kris

ifound some fans locally that im going to give a whirl definately sound quieter than the old ones even spun by hand some photos for anybody interested as i didnt post many when i built (no camera) kris P1010005.JPG P1010007.JPG P1010009.JPG

your very right the reason mac os is so stable is because of the limited hardware options i met a coder for mac one time , i asked him why they hadnt released a version for pc hardware he said that they had developed one but couldnt vouch for it with all the different hardware combinations so didnt release it so im not shure weather any of the hacs would work although it would be preety cool to run mac osx on pc hardware anyway back to fighting with xp to get it to do what i want oh well

ah no not the old apple versus windows debate i run osx i like it alot i think apple suck charge too much for there hardware and you cant go and buy the parts which is why my mid-box became windows cheap hardware easily available. im still looking for aversion of linux i really like so i can kick windows into touch (open source has got to be the future) it would have to be areally killer app for me to run vista david the daw linux users rave about is Ardour i havent used so dont really know but it looks good kris

just stick xp on it its the same story every time with windows i remember the same thing from 2000 to xp in some ways 2000 is the best version ever for me just some newer apps wont run on it i definately wont be going vista ill stay with the old apps maybe go linux when i get time to fully sort it out kris

hey no i dont have any ducting there is a picture on the forum in midi-box of the week if you want to have a look ive even thought about maybe junking the pc board and buying a mini mac to put in there anyway any input is allways graciusly received kris

thanks for the reply screaming_Rab sorry to hassle you its just ive spent ages thinking about micro atx .nano itx etc so its interesting to hear about usage how do you cool the chip and board in a normal pc case i expect kris

yea it looks like stump up for some of the so called "quiet fans" thanks for the heads up on watercooling the only experince of it ive had was with a coolermaster aquagate which was pretty good but wouldnt fit in this case kris

yea i was thinking of buying an old sampler akais5000/akais6000 basiclly for the effects and filters dsp i can do all the sampling i want in software but those hardware filters are interesting kris

yea sounds like agood idea id like to see this box fineshed you can all ways build another for live6 but by the time you finish it live 7 will be available oh well thats life i suppose kris

yea whats the micro atx board your using intel core duo i run a micro atx in my box but its an amd athlon 2.2 but its still got a normal heatsink and fan although low profile maybe if i could passively cool it i wouldnt need the fans on the sides come on do spill the beans kris

these peltier pads look interesting anybody know anything

but it sounded interesting rab

screaming_rab im not shure i understand what you mean could post a pic explain a bit more

thanks for the input id like to find a program with 4 outputs to be able to play loops like audio samples and to add and manipulate effects in realtime something like reason but for video the flashy gui isnt so important what im thinking of for a mixer is four joysticks to control the position of the clips four joysticks to control the amount of four effects on each clip a button matrix for clip selection and a mixer section for opacity transport controls and manipulation of effects this will be mounted in one box with the computer like an oversised laptop maybe even touch screen as they are getting quite cheap are there any good quality external (firewire graphics cards) as this would be easier to get the four outputs than with pci anyway the search goes on

rip offs are so common in music industry i got ripped off by a record company years ago had nothing to do with the bizz since much rather keep it diy grass roots which is why this site is so good kris

thanks for the input your right one big fan would be a lot better but unfortunately the case is made they are mounted on the sides which are only 60mm high one sucks and the other blows creating flow thru they do a good job i want to save the liquid cooling for the next one as it would be a major rebuild so it looks like coughing up for the "quiet fans" and hoping they are better i suppose some new fans and isolating them might work kris

thanks it might look awesome but not as good as the vj midibox when fineshed even without labels just look on vj central or google vj clips theres loads out there lots very cheesy etc but there are some good artists

i look forward to hearing it

yea i still got a bearcat scanner and 446 dont use them so much but internet gateways are interesting, rallies are fun some good people interesting tat anyway that enough of that kris

looks cool you keep saying you get bits from radio rallies what kind of radio you into

has any one got any ideas about quiet fans ive got two 50mm fans in my midi-box/pc its not a problem at gigs or out side but ive just come in doors and they are to noisey especially when recording the ideas ive had are a) isolating them mounting on cork or something b) buying some quieter fans difficult in the smaller sizes c) adding speed control so i could turn them down when recording d) making the cpu watercooled i just wonderd if anybody has some ideas thanks

hey stryd_one there all yours dude just private mail me a postal address and ill even cover the postage so they are totally free kris

thanks for the reply please keep on with all your wonderful projects i cant thank you enough for sharing them with everybody especially me i can relate to what your saying about frusration the frusrationi caused my self trying to get two of the usb modules up and running i did think its a little like reiventing the wheel at this stage when all the other projects have come so far theres a part of me really likes hacking a commercial product apart and incorporating it in my project have you got a good recommendation for a commercial variety thats multi-client ive always got on with m-audio but i dont think these are multi-client kris

yea sorry about waffeling in your thread artesia but more importantly what does your sid/fm sound like are there any mp3,s posted please kris

if anyone is interested this is the new vj mixer there all raving about http://www.vixid.com/open_vjx16-4.htm at vj central and low and behold its got four outputs hey stryd_one youd love it on vj central lots of thread hijackers and off topic posters