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  1. Hi I'm interested in a couple of these ! Maybe even 4. Thanks Adam
  2. Very interesting! Hmm might have to look into this. Need to find where to source things like that in the UK. Nice 1!
  3. Because: It would be too big, I dont use all the functions of all the controllers, and I dont like all the switching and channel selection I need to do. I spend most of my set navigating clips with the faderfox. I want to be able to select a scene and have all 16 clip triggers/stops, mutes, fx sends etc available at once.
  4. Just want to add - This will be an ableton live controller, as I currently use 2xFaderfox LV1, a Faderfox LX1 and a Behringer BCR-2000 - need an all in one box, to control up to 16 channels of audio in ableton. Needs to be durable and safely transportable. I've also considered building it into a carry case, not sure how easy this is tho ...
  5. Hello again I'm about to start ordering parts, the one thing I feel I havent seen enough of tho are cases... i'm going for a Hammond sloping case atm, as it seems quite solid and cheap. However, wondering what others know of that might be better? Would be good to have a case which can have a flat front plate for easy cutting and replacing if needed. I have considered building an enclosure out of strong plywood and screwing a metal faceplate onto that. Cheap and easily customiseable! I have done a fair bit of searching here but not found all that much on this topic. Thanks!
  6. Hello peeps i've seen this discussed before, so forgive me if i'm flogging a dead horse (or whatever) But, I am currently designing an Ableton Live controller, 16 channel mixer style with around 5 pots per channel for fx sends + hi and low cut filters. My reason for going for pots is simplicity: I'm fed up of doing switching during performances (I currently use 2xFaderfox LV-1 and a BCR-2000) .... Also encoders need LED rings so u can see what the value is, which seems a little compliacted for me. I want it to be as simple to build as possible. However, i've seen others praise encoders as always worth doing over pots. The advantage is I could control many more parameters via switching.. even though i'm trying to avoid this, its ok to do it for rare occasions, like an fx send which is only used a few times in the set. If anyone has experience with this I'd really like to hear about it. BTW big thanks to Thorsten and everyone who contributes here, I am getting quite excited about this project!!
  7. I am now thinking of taking the panel mount route... looks like it can save a lot of time, maybe just keep the buttons mounted on veroboard screwed to the panel. It means I just need to solder the modules, cut the panel, wire up the components, and secure the circuit boards. Any opinions on this much appreciated!! Thanks Adam.
  8. Thanks for the tips :) I think i'll make a prototype panel out of thick card or something, and then get a properly cut panel from Schaeffer. I'm looking at one of the nice 10 degree sloped aluminium cases from Hammond for the final piece.
  9. Think I will go with the Veroboard path, as then I can play with the arrangement a bit before I commit to a front panel layout. And it makes arranging parts nice and neat.
  10. I've been looking at using Vero board for this project ... any one got experience with this? Thanks
  11. Wicked stuff. The live box looks really good, digging the send faders too ... got me thinking about my design, although I'm going for between 12-16 channels at the moment so might just stick to fader pots. Thanks for the contribution!
  12. Thanks for the detailed info!! Its starting to sound a little daunting... but I wanna do this properly. I have an engineer friend who's really up for helping with this and he's saying its not too hard. But preparing PCB's seems complicated!! I will get onto eBay ... !
  13. Hi I am still in research+design mode for my project. I am not sure whether to buy parts listed as surface/panel mount or PCB mount. I was going to go for panel mount, so that all parts are secured to the front panel and wires are connected to the PIC circuit. BUT after looking inside a couple of commercial controllers and thinking about it... I think PCB mount may be easier and definitly neater. Esp as a lot of push-switches and other parts can just click into a breadboard. So i guess the way to do it is arrange all the parts on a breadboard, and then solder everything to the appropriate modules connected to the core... Then screw the front panel on top of that with all the parts sticking out of pre-prepared holes. Am I on the right track?? Thanks Adam.
  14. Hi I am back on a mission to build a controller. After having played with 2x Faderfox LV-1 and a BCR-2000 with Ableton Live I have a clearer idea of what i want. Anyway - I am looking for full control, with little or no bank switching. So .. I am now looking at building a MIDIbox64 based project. However, in my ideal design I would have 16 faders, and 4-5 pots per channel - thats already well over 64!! So I wonder, is possible to have 2 core modules in one box and have the MIDI flow from one to the other? I assume so, since some of the designs i've seen look like they've got a couple of MIDIbox's in one.
  15. Hey people, i've come back to the idea if building my own controller, mainly for use with Ableton Live. I did a bit of electronics at school, so I know how to solder but thats about all I remember! I want to use the MIDIbox64 ... i think that would give me enough options. My 1st main question is where to get parts and PCBs etc, I live in the UK. Seen the german on-line shop Mikes-Elektronikseite which looks like a good place to start but couldnt see a MIDIbox64 kit... I would also like to have some form of MIDI clock control, like on the Grex MFX8 controller, with course and fine tuning of BPM. Would this need the SEQ module? I also see some people have put in a circle of LED indicators around rotary encoders - is this difficult to implement? Also, is it possible to assign multiple MIDI controllers to one control? Thanks for any advice, and excuse my ignorance!! A. :)
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