Therezin

In the UK B&Q sell some aluminium tool cases, but I'm not sure how big you're after - any idea what sort of size? Most DIY places should sell something, and so should any "cash & carry" type stores that have tools. On a similar note, I'm contemplating building a steel carry case for my guitar FX unit out of angle steel and treadplate (the steel sheeting with little raised diamonds to make it non-slip) - it's the most awkward shape out there, so I'm gonna head down to my dad's steel fab place and weld one up myself. Would there be anyone interested in seeing the finished article? It may not exactly be midibox-related but the basic steps can be applied to any enclosure made out of steel.

Midibox addiction: Better for you than drugs, but often as expensive ;D Your box kicks ass by the way, I'd not thought of using arcade buttons for a 'box before but thinking about it they'd be great for live use - large, relatively cheap and nearly indestructible.

This is the second thread I've seen with someone putting a midibox into a toy guitar, and the second one where I've thought "I gotta do that". ;D

@nickw: That thing's a monster! you got it for a pound? I better look on ebay more often...

Any idea how much it would cost to ship 8 of them to the UK?

Hey! You wanna buy a bus ticket? You wanna buy a f***in' bus ticket?!?! Classic.

Very true. Again, very true. There's a number of threads I know of on other forums I read where the first post is regularly edited by the poster, so that whenever he releases a new version of his software it appears on the first page. The utility of being able to edit your own posts outweighs the "crank factor" for me anyways.

Looks like a cool box, and a very clean layout - especially now using the illuminated knobs, and without the crossfader assign buttons. To be honest, I've not seen many things you can do with a crossfader that you can't just using the track faders - turntablism aside of course. As for the cameo, TK? I like the little in-joke ;D

Surely since the forum's PHP-based, it would be a relatively simple matter to remove the edit option from the "view thread" page? Obviously, it's a matter of finding the time to do this - but it doesn't seem like a huge amount of work, if there were enough demand.

Emerald Isle

I saw this a while ago after following a link on the uCApps.de MBSID main page, tho they hadn't got the cartridge version on the site then. I downloaded the disk images and tried them in CCS64, it's a pretty good piece of kit. I highly recommend doing the same, 'cause it's a pretty dang funky piece of software.

Do you have any more information on the displays? Make, model, datasheet etc?

Full Metal Jacket

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There's definitely not a SID in there, if that's what you're after :P There are headers inside to connect to a keyboard tho, and with some sort of simple hack you can get to the original C64 Basic OS. I assume there'll be some kind of connectors you can use for external storage too, tho obviously you'll need to do some soldering (shouldn't be a problem ;)) Apparently the only reason these connectors weren't on the outside was because they didn't want all the customer support phone calls from people wondering why their 20-year-old games won't play anymore.

Firstly: Welcome to the forum. Secondly: There are very few people who will help those who don't help themselves. What do you want from your MidiBox? How many pots / faders / buttons? What parts of nuendo did you want to control? Nobody will simply tell you "do this, this and this and you'll have a MidiBox".

Batter

A fiver? got any more info on these displays? Size, backlight etc?

This had me laughing for minutes. Literally. Remind me not to play with lasers. And to take off my jewelry when messing with stuff like that, 'cause that's gotta be enough to melt silver and I don't like the idea of my rings burning themselves into my hands

If I were stateside, I'd probably end up getting one for my old Palm IIIx and another to take apart an' see what makes it tick... Oh well, guess I have enough stuff laying around here for me to play with for a while :P

That thing is the craziest idea i've ever seen. I want one.

Electrically speaking, pots and faders are exactly the same thing. Since an AIN module can take 32 inputs and you only want 8, that's all you need.

Ah well, just a thought.

Could that just be condensation forming on the ceramic coating, due to the cap being hotter than the air around it?

Great. I'll try and do my part by updating some of the project pages. @stryd_one: Just looked at the page for the vX - that thing sounds like a monster! I wasn't going to build a SEQ 'til I read what you're planing :P