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Hi John. Please, no need to apologize. You weren't "teacheous" at all. :) -drin

Hi Velaskin., I don't know where you are, but I know what industrial music is. :) Why? The newest MB64e supports pots, encoders and crossfaders. No need to limit yourself! It's even in the ChangeLog on http://www.ucapps.de. To quote: "Although MIDIbox64E has been designed for rotary encoders, it can now also handle with up to 64 pots/faders or up to 8 motorfaders." -drin

Hi John. I play mostly house music (chicago, prog, tech), although I occasionally spin downtempo sets and some techno too. I'll post pics once the project is complete. At the moment I'm choosing knobs for my pots... :) -drin

Hi John. I'm 60% completed my T3 controller. I went a very different route than you. One Play/Pause/Cue button area for ALL decks, separate EQ and FX areas and faders (one 'group' per deck), one loop area for all 4, switches to select the appropriate deck and a master crossfader. My controller fits into a case the size of a Heath Xone:92 mixer (12" wide by 13" long). Since I plan on operating T3 in Xone:92 mode anyway it made the most sense to me. -drin

Thanks Wisefire. I checked the english site and couldn't find it, but I found the knob (or very similar) at OKW directly. Offe: Did you purchase the through-hole LED switches directly from Mec? What did you pay for them, if you don't mind me asking? Oh, and I have a URL for the knobs wisefire used - it's http://www.okw.co.uk/products/okw/com-knobs.htm. Grab their PDF file from there for size and cost info. Thanks everyone! Great info! -drin

Hi wisefire - good looking knobs! I found the RS english website but I can't find that knob in their inventory. Do you have a part number for it, please? Thanks! -drin

Absolutely! I'll take a prototype now if you want. :) Thanks! -drin

Thanks Roger! I'll make sure and do that. -drin

Much to my surprise I was able to figure out that your initial advice was a little reversed! Thanks! :) Thanks to all who responded. I'll be installing the caps this afternoon. -drin

Thanks! I tried the pics but didn't get anywhere since the board layouts are different. I'll take your word on the pin connections and give it a try. :) Thanks again! -drin

Thanks Marcel, but TK's PCB layout and Smash's layout are different! The R2 Smash board has been heavily redesigned to eliminate a number of jumpers and the layout really doesn't resemble TK's board any more. I've already tried saving the image from the AIN page and enlarging it to see the connections - can't make them match. Thanks! -drin

Hi all. I'm assembling all the great SmashTV kits I purchased (hi Tim!) and noticed that the AIN kit comes with 4 caps. I believe these are the bypass caps that Thorsten describes putting between Vss and ground on each 4051. However, being a dunce I'm not sure which pins these are! I've searched for '4051 datasheet' hoping to find a pinout but there appear to be quite a few 4051 analog multiplexer chip varieties out there, to my dismay. Can anyone help out? Do I tie the caps to a common ground on the board? To Vs on J5? I'm lost... :( Thanks! -drin

Got 'em! They arrived this morning, the 19th my time. GREAT shipping speed! Thanks again! I'm sure I'll be ordering from you again in a couple of weeks. :) -drin

Thanks! I'm actually in Japan so it may take a little longer. Your place->Military address in California->Japan. Hopefully it won't be too long. -drin

Thanks guys! Much appreciated! Smash, any idea when my parts will ship? ;D Thanks again! -drin

Hi all. I apologize for this post, but I've searched the forums and can't find any direct reference to what I'm looking for, only oblique mentions. I want to put a single rotary encoder and a number of potentiometers in a MB64 or 64e. I can't find anyone referring to having done this. I have found threads where people say "I was told by Thorsten..." or "I've been told it can be done..." but no posts saying it does indeed work. I've also gone through the documentation for MB64 and MB64e - they seem to indicate that they're OR situations - MB64 does pots, MB64e does encoders. I believe it can be done by running a second core with MB64e and linking it to my first core, but that seems to a be a bit of a waste of a core. Is it possible to do what I want without having to run a second core? Thanks in advance! -Adrian

I've been working on the design for a Traktor V3 controller for the past month. My DJ partner in Los Angeles went to one of the Native Instruments demo sessions to scope out more info. Our control and face layouts are complete and I've purchased the necessary components. I'll be starting work as soon as my core kit arrives from SmashTV. -drin

Thanks pay_c. Much appreciated! -drin

Hi all! First of all, Thorsten, thanks! I found ucApps a few years ago and filed it away in case I ever decided to build my own controller. That time is now! I'm building a MB64 to support Traktor 3.0 (full screenshot at http://www.nativeinstruments.de/typo3temp/pics/8ad53c53c6.jpg). I've decided on what controls I want on my controller, a face layout, and all the eay stuff. Now I've ordered my initial batch of parts, but I have a couple of questions. 1. In this thread http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=4503.0 there was mention of someone working on a 'shift' button. I'm presuming this is a button that shifts the action of other buttons to do something different than they would usually do. Is this correct? Did anyone ever get it working? 2. Along the same line, how about a multi-state button? I've seen in some threads discussion on buttons that are (for example) tri-state - they go from State A to State B to State C and back to State A, changing every time they're pressed. Did anyone ever implement this in hardware or in MIOS? 3. I want to use 3-position SPDT switches in my MB64 for EQ kills. They're OFF-ON-Momentary OFF, with the third position returning to the center when released. I don't foresee this being a problem (I should just have to tie the OFF-OFF poles together before connecting them to the DIN, right?) but I wanted to check. Thanks again for such a great kit, Thorsten! Much appreciated! And thanks to everyone else for all your great posts and help in advance! -Adrian