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Yeh for the same reason as the JRE on windows sucks b*lls... Cause Sun won't let Apple and M$ in on the game....

Most, but not all. It's the cheap way, because it just needs an extra switch. But velocity is really about how hard you hit the key, not how fast (yes, I know, the name suggests otherwise, but remember it's about playing piano...) and the two-switch method measures speed, not pressure - they are obviously related, but not the same. More expensive controller keyboards use all kinds of other methods which are designed for them in particular and are priced accordingly.

QBAS has :D I'll be publishing his driver on the Wiki soon, stay tuned.... Regarding the midification of the 101... You'd be pretty much crazy to reinvent that wheel. Why would you want to DIY it?

No sweat, I'll write up a keysplit (actually a set of remapped keyranges) this weekend. Probably tonight in a fit of insomnia, as per usual for me on friday night ;) How many keyranges do you want (keeping in mind that they can be overlapping or nested within one another)?

Don't get me wrong dude, IMO that's a good thing... Expensive though.... But the "right way" usually is.

Hi there, webmaster types :) I had a couple of thoughts about navigating around the forum and wiki and ucapps.... ucapps.de links to the forum and the wiki in a navigation bar (on the left) the forum links to the wiki and ucapps.de in a navigation bar (up the top) the wiki... is linkless...Of course ther are links within the wiki pages, but it'd be great to have a link to ucapps.de and the forum, in the top 'frame' of the wiki, so they're always accessible. I think it would assist in navigation between sites, which as we all know, is required when you're donig MB-Study :) While I'm requesting new links added to pages.... Up the top of the forum are links for unread posts and replies to your posts... Down the bottom of the home page of the forum is a link to the recent posts on the forum,...I thought it'd be cool to have that link up the top in the title frame too (maybe on the right so it doesnt take any space?) Thanks guys!

Yeh I'd be in trouble if I sat my studio on my knee.... and very, very flat. ;D Oh cool, you said 1U and I guess you mean vertical, but I thought you meant 1U as in a 19" 'pizza box' ;) That'll be excellent man, I look forward to it!

Yeh macs aren't famous for backwards compatibility ;)

I dunno if I'm the best person to give feedback on techno cause I usually dont get into it, but I'll have a listen on the weekend and let you know what I think :)

Awesome, great to hear it jaicen :) Maybe I'm just a control freak, maybe I'm just not the nostalgic type, but the idea of a clone doesn't grab me - but the idea of a bunch of individual sounds from various really cool drum synths sure does! Like the 808 or 909... They're cool, but everyone knows it's those kickdrums that you really want.. So I'm like, why bother with the hats? I can replace them with more kicks ;)

Don't worry mate :) The code is pretty simple, it's basically "if the note number is < the split, then the channel = X; if the note number is > the split, then channel = Y" I hope this gives some concept of how the splits can be done. The router design is really excellent, and makes it just that easy to manipulate the data which is sent :)

Heh sorry I mean modular as in oscillator = one PCB, filter = one PCB, mixer = one PCB, etc etc. This way I could use an 808 oscillator with a DR110 oscillator and a 303 filter for a weird example....

Good on you mate ;) You can find the wiki syntax here: http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=syntax You can fool around here and do whatever you want to test it out and get a feel for how it works: http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=playground Then go here and share what you've found: http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=midibox_64 Let me know if you need a hand :)

Glad to hear it worked :) I don't think this is the right kind of thing for me, because the seq handles things a bit differently to the controller, but if you PM it to me, I'll wiki it up for the community :) (with credit to you of course!)

What are the chances of leaving the modules separate to allow for more flexibility than just a straight clone? I would like to see this kind of thing (synth, fx, drum) done in a modular fashion. I'd really like a box with a handful of the best drums from different machines, and no sequencer attached, just a sound module... If it all goes on one PCB, that's great if you want to clone an old piece... but if the nostalgia is less important than the sound, then a custom box is the way to go - and of course, if it's done in a modular fashion like this, you can still do the clone :)

I hope that I'll be capable of doing it, but the downside of having me do a project is time... I've got too much work on my plate :( Keep the ideas coming though, because the concept takes just as long as the coding :) What about you ghost_dog? You started all this! :)

Yeh I noticed that one in the French forums, looks verrry interesting :) I'll definitely give it a try, I've got both 4620 and 452's here and a JDM but none of it is ready... I'll be able to quickly solder up the JDM but I don't have time for the core right now so I wouldn't be able to test it :(

LOL That was a clear description, sounds like you speak from experience ;D

I can write up some code to do keysplits that will paste right into the router if anyone is interested? I was thinking of a kind of keymapping thing, Set out a range of keys with a min and max, and give them a channel shift and a key shift and a port shift... That way you could have a bunch of splits, overlapping if you want, and forward them to any of the outputs, with the channels and or keys shifted up or down. What do you think?

I like that, "robotic swing" :) It's -almost- human, but not quite... Like the Terminator, and C3PO ;)

That's right... Think about it...what's the difference between 127 DIN's and 127 MIDI Notes?....

I'm not so well versed on the MBSID but try sid_sw.inc, line 400.... ;; AOUT1: resonance movf SID_RESONANCE_7BIT, W, BANKED BIFCLR SID_SE_OPTION, SE_OPTION_TB303, BANKED, rgoto SIDSW_Handler_Res_NoAcc BIFCLR SID_V1_BASE + SID_Vx_MODE, SID_MODE_ACCENT, BANKED, rgoto SIDSW_Handler_Res_NoAcc addlw 0x40 IFSET WREG, 7, movlw 0x7f SIDSW_Handler_Res_NoAcc mullw 32 movff PRODL, AOUT1_L movff PRODH, AOUT1_H ;; AOUT2/3/4: PW OSC1/2/3 movff SID_V1_PW_L, AOUT2_L movff SID_V1_PW_H, AOUT2_H movff SID_V2_PW_L, AOUT3_L movff SID_V2_PW_H, AOUT3_H movff SID_V3_PW_L, AOUT4_L movff SID_V3_PW_H, AOUT4_H ;; AOUT5/6/7: Pitch OSC1/2/3 swapf SID_V1_FRQ_L, W, BANKED andlw 0x0f movwf AOUT5_L swapf SID_V1_FRQ_H, W, BANKED andlw 0xf0 iorwf AOUT5_L swapf SID_V1_FRQ_H, W, BANKED andlw 0x0f movwf AOUT5_H swapf SID_V2_FRQ_L, W, BANKED andlw 0x0f movwf AOUT6_L swapf SID_V2_FRQ_H, W, BANKED andlw 0xf0 iorwf AOUT6_L, F swapf SID_V2_FRQ_H, W, BANKED andlw 0x0f movwf AOUT6_H swapf SID_V3_FRQ_L, W, BANKED andlw 0x0f movwf AOUT7_L swapf SID_V3_FRQ_H, W, BANKED andlw 0xf0 iorwf AOUT7_L, F swapf SID_V3_FRQ_H, W, BANKED andlw 0x0f movwf AOUT7_H

Heh sorry that was for the seq.... I've got sequencers on the brain ;) Gimme a minute here....

I was just kidding around dude. When I'm accurate to 96ppqn you can watch me on the Guinness World Records TV show :) I totally agree that a real drummer doesn't, and IMO shouldn't, sound like a machine. Obviously as you say, human drummers have a 'feel', and that causes them to slide the drums around in time both before and after the 'beat'. To me, that 'groove' should be calculated and entirely intentional. And I agree, the everyday groove/shuffle functions just really don't do it for me. I've never heard one that I liked. The thing is that this groove is in fact extremely complex. The timing shift of the drums can sound pleasing when it is a reflection of the rhythmic properties of the entire song, because like shape recognition for our eyes, we have an instinctive ability to recognise rhythmic structures, and we will react to the rhythms we detect... I think that a good drummer will use the nature of that perception in a calculated manner to invoke a certain feeling in their breaks, and to do so still requires tight timing - although you're playing tight to a rhythm which is a product of each of the various rhythmic components of the song, not a nicely divided grid. Analog beings like us are far more complex than 1/4 :) Funky Drummer is a nice example. Anyone who ever put that into a beatslicer knows what I'm talking about hehehe But the fact that it isn't "on the beat" and the fact that it sounds so dope, are not a coincidence... and I doubt either are an accident ;) But IMO the reason that drum machines are (and for at least the next few years will remain) unable to emulate the groove/swing/timing shift/whatever you call it, is that they are not aware of the rhythms implied by the other parts of the song. Even feeding the MIDI of the rest of the song into the drum machine for processing would be useless, because the patches used by the synths control the rhythm as much as the placement of notes. So my very opinionated self says groove/shuffle is a waste of time, why bother. If you want it to sound like a machine, use a machine. If you want it to sound like a real drummer, use a real drummer. Don't know one? Learn.

My 0x2c ;) I don't think that adding things and toying around with the logo is a good idea. It might look cool, but before you know it, there are 10 different logos. It also makes room for eBay ripoff merchants to look authentic, because one cannot tell the real logo from a fake one.