet like that!! (over and over!) hope your getting on well with your projects! (I'm making a temporary panel by using 2 thin strips of Al, and spacing out the faders between them, which I will lay a sheet of thin plastic or cardboard over, with the slots cut into that! also allows moving around of buttons, etc and trying out different positions before committing my whole panel to metal!! I bought 2 encoders, just to try the circuits out with for the time being.......) bye, from Steve

RE: "TC - You do all this work, and dont even have a paypal donation link on your site? I highly recomend it, unless you are totally against charity. But, you put alot of work into this stuff, unless you get some sort of strange kick out of it, hehe. I would donate! And Im sure others would as well." maybe you should tell us when your birthday is, and put up a birthday wish list so we can give you something you like, as some sort of goodwill gesture! (to put it into legalistic terms! ;) well I hope we are all having fun! bye, from Steve

Hey Bart, oops, I mean Robin! Have you considered a midibox with 16 or so rotary (endless) encoders....?? the reason being that the encoders are expensive, so you will want to be switching banks, but this is not a problem with encoders. (probably 1 midibox16e is more useful than 2 midibox 64's for midi remote control :'( (I just built 2) But, I'm building LC now ::) bye from Steve ps my cool NOVA synth has soft overtake built in....Yeah! (why can't this catch on with other manufacturers???)

the one marked 8v2 is 8.2volts, the one marked 5v2 is 5.2v but note that to use 8.2 volt zener, you must decrease the icprog i/o delay (see note on schematic on Thorsten's JDM page)

I think Thorsten is working on it

I think so far only one graphic LCD is supported (Displaytech 64240A), I think Thorsten is currently writing a driver for another one. (T6963C) Obviously Hitachi type character displays are supported. 16*2, 20*2, 40*2 have been used for different applications bye, from steve

Hey, thanks again for the replies!! well what about this encoder.... well I tried to place a link but it dosen't work.... so you will have to do a search for 3315 encoder at www.farnell.com (p/no. 653 019) cheapest I've found in Australia, also available internationally through Farnell ?... easy to get? though I don't think 16 pulses per revolution is enough? AUS$ 4.29 for quantities 25 and over NZ$ 5.28 for you Ian, LO! (I think) well it's still kinda expensive I guess! maybe I'll wait for something a little more cost effective! bye, from Steve

I read recentlly that leaving flux residue on boards can cause problems in analogue circuits due to leakage (flux acts as a resistor) I'm getting a can of PCB cleaner!!

easy question... is it possible to use two 16*2 displays on the LC, without any programming changes or ini changes, just to see if the LC works (can't get 40*2 until next week) just wondering.... if it dosen't work, I'll just wait till I get my 40*2's Thanks, from Steve

maybe a bigger version of Thorsten's idea of the bankstick...... a PIC inside a 37pin D connector!!! (or a small case built around a 37pin D connector....) I think there are a few spare pins on the PIC??? allowing the use of 37 pins?? if not...then put the crystal and 2 caps inside the box, with the PIC!! (also allowing 16F or 18F to be used!!) ;D hey... a  ;Dcheesy ;D solution,  hack apart an old sega master system or similar, and use the cartridges to house your PIC's, and remove the cartridge socket!!! (try and use that cheesy flip down lid off the msII if possible!! he he ;D) label the game cartridges 'MB64 and SEQ' on the cartridges in cheesy 80's style!! bye, from steve

LO is right about the soft/hware. You could easily use the almost free drum sampler vst plugin that comes on the cover of "computer music" magazine, though I'm not sure how stable it is. find out which keys on your midi keyboard trigger the samples (or borrow one) then use the 'midi learn' function of the midibox to assign these same keys to each of the buttons on the midibox. This would probably be the cheapest and easiest (and very cool) project possible on the midibox.......Hey Thorsten, maybe I could (or anyone) make a 'how to' project page of such a device, and we could suggest that all newcomers try this project first, before proceeding onto bigger projects!! (the beauty of the MBHP!!!) Hope you had a great holiday Thorsten 8), What are you doing back so soon!!!!!????????? :-/ bye from Steve btw I almost have all the bits for my LC emulation now!! (will post part order numbers and suppliers in Australia soon)

Hi, Thorsten is the brains of the core of these midibox projects. He is on holidays for a couple of weeks, and he has been really busy lately, so my guess would be at least a month??? well you can still get started making the modules, and ask questions as you go on, this forum! good luck, from Steve

Q.... Quick question can any of these projects send MMC? I want to build a flooboard to start/stop sequencers and such...Can this be done A... I'm sure it would work.... a very minimal project (Core, Din, power supply plus a few support components is all you would need) I can check this out if you want, would you like me to check if it will work?? What sequencer?? if it is computer based, then definately, if it is in conjunction with tape machines, then I'm not sure.... what is a flooboard?? is it a foot controlled transport remote??

Question.... so how can anyone write a mios application TK please help... (or anyone else) is it possible for everyone to learn assembler language? and what do i need to do? Answer.... I think you should check out the features of the midibox 64 Seq, this is the result of over 2 years of TK's development, and it would take a lot of work to do better!