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What error message do you get? A few basics: Clear your temporary internet files Clear your history Try without a proxy server or with a different one Reboot (and any other internet hardware IE your router/modem/etc) Reload the page while holding down CTRL (IE) Call your ISP. This is really their problem. They'll try and make it look like somethings wrong with your PC and they may be right. Good luck :)

Heya TwinX I'm afraid that I can't use paypal which is a shame because I'd love to send you some cash for all this :( Until paypal allow bank transfers or I get a credit card, I feel that I would like to mention that I am a great believer in karma and I hope that is meaningful to you. Perhaps if you're Christian you'd prefer to think of it as the grace of God :) There is much giving around here and it is truly a wonderful thing :) The only reason I hesitate to thank you is that I feel that I am leaving out so many other great people. I'm fortunate to be around here :D That's one thing for sure!

scope SMM - Shareware music machine, and databaseaudio.co.uk, for freebies If you only need this for a short time, and have little experience, I would recommend using a demo of cakewalk sonar. I recommend sonar because it uses windows standard user interface stuff (like CTRL+C for copy, CTRL+Z for undo, CTRL+drag for copying with the mouse, standard WinAPI drop-down lists, standard window frames, etc) whereas the other major midi sequencer/multitrack audio editors have been derived from software for atari and macintosh PC's and use strange user interfaces that take some time to get used to. The demo will limit you to 30 days, but hey, you only need it for halloween and that's just one night if I remember rightly :)

Fine here.

I didn't realise smash was making little alterations/improvements, that's cool 8) Hey smashtv, the link to buy from that page is broken .... Anyway I found the page, just made up my wishlist and its like 700 bucks ;D Get ready for some cashflow in a few weeks man! :D

Well, Sh*t, I guess I do too then, cause I laughed ;D

Why buy one when you can make one? :D

Glad it's working well :) I think that thing about MS Word was a wisecrack at the typewriter thing heheheh

From another thread: The YMF-262/YAC-512 can also be found on this card: Mozart, ISA, ca 1995 OTI601 "Mozart", 9501 AD1848KP "SoundPort", DAC/ADC, Mixer etc, PLCC68, 9402 YMF262 OPL-3, 9351 YAC512 DAC AN1324 Quad-OpAmps (2) TC4053 DigitalSwitch KA558D2 Timer TDA1517 2x6W Amp

Yeh I was so distracted (can you blame me?) that I forgot to mention the nice coding on the site :)

LOL!!!!! Nice one dude! The alternative : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64382&item=7310346311&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW $890 ! :D And that price will only go much higher in the next 36 hours..... And it doesn't have all the uber cool additional features... And you don't get to say "I made that" ;D Why would you want the original?!

Try clearing all your temporary files and history. Reboot. If you use a proxy server, try using a different one or preferably none. Try killing any firewalls temporarily. If you're using IE, try holding down CTRL while refreshing... good luck, let me know if those basics don't work

That's a good lookin board man.

Would be easy to have a detented encoder send info depending on it's position. However many pads you wanted would be how many detents you'd need on the encoder. Using a nice big jogwheel style knob would probably have the desired effect. Just a bit of MIOS code to write.

Heh, that most recent thread dissing USB MIDI... That was me :) USB MIDI sucks, but so does onboard! As for DIY MIDI interfaces, I wouldn't bother. You can get Parallel or Serial 8 port MIDI interfaces for SO cheap on ebay now man. Check these : http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23792&item=7310724927&rd=1 works with serial, 70 UK Pounds http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23317&item=7310883007&rd=1 ditto http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41784&item=7310070757&rd=1 same, 200US, thats too much http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23317&item=7309075375&rd=1 same, 45 euro You get the idea.... :)

I think this thread just died! ;) Have a look in the 'Miscellaneous' board for the 808 clone.... I'm blown away.

:o HOLY MOTHER OF MU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you make all the PCB's and plans and everything?! That's bloody brilliant man! (Hope this is not too rude) So I have to ask......... Roughly, how much did all that cost? I'd love to make one minus the seq (just a sound module) but with MIDI :) You should be congratulated for even completing such a project, especially single handed.... But to share these things with us is truly noble. I would shake your hand if I weren't 10000KM's away. Well done, nice work, and thankyou :)

Who recommended Joystick midi? What's the alternative? I'd try a commercial joystick-midi convertor. You can always say "If it doesn't work, can I bring it back for a refund?". This will tell us if it's the cable or not. Us techo's call it using "known-good" parts Good luck, Let me know how you go

Dude you're on fire! I'm going to have to quit my job or you'll leave me behind ;)

8) BAD ASS!!! :D I assume you breadboarded it? How many latches? Nice one dude

The 'skip' instructions only skip the next instruction, so you were only skipping "movlw  0x14" :) You could probably also do something like: CPFSGT WARNING_LEVEL; COMPARE ENCODER VALUE WITH WARNING_LEVEL CALL USER_WARNING_LED; LIGHT WARNING LED SUBROUTINE CALL MIOS_MIDI_TxBufferPut And have ;; -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; FUNCTION: USER_WARNING_LED ;; DESCRIPTION: Lights the warning LED ;; IN: - ;; OUT: - ;; USES: W ;; ;; -------------------------------------------------------------------------- USER_WARNING_LED    movlw  USER_WARNING_LED0_PIN ; Set Warning LED Pin Value    CALL MIOS_DOUT_PinSet1; LIGHT WARNING LED    RETURN Included elsewhere. Don;t forget to define USER_WARNING_LED0_PIN somewhere too. Makes it usable in other areas of code, more modular, etc... Of course if you want more than one warning LED it may be better to pass the values of the pins prior to calling subroutine, like you did it... It's 4:30am and I am very very tired, I hope I haven't missed something here heheheh :)

FYI..... I've got some new features that will be included (processing power permitting)... MIDI CCs and notes will now be able to be used to modulate tracks location or play speed by time... Like you can assign the modwheel (or note numbers if you want to use keys) to the track to 'jog' it forward and backward... or if the track is currently playing, it will speed and slow the track (a la DJ's cueing records for beatmixing by spinning them with their finger) CC's/NRPN's/Note numbers will act either in absolute or relative mode. This means that you can do the normal stuff like CC#1=86 (absolute), or relative mode, where for example CC#1=86 will increase the current CC value by 24 (64 is the centre, 84 is 12 up from there) or CC#1=20 will decrease the current CC value by 44,etc Looking forward to the SRAM goodies after Easter :) Todd

Bionic synth implants! 6 million dollar man? Maybe 6 Million hertz man ;D

I used to do that. You can buy rolls of little coloured 'dot' stickers in many different colours, theyre not too pricey, and certainly better than blowing things up :D They're also just big enough to write numbers on them which can also be handy. This idea has recently been adopted by Intel who's motherboards started to have colour coded plugs for keyboards and mice and video etc. Actually it's not so recent now I guess... I think I'm showing my age here hehehehe. DEC were first to do it I think, or perhaps it was compaq? Anyway they're both hp now! My studio takes about 6 hours to unplug all cables and 12 to plug them all in... It's easy to get confused with that many wires.... Problem is, wrapping labels around the wires leaves you with yucky sticky goo all over them as they age.... Personally I think that the best thing is to use a paint marker (for those in AU, Artline XF series "outdoor" markers are the ones). You don't get sticky residue, and you don't have to follow a colourcoded plugpack's wires all the way up the cable (which is often in knots) to the colourcoded plug on the device. Hope this helps

I accidentally looked into a laser diode for a 2000 metre fibre optic link a week or two ago... only looked at it for a few hundred milliseconds and had a big green spot in my vision for the whole day :-\ I talked to the tech and he reckons that any light that is bright enough can burn your eyes so long as you look at it long enough (duh)... How long you have to look to do damage depends on the light. Keep in mind that UV light is what gives you sunburn, so I'm sure it's capable of doing damage. It might be nice and trendy to have pretty UV LEDs but I think it's a bad idea to be honest. Just use red, theyre cheaper :) While I was typing this I thought to myself "OK this is all good in theory, how about you go google it and see if your theory that it is dangerous is substanciated" [move][glow=red,2,300]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T USE UV LED'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T USE UV LED'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/glow][/move] After reading the following links I would HIGHLY recommend removing the UV LED's and replacing them. It may be a costly mistake but its better than winding up blind!!!!!!!! Read up, and learn: http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/leduv.htm http://www.labour.gov.sk.ca/safety/radiation/ultraviolet/health-effects.htm http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/TechBase/bltled_BlacklightLED.html http://www.blue-room.org.uk/lofiversion/index.php/t4624.html Some random quotes that are given to avoid lawsuits: NOTE: SHORT WAVE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT CAN CAUSE BLINDNESS OR SEVERE EYE DAMAGE. NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT SHORT WAVE UV LIGHT! Please Note that these lights ARE NOT TOYS! UV Lights during operation radiate intense UV light Do not look directly into the UV light during operation of the device. This can be harmful to the eyes even for brief period due to intense UV light. If viewing the UV light is necessary, use UV filtered glasses to avoid eye damage. Be aware that the visible light emitted when in operation, is less than 1% of the UV light being radiated. Most of the light generated by the device is invisible to the human eye but can easily cause damage to the eye. CAUTION: Intense UV light can cause eye damage if viewed directly. Keep away from children. In addition, some LEDs are very bright. Visible light LEDs are unlikely to cause eye damage, because people tend to shield themselves from painfully bright light. But black light LEDs are both powerful and nearly invisible; people might might have a spotlight aiming at them and not know it. blah bla ramble ramble..... Basically from all the pages I've read (including but not limited to those above), it does depend on the wavelength of your particular model of LED as to _what_ they damage, as opposed to _whether_ they damage... Lower wavelengths burn the back of your eye, higher wavelengths burn the lens. I think that it is important to learn two things here. Firstly, UV LED's are bad f*cking news for your eyes. Secondly, just because everyone else is doing it and it is really trendy and "cool", doesn't make it a good idea. This applies to everything in life. Humans are more like sheep than sheep sometimes....... Let's face it, there's very little practical value of using UV LED's over red, so what other reason would there be? Fashion. I say go buy some Versace jeans and be done with it ;D PS No offense intended here, I wanted purple/blue LEDs for my seq too..... Now I know better.