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In 95% of all cases touchsensors on MFs are used to stop them. Imagine following: You just recorded some fade out of an audio line. The first part is good, but you wrecked the end. Now you don´t want to record the whole part again. With touch sensor the MF recognizes the touch and stops it´s movement and you can record the second part again (on the fly). Without this you would have to record the whole fade again or just go right inside the point you want to enter and push record and move the fader simultanously. With touch sensor everything is much more ergonomic.

Yepp, I also used that stuff. You really can use that well! But it won´t help if e.g. an unshielded audio line is right next to a e.g. MIDI Out line or DOUT line going to a LED (big interference there) on your PCB.

P ower S upply U nit Just that old grey big thing for those old grey C64s. ;D No prb. Greetz.

Hey! It is quite possible, also this is QUITE an amount of work to put in. Suggestion: Just copy&paste the existing PCBs together and make them on a single PCB (or two or three or whatever). Then you can also put the wires there directly. Much less work. There will be some interference/noise problem for sure! You would have to surround all audio lines with GND lines to make it better. Also much work. Bringing them out just with cables is better in this case, cause you can use shielded ones. Heating would be absolutely no problem, as long as you use TK´s PSU recycle. Nearly the whole heat is then made in the PSU. If you don´t use it just use some heatsinks. btw: nearly the only heat made in those boxes is from the 78xx ICs. The 6581 ICs are also getting a little hot, but that´s normal & not bad. *IF* you want to make one single PCB for the SID, be invited. But it´s kinda work I can tell you... :) Greetz!

Check the portal, I think there are some .tifs and so to download and print them directly. (If not pls remind me to put them there...) ;) Greetz

Same time answer, arum! ;D ;)

Welcome on board! The SID project isn´t to bad for a newbie, as you can work through the steps (first get Step A running - only one SID via MIDI control, Step B and then finally Step C with the full Control Surface). The noise floor isn´t to bad. It´s like (depends on the sound youre playing) -70 dB to -50 dB (veeery depends on 6581 or 8580 used, the quality of your shielding, the used PSU (TKs recycle PSU works veeeery well!!!) and so on). And: Sometimes it´s even cool. Brings in some analog touch! If you really want to build a multigate check this site (very good site about analog effects): http://www.tonepad.com or better here (same site): http://www.tonepad.com/projects.asp?projectType=fx Greetz & have fun!

As I thought... ;) All "Probs" I got are nonsense... ::) THNX a lot (again)! Following text from the page: Feature: Adaption of the Logic/Mackie Control emulation to the MIDIbox SEQ hardware for the final mix-down (yes, it already works ;-)) - motorfaders will be simulated by every second encoder. A R G H!!! C E W L !!! Also this stands on the end of the feature list... ... ARGH AGAIN!!! Will send you the first pictures the next days TK. 8) -greetz!

It sounds to me like a pinning problem. Some LCDs have weird pinnings!! (!!! !!! !!!)... Try to get the datasheet or so of that type of display. If you can´t find it, try to figure out which lines are power/ground and the datalines (power/gnd: mostly a little larger, data: mostly 8 lines very narrow together and going to the ICs). Before that you could figure out if your PIC is functioning: Just get any app on there and try to send MIDI "blind" (e.g. moving some pot or encoder or whatever). Just to look if there is coming anything out of there. Good luck!!

::) Doesn´t matter. Just in a short form the rest of the stuff: For starting the MBSeq is cool, because you got only digital signals and so no probs with grounding stuff and so on. The SID is a *little* harder, but still easily rebuildable also for a newbie. But there you got many analog signals and so much stuff to ground & shield (you should know what to shield and what not). But the cool thing about the SID is that you can start with the minimal Setup called Step A (just one SID controlled via MIDI) and build it up later to a full featured Step C with Control Surface. So ... ... just build both babies and be happy! ;D ;D Greetz!

Surprise surprise: My first problems ... ;) Minor: Can it be that the Select and Exit buttons are mixed in the .pdf of the DIN? I´m only wondering cause when I press the Exit button I´m getting into the menu... And: Is it normal that one of those buttons (now I dont know which one...) is the old restart button of the Vintage version as long as you are in the menu? Major: I´m using the ALPS encoders. Now when I´m turning them, the notes/events/whatever always jump up/down by two increments. I just think that some encoders are going up half the way (01...) and the ALPS ones the whole ladder (0110...) for one increment. When I´m staying between the detends I´m getting the normal behaviour (just going up by one). Where can I set the encoder type? Greeetz! (Man this thing is looking so cool up to now...) ;D

Perhaps, yeah. What LCD are you using? Did you use the right Osci? You need a 20 Mhz one for 16F´s and 10 Mhz for 18F´s...

Have you already burnt the firmware (first the bootloader - nothing on the LCD, then MIOS - just the MIOS startup on the screen, and then the app)? Without anything on your PIC, the LCD should be black in the first line (completely) and the second line should be blank. Have you also moved the contrast pot (normally the contrast must be on maximum for the most LCDs to see stuff good)?

Cool! Wie ist die Qualität? (Hab auch schon billige Dinger bekommen - aber die kann man sauschlecht lesen...) Farbe? HG?

Nojo, wenns 5V sind, dann müsstest du die nur direkt auf den Eingang ziehen (ACHTUNG! Masse muss auch zusammengeführt werden, sonst brizzelts). Frage nur: Was bringts? 5V Impuls heißt auf AIN Controller 127 Impuls danach wieder Null... ???

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;D ;D ;D The LEDs are here, the frontplate will be on friday. From now on it´s only soldering... ;D

Also a reason is to remind to use Audio plugs with conns connected to ground if nothing is plugged in (if you dont do it you will get much of humming in there). And as far as I know TK isn't using those Ins to much anyhow... Thats the only reason. Greets! :)

I already used Styroflex & Ceramic ones in the 4xSID. Styroflex are MUCH (!!) better! I really recommend them. Also a point why ceramic caps are shitty: The tolerance! 20% also makes a 20% tolerance on the middle frequency of filters and so on. Styroflex! ;)

Hi there! Why not use the MIOS SIDPlayer for playing up some cool Presets (like a whole bankstick full or so), send them back to the Comp via Sysex and put them on the portal so everybody can have a bankstick full of selected presets? Idea? ;) So: *Does* anybody have a SIDPlayer, cool Presets and enough time & effort? ::) I would do it, too. But I gotta build a SIDPlayer first, get those cool Presets and then have enough time someday (effort is available... ;D ). Could be some while... Greetz!

Uh!  That was fast...  :o Next time I´ll first look on the page and then ask again...  ;D So, a few more days... *handsrubbing* btw: great docu! but I guess u already know... :D

There are also some cool jogs available @ Schuricht (the encoder guys). But u either hate or u love them. Just check them...

Cool, thnx! Now the frontplate is ready! Just checking it a last time and it´s away to Schaefer´s. All parts are here already (just some LEDs are still missing - will be here in a few days - ordering them right now on Reichelt). All PCBs are ready to be stuffed in there. So.... :P I know u hate questions like that... ... when will the first soldering plans (the schems for DIN/DOUT and so on) be available? ... ::) Count me in for debugging again! ;D

Errrrrrrrr :-X no idea... :-[ don´t think so, but I´ll look up again and let u know. :)

The first tests came out here in Germany (in the "Keys"-magazine this month). Although they only had some prototypes of those controllers they said about the following: The controllers (faders&Encs) are really good & very smooth. The learning functions and so on are also very good. Standard software like Reason (Rewire) Cubase and others are working with those babies without any problems. The only thing still unsure is what Presets will be deliviered with these things (32 presets are programable). But hopefully Standard software like the ones above will be supported until the final release. *only the motorfader and the Enc version have been testes - not the Audio interface!* So up to now these things still do look like a pretty good deal. 8 motorfader + Encs + buttons for 300 bucks (euros) - that´s good! Really thinking about this... If the final tests come, I´ll write again. Greetz