DrBunsen

Or (if possible) leave enough of the original panel on four sides so that you can screw yours down into it. /edit/ Oh sorry, I see you want to make them flush. Forget the figure 8 thingys and use a piece of flat bar (which you could cut from scrap). Either use self-tapping sheet metal screws, or small bolts with nuts behind the panel. And you probably won't need quite that many connectors in it :)

You know, he's got some pretty good close-ups of his boards there... 8)

Besides, he's given me an even older and completely borked Roland sequencer with a black case which I am allowed to gut ;D

Ah, I don't think gutting it, selling it on ebay, or giving it away would be quite ethical right now. The original owner is overseas, and it's just kind of "here" for the duration. My comment about gutting is was mostly a joke. Thanks for the replies. Looks like it's destined to end up as a shelf decoration.

I've just inherited a Roland MSQ-700. Right now I'm thinking, "Um........ great ::)" Anything useful I can do with this? Apart from gutting it of course ;D

Yeah I've got some on my watchlist for when I can afford them, ta.

Oh whoops. I see you're selling the VCAs, not the VCFs

Henceforth, Wilba shall be known as the SID King. Le boss devien fou, indeed.

Just got and paid my invoice, thanks.

Welcome Lars. Sounds like you'll fit in perfectly around here ;D That is one purty case for sure. Pixplzkthx :) Oh I just stumbled upon that minutes ago! I'd be fascinated to hear your results from that. YEaH BabY!! Have you check out the DrumStuff wiki page and the Analog Drum Modules thread? Oh goody:) I'm working towards something similar with Simmons SDSV voice cards Heheheh. You work like me - find a sexy case and then get inspired about what it could be. I'm planning on using these keyboards for a 4 x 16 LED/button matrix, using with the SEQ firmware. As I get more familiar with code, I'm planning to (-very- long term) try and separate out the matrix scanning routine to another CORE and pass data back and forth between that and the SEQ. I've been told there are timing/performance reasons why the SEQ as-is can't scan a larger matrix. Abstracting that to another micro -might- be a way of creating a larger matrix. Big budget? I'd get some nice 2x40 VFDs for that bridge at the rear for starters :)

Hey guys - I just found this: SUB-COMMANDER Guitar Synthesizer Available as a PCB from Ray Wilson's Music From Outer Space ... but there's plenty of info there if you wanted to build your own ;D

C A Y O C O S T A I've added it to the WIKI links ;D

PING))) $29.95 in the US. From Parallax (makers of the Basic STAMP and Propeller mCUs) Sensors page. Might be an alternative option to the Sharp IR sensors, with less chance of false triggering (maybe)

That is some sweet looking work there. Higher resolution pics would be nice, but more importantly, at least one full-frontal ( ;D) of the front of the finished, painted control surface would be a great addition. Well done.

Just picked this one up from hackaday. Click through for details. From Mondo Technology, a PIC project site.

The excellent Wisconsin Technical College electronics and electromechanics Digital Learning Library. As mentioned by ultra

That is one aaaawesome inventor's cookbook there. Thanks!! ;D ;D ;D ;D EDIT: Added to the "Electronics Basics Links" sticky thread

What's the MIDI spec on the FB like? Ever considered making a MIDIbox front end for it?

We call it Uluru these days, since it was handed back to the original owners. (lovely people. cook a mean roo casserole) Ayers was some minor colonial administrator the explorer felt like sucking up to.

Would mounting the PCBs on edge help? IE stacked sideways

Check out Converter. Also have a look around the Shareware Music Machine. Their front page is a dog's breakfast these days, but you can select by operating system via the sitemap. And the BlueSynth thread

Smash, any chance you could pre-load the PICs with the MB6582 app? Since they're all going to be used for the same thing, and you're squirting the bootloader in. Yes, I do realise how busy you are.

Converting to metric, the USPS Flat Rate envelope is 292 x 241 mm. Packing them widthways and flat, that makes about 8 per envelope. Allowing for bubblewrap or foam, call it four to six per envelope. Yes please ;D

1 octave keyboard scanner ;D Lock notes to a scale; sequence the root note over a (2/4/8/16/x) bar loop; change on 1st note of bar

;D