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i have 15 knobs of 4 different colors but so i am waiting to get some extra ones in the next future.. yes the corners are for the box, i am planning a full flight case with lid although i still have a couple of doubts about the construction.. it was easier than i thought adapting the rean knobs to the panasonic pots.Btw sasa those are the pots you were asking info about some time ago, i can t say anything but that they are cheap, very small and seems to be ok atm for a midibox project. I used a 6mm dia. tool on my proxxon to get rid of those ... errr.. those little tiny guides you can see inside the knobs so that now they will fit perfectly the panasonic pots. simone

knobs knobs knobs P1030569.JPG

::) oops!

Axel what i mostly like of your box is all the effort you put to keep the costs down, very much in the spirit of this community, the alu frame with the self built modules is just a great idea and it even looks cool. i think that the problem is not (only)centering the holes but the fact that the drill bit won t make a nice cut on the paper.I would suggest, but i haven t tried that, to use high quality wood drill bits, they have a sharp edge that will cut around the hole and not the center first as metal bits do.(understandable?) thumbs up for your new box!

ciao io ti posso compilare il programma, adesso ti mando la mia mail in un PM, comunque ti faccio notare che giusto da un paio di settimane tutti i codici sono stati adattati per essere compilati con GPUTILS che puoi installare anche in Linux e OSX. http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10552.msg80333.html#msg80333

ciao 1 a che pin hai connesso l encoder? (0-7) 2 hai controllato che la connessione sia giusta? http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/encoder_specifications

and i ve used this to translate program change to notes.

i got mine here:

something like.. this?: :) P1030450.JPG

hi sasa err it really pays off to do some art work (which i haven t done) amazing stuff. I was dropping by cause i ve read your blog on flickr and just wanted to warn you to check before hand connectivity issues with a usb sound card connected with a usb midi stream throguh a hub.Try to get a quality hub not the cheap stuff, multichannel soundcards need quite a bit of usb bandwidth and i had some problems with cheapo hubs, especially on windoz like dropsout and even disconnection. cheers simone

hi geroge afair you have an osx machine sitting there right? i think that midimonitor and the native eac driver are a much easier way to do that. simone

hey i forgot to say that i also will have the screw mounted in the panel will that matter ? simone

*whack*

i am here just to be counted in as number 2 i will give you details not before than 1 month though. Great initiative, where do you live? thumbs up Simone

.. give me a proxxon and i will lift the world ! sasa i am not afraid of cutting those shafts, but since all the SC modules are independently attached to the mid panel i can tweak all the heights for a perfect fit.The encoders modules needs to be lowered of about 1mm to get the knobs to touch the front panel when they are actuated (the switch). Any thoughts about the wobbling jog wheel? any special encoder? any hardware trick? I took this picture without the front panel but with the transparent subpanel, dig that. P1030436.JPG

After some wild cabling/sodlering.. P1030435.JPG

sasa you wise man! i remember somewhere you where saying that you were not satisfied with conrad s jjog wheel and laser cut a new one! The issue apart from the jog wheel is that the shaft of the encoder can move of a certain angle, so i will look for a different encoder but i ll take that later on.The jog wheel color mathces perfectly with the panel though! I can t say the same wiht the navigation switch. I am currently planning the position of COREs and other modules on the backside. simone

.. i ve spent the ast day deciding how big the gap between the front panel and the mounting panel will be and finding out the proper screws.I ve also completed the 8x2 SF buttons PCB.GLCD windows are inserted as well(see picture1) I was not sure about how to mount the buttons PCB cause i use to hit hard so it could be a weak point.So i ended up cutting off a piece of my mouse pad and using it as a spacer and a cushion for the PCB (see picture2) P1030427.JPG P1030429.JPG

So here i am: this project started a couple of years ago, had a first stage as you can see here: http://www.io-sound.org/MIDI_devices/MIDI_devices.html then moved on and kept me busy all this last summer long with learning what LC is, how to draw in a vectorial program, how to match that with Eagle s PCBs, etc etc. It was fun! THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP OF A BUNCH OF MIDIBOXers OUT THERE: YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE ! THANKS THORSTEN, YOUR WORK AND DEDICATION HERE IS LIKE A SUNNY ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORMY ELECTRONIC OCEAN! RESPECT! That was the due blablablaing.This is the actual state:(see 1st picture) It s an "hybrid" MBLC+MB64E, they will be connected to a MidiSport 2x2 (internally) and ATM it is planned to be connected only via USB. Joysticks (with pushbuttons), 4x4 pot matrix, X-fader and the first row of encoders are connected to the MB64E. The 2 GLCDs (128x64), the second row of encoders, 8x2 and 5x2 SparkFun rubber buttons (still missing in the picture), 4 faders (no motorfaders) , navigation switches and teh jog wheel are connected to the MBLC. All the control surface PCBs have been etched by myself while the COREs, DINs etc come directly from Smashtv s shop, that is offering (if you don t know that already) very high quality stuff for a bargain price. All the Control Surface modules will be attached to the upper side of the blue acrylic panel, the COREs,DINs,MidiSport, etc. will be connected in the bottom side of the same panel, i ve placed hole so that the pin headers of the CS PCBs can be reached from the bottom side (see 2nd picture). The balck panel is the front panel (powder coated alu) and the white panel is meant to reinforce the front panel and carry the 5 M5 screws that are connecting the middle(white)/front(black) panels to the blue panel.Got it? Casing will be a custom made flight case (spare parts from Adam Hall), it s going tobe a bit heavy but that s what i wanted. There are still a few things i need to fix (especially in the code) but i ll take that later onand i will keep this thread uptodate with pictures and infos. Now back to work! Simone P1030424.JPG P1030426.JPG

yeah i had the same idea/feeling today.I have to admit i am not the one who is going to prepare a good documentation... ::) now back to the lab it is going to be a long night

@MTE nop trickery machinery these panels are for this project: http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,8977.msg72096.html#msg72096 http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,9598.msg71794.html#msg71794 http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,9759.msg71698.html#msg71698 P1030420.JPG

no words! P1030414.JPG

sahira says she likes them very much and you can contact his father to ship them over here

what s the problem with collapsing cubes ? *whack* remember einsturzende neubaten

hi is anybody working on a code for these pots, to overcome the last value issue? simone