[Cheap ALPS MF Faders and MF Pots]

Did you mention in your E-mail, that you answered to their Ebay advertisement and that you didn't get any response?

I think they wanna make good, easy money and just "grabbed this price down from the sky"  :P

As an example:

They offered me RSA0K11V9 with coreless Motor for 70 Euros. The price at the Swiss distributor would have been 180 Euros/piece  :o

... so I think, if you try harder... just tell them about you saw their Ebay advertisement

Greets, Roger

[Ebay fun]

Wooohhooo.... :o

I missed your post till today moebius  :-[

Heheee... happy shakin'  ;D

Grrets, Roger

[ebay scum (fao: AXEL)]

whooahh!

I was at "The recording workshop" in Chillicothe/Ohio about 10 years ago... know what you mean  :-*

Greets, Roger

[Midibox LC mit PCD5844]

... habe diesen Shenzhen YRD mal geschrieben.

Roger

[Midibox LC mit PCD5844]

Woooww....  :P  recht hohe Versandkosten.

Habe folgende E-Mail bekommen

Dear Roger

    Thank  u  for  your email  very much  , with  reference  to   samples  freight  cost  ,its  60  USD  , please  check  attachment  ,you can  know   our  payment  infos  , about  the framed version  do u have  its  picture ,if  you have  please  send  me  i need  check  ,then  i  will send  samples  to u   ok?

note: give me your detailed   address and  phone number  ,

Best regards

Soulxu

... soll ich da bestellen? Findet Ihr das vertrauenswürdig genug?

Greets, Roger

[Midibox LC mit PCD5844]

Habe heute Morgen ein Sample bestellt und die Preise "mit Frame" angefragt.

Warte auf die Bank-Transfer-Daten und das neue Angebot. - Die 1. Antwort am Morgen war relativ schnell da. Kann natürlich sein, dass die dann Feierabend hatten (kenne die Zeitverschiebung zu China nicht).

@Jack

Wärst Du bereit einen Qualitäts-Test unter einer Testapplikation durchzuführen und ein paar Pics davon für uns zu schiessen?

Greets, Roger

[Cheap ALPS MF Faders and MF Pots]

... try on this contact address

familygate@tiscali.de

... they anwered me from this E-mail address

Greets, Roger

I'll get my K-Type M-Faders from Studer Switzerland (through personal connections). The guys from this online store offered me the same price, except that the ones I'll get from Studer are coming with the slider-knobs.

[ebay scum (fao: AXEL)]

@Vercengetorex

If they are the initiators of the project and you're only doing the work for them and they know, that this is not your copyright and they are paying you for the work-time and not for the idea, then in my opinion this is: work for hire

On the other side I say: DIY ... like most of the forum members   :-*

Greets, Roger

PS: SmashTV seams to have a better knowledge about copyrights than me  :)

[Midibox LC mit PCD5844]

@pay_c

Vielleicht hast Du diesen Post auch übersehen:

http://www.midibox.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=parts_archive;action=display;num=1094951159

Die liefern (habe für den K-Type MF angefragt) von Alps so ziemlich alles und in beliebiger Stückzahl.

Greets, Roger

[Midibox LC mit PCD5844]

Ja, ich denke ich werd mal ein Sample bestellen.

Greets, Roger

PS:

Ich habe mir überlegt, ob ich (wenn die Samples O.K. sind) mal SmashTV und Mike ankicken soll und sie fragen, ob sie den Vertrieb übernehmen wollen. Ich denke es macht Sinn, wenn die Anzahl der "Sources" möglichst klein bleibt. - Bessere Übersicht.

[Nokia 3310 LCD Displays]

Pay-c made a good statement (mechanical and backlightning advantages) in the german forum for cosidering to take the framed version.

I will aske the prices for the framed version in the next few days and post it here.

Greets, Roger

[Frage zu MidiKanal]

Nein, Du brauchst nur einen MIDI-Kanal. Die Daten der einzelnen Pots, Buttons usw. sind über Controller Nummern spezifiziert.

Wenn Du eine 24-Fader MidiBox LC bauen willst, brauchst Du 3 MIDI Kanäle. Du musst dann im Host jede 8-Fader Einheit mit separatem MIDI Kanal (und eigenem Port) anmelden.

Mehr über MIDI findest Du im WIKI (Links) oder auch Roland User Manuals haben oft eine gute Basic-Beschreibung von MIDI, Controller Daten, Kanäle usw.

Greets, Roger

EDIT: pay-c hat die Sache ja schon während dem ich auch am Schreiben war, beantwortet  :D

[Midibox LC mit PCD5844]

Das ist eine Frage, welche Thorsen beantworten sollte.

Ich sehe auch überall PCD8544 Chip.

Ob es ein Schreibfehler von Thosten ist  ??? oder ob nun unsere Freude zu früh war   :'(?

Greets, Roger

PS: Im Zweifelsfall könnte ich ein Sample bestellen (welches jemand testet. der schon ein Core zusammen hat). Wenn es nicht funxt, würde ich die Versandkosten (müssen bei Samples bezahlt werden) übernehmen. Wenn das Display funxt und wir eine Sammelbestellung machen, würde ich die zusätzlichen Versandkosten auf die gesamte Bestellmenge verteilen, welche dann sehr gering wären für jeden von uns.

[Midibox LC mit PCD5844]

... habe das ja mal gepostet  :o

http://www.midibox.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=parts_archive;action=display;num=1094672301

... nicht gelesen?

Das wäre ja spitze! Mit oder ohne Plastikrahmen? Vor allem wg. der unabhängigen Beleuchtung (über 3 LEDs von unten) - rot/blau/grün was auch immer. Eben halt auch *umschaltbar*

... ohne Rahmen. Mit wäre aber auch erhältlich. - Lieber mit Rahmen? Ist die Beleuchtung im Rahmen integriert?

Würdest du auch eventuell eine Sammelbestellung machen für die Displays?Denn müsste ich mir nicht diese unmengen an alten Handys besorgen.

... würde ich organisieren.

Greets, Roger

[MIDIbox of the Week (MIDIbox SEQ of Martin)]

Nice box!

I see, that this is your first post... Means: You didn't have any questions or problems you couldn't fix by yourself.  :o

Congratulation, Roger

[frontpanel / case...alluminium or steel?]

I would use alluminum too for the same reasons illogic mentioned.

Just a correction:

It doesnt rust (oxidate) so you can sand/polish it without having to put laquer on for protection

Alluminum oxidates even more than iron and mutch more than steel. Alluminum is less precious than steel. That's why alluminum plates are anodized... to protect it against oxidation. The nice difference between iron oxide and alluminum oxide is, that alluminum oxide acts as a seal, which prevents the alluminum beeing oxidated further.

If you polish an alluminum plate, it doesn't stay shiny, if you don't laquer it. It will get dull pretty quickly.

Greets, Roger

[Midibox LC mit PCD5844]

... bin ich dran.

Werde aber die Ware erst bestellen (und somit testen bzw. damit arbeiten), wenn ich mein ganzes Projekt zusammen habe. - Layout, Funktionen, Design usw.

Werde die Community dann sicher informieren, wenn ich was erzählen kann  :)

Greets, Roger

PS: Habe ein Angebot aus China (unter 3$/Stk.)

[Midiman portman PC/P]

I still have an old Midiman Portman Prallel Midi-Interface, which would be perfect to connect to my Laptop for testing Midibox applications in my "DIY-Basement".

There is no driver for WinXP available anymore from M-Audio (new name of Midiman).

Does anybody know of any inofficial driver or another standart Win driver which works?

Thanks and greets

Roger

[Some good Psychoacoustic plugin??]

I have to make the same statement like smash TV did.

I don't use exiter anymore (exept if I get really poor recording tracks - but never in the master track). I got tired of this exiter stuff... makes my ears fatigue.

Greets, Roger

[Do I really need an lcd.]

... ebay

Greets, Roger

[Side Markings for 100mm fader?]

Hi Rooney

... as a professional Soundengineere, working daily with automation, I can tell you, that what you intend to do, is the only thing you'll really need.

I suggest that you label your marks anyway... for example with +3, +2, +1, 0 (unity), -1,-2,-3 ... and so on.

When working with automation, you don't need the exact value, you can read that from the display or your hostsoftware. What you need, is a relative position recognition of the fader (physically)... for example when you're overwriting a mix pass. When you label the marks, it's easier to remember the fader position for your brain (don't have to count marks)

Greets, Roger

[Help needed again!]

Hey Twin-x

HEADS UP!  :D I think nobody is blaming himself in this forum. - Just go on trying to make that "quad SUCKER"  ;D work.

Greets and all the best luck!

Roger

[Need some advice...]

Hello Mark

Now I am sure Roger can provide some input on this theory cos hes built one from a matrix unit

I haven't built it yet, just bought the k-keys oem so far and it's waiting to be built into my planned MidiBox LC.

I don't see a problem in your idea as long you always disconnect the not used matrix. But I also don't see any reason or advantage of the whole thing because I normally want a combination of both systemy. Like I wrote earlier: I'll implement all under the MIDI protocol possible editing functions in the MidiBox and use the x-kexs only for the functions not provided under MIDI from my host program.

Sorry T for going on moving in an other direction.

need some input on that with getting it to work with Pro Tools

Search the archive for "HUI", "Pro Tools" or "motormix"... I remember, there have bin a few threads about MidiBox implementation in Pro Tools.

Greets, Roger

[Need some advice...]

also, i know they are a bit costly, but how much do one of those 3 axis stick controllers cost

... see their Website. Prices are published  :o

how hard are they to implement?

... as easy as connecting an USB keyboard  :)

If you want your custom button layout... I bought the oem x-keys matrix pcb board (up to 128 programmable keys)  :D

Greets, Roger

PS: You even can program mouse action

[Need some advice...]

Hi T

There is an other possibility: www.x-keys.com

You can program any shortcut pretty easy.

The advantage of a MIDI controlled device:

It's always active (also in the background), while a "X-Keys" device works like a regular computer keyboard only within the active window. Means: When you're in the mixer window, you can't use any shortcuts for editing (cut, paste...)

Greets, Roger