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Yeah, that's the problem! Creative sold at least 4 different "Soundblaser 16". From the original one with OPL up to several PCI cards :( Take care with the Soundblaster Pro's too! Only "Soundblaster Pro II" has the OPL (The II is important!!!) Raphael

Sorry, seems to be a Soundblaster 16 PnP Card. There is no OPL3 on it :( Only the the oldest original Sundblaster 16 (without PnP) have OPLs. Onother card with OPL is the Soundblaster Pro2 (CT1600). Tip: The OPL3 is clearly marked with "Yamaha YMF262".

So 3-3,5 Sekunden hab ich bei der maximal Spannung von 12V gestoppt... Deshalb hab ich sie auch noch nirgends verbaut. Aber eines Tages fidet sich da sicher auch ne Verwendung... Raphael

Ups... Lesen sollte man können ::) 300°/sec sind allerdings schnell wenn ich das mit dem schnarchlahmen Teil an meinem Verstärker vergleiche.

Quater-inchs are MUCH more robust then RCAs. Just plug RCAs 1000 times in and out and you will know... That's the main reason for Quater-Inches in professional music instruments. No, please don't ignore them! They are on the board layout! If you let them out, your MBFM may be unstable and you will spend hours of needless debug time. :( They are NOT connected to nothing but to supply voltage and ground for stabilization of the supply voltage and for prevention of glitches. It's just a common way of drawing them in schematics...

Mag sein ;D, aber den 165 gibt es bei Reichelt wirklich nicht als SMD... Da ist die Auswahl wirklich bescheiden.

Na, 300°/2sec lese ich da... find ich jetzt auch nicht "sauschnell". ;D

Advantage.... Switzerland ;D If you need some help with shipping all over europe, just contact me... Raphael P.S.: I'm still thinking about 16 Motorfaders and Knobs... I'll mail you in next two weeks.

Just customize the .ini file for your needs and send it to your MIDIO128 via SysEx... ;D Yes, it's that easy! Raphael P.S.: You find the .ini file and the script for the SysEx-File generation on the MIDIO128 page: http://www.ucapps.de/midio128/mk_midio128_syx.zip (a readme is included).

Hallo Markus, 4xDIN reicht für 128 Eingänge. Du hast also mit 105 Tasten noch 23 über. Das reicht für 11 Encoder (ein Encoder belegt immer 2 Eingänge)...siehe: http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_dinx4_16enc.pdf (auf der DIN Seite) Viel Spass beim bauen! Raphael

Nice solid construction. What's the base...old CD player?

Hey moebius, Roger already told us in a earlier post that he will cross the border to Germany for worldwide shipping. But if he want's some help... I live in Germany only 1 hour from switzerland. So it would be no Problem for me to do the shipping (even if I don't know now if I will order some faders...). Roger, let me know, if you need some help. Raphael

Mhhh... on my MB64E I've 25mm space between the knobs (35mm between the centers of the axis). For me that's very comfortable. Comfortable for you...??? I don't know. You should test it by mounting some pots (with the knobs you want to use!!) on a cardboard (easy and cheap). Raphael

Schau Dir mal den Schaltplan (mbhp_aout.pdf) des AOUT an. Da gibt es eine Formel zur Berechnung der Widerstände R_x, R_y und R_p (Roter Text).  Anstatt den 2.048V musst Du dann einfach 2,5V einsetzen und etwas rechnen ;) R_p ist ein Spindeltrimmer(Potentiometer), mit dem Du den Feinabgleich machen kannst. Raphael P.S.: Mir war grade mal langweilig ;D Nimm mal folgende Werte: R_x = 10kOhm R_y = 2,87kOhm R_p = 500Ohm Dann kannst Du die max. Spannung mit R_p zwischen 9,9V und 11,21V einstellen. Ziel sollte 10,67V sein.

The caps are no issue... but the rectifier will lower your voltage by 2 times the forward voltage of the diodes. So depending on the rectifier, you will get something between 3.6V and 4,4V instead of 5V. Raphael

Roland

Returned yesterday from a 1 month trip to brazil ;D ;D ;D And... yessss, the FM-chips arrived. Now I have just to finish my SEQ... Thanks!!

Hi, What program is running on your computer? Eventually you have a midi loop: If your computer sends on the MIDI Out what he receives on the MIDI In, you will get a endless loop, because a MIDIBox with merger enabled repeats also on the Out what it gets from the MIDI In. So if you press a single button, you will get a Note On command "running" endles in loop between your computer and the MIDIBox. :-[ Raphael

No problems at all! The USB module is "just" a MIDI-Interface ("converts" USB to MIDI). It`s outputs and inputs are conform to the MIDI standards. So you can connect every MIDI device (or MIDIBox) you want ;D

DINX2 can handle up to 16 buttons or 8 encoders or 14btn./1enc. or 12 btn./2enc or.... ;D

NO, don't do this! And don't do this with batteries too! If the output voltages are not precisely(!) the same, one PSU(Battery) (The one with the higher output voltage) will "supply" the other PSU(Battery). This can kill your PSU. :( But you can use different supplies for each MF module. ;) i don't have a MidiBox with motorfaders. But in this 'MidiBox of the week' posting you can read that 3A are enough for moving 16 MFs simultaneously: '>http://www.midibox.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=gallery;action=display;num=1083500709;start=0#0 Or just email some of the guys who have already built a MB with 24 faders... (Look at all those MB LCs in the gallery or in the "MB of the week" section) Raphael

Hi, Only my MB_USB module is powered from USB ;) (And my notebook does not even deliver enough current for the MB_USB :() USB only delivers 500 mA at 5V! This is not enough if you use a LCD with backlicht... Raphael

Just curios. At home your link works...perhaps our firewall at work blocks something ??? So I took a look at the transformer labels. They just tell us the maximum apparent power (german: Scheinleistung). But output power schould be a lot lower. While having another look at your pictures I discovered something interesting: The +/-12V supply has two fuses which means the are on the secondary side (Two primary fuses would make no sense ;)) Another interesting (but not very helpful) thing: One of the 5V supplys has a slow-blow fuse (german: träge, the T behind the 0,8A current rating) the other one a fast-acting fuse (german flink, The F behind the 0,5A current rating). I've seen you're from Switzerland. Are you living in the german speaking part? I'm living just across the lake of Constance in Ravensburg... ;D Raphael

Hi, You're right. The transformer will give you only an indication of the absolute maximum current. Ehmm... I've written "mounted off the PCB". [but with one "f"... Sorry for my bad english. :P] It would help if you could read the markings printed on these babies. I think they are Power-MOS-FETs and with the markings you can get the datasheet via google. Btw.: Your link does not work here at work, so I will try to look at the lable images in the evening at home... Raphael

Hello Stigmata, I'm from Germany and I've ordered my lazertran papers from their UK shop: http://www.lazertran.com/orderuk.htm It took only 5 days for delivery and they are shippig all over europe. Raphael