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Yeah... I couldn't get it out of my head during a test I had today...

No. Yes. ;) Take care of the SMD-ones. You don't want these. DIL Is the way to go (Dual in line).

07 - Year 33 - Week TI - Texas Instruments (?) So your chip was made by Texas Instruments somwhen in August 2007.

Optisch is ne sehr gute Idee! Muss nichtmal S/P-DIF sein. LED und was Empfängermäßiges, dann passt das. Is zwar etwas Schaltungstechnischer Aufwand, aber dafür bleibt das Signal sauber.

Pretty cool! :D Tell us something about it, please! How did you make the illuminated buttons?

Keine Ahnung ob das so funzt. Fehlerquellen könnten sein: - Kabelwiderstand - Reflexionen innerhalb des Leiters (Terminierung?) - Induktivität zwischen Leiter und Schirmung Was eventuell helfen könnte wäre sowas wie ne DI-Box. Du machst also aus deinem (digitalen) Signal zwei symmetrische Signale. So könntest Du Störeinflüsse von außen minimieren. Das Widerstandsproblem könntest Du mit einem Repeater (OpAmp ?!?) beseitigen. Vielleicht wäre ein Schmitt-Trigger (o.Ä.) eine Möglichkeit, um das versaute Signal am Ende wieder glatt zu bekommen.

Talking about concrete and budget monitors, ever thought about something like that? http://propirate.net/betonboxen/ (unfortunately in german) http://hackaday.com/2007/01/22/concrete-cast-speakers/ (the same on hackaday)

If you use square ones, be aware of the fact that you'll need one little square hole for every LED. This is going to be expensive or veery hard work. Dim white LEDs will look pretty. The Problem here is that you'll have to increase the current limiting resistor and therefore decrease the LED-current. If you "underpower" a white LED, the light gets some kind of dirty green touch. Dim white would be <1000mcd The RL5-W15120 could work. I can't say whether the big viewing angle is a pro or a con.

comment? ;) Pourquoi est-ce que tu ne jumele pas simplement J12 du Core avec J4 du GM5 et J13 du Core avec J5 du GM5? Si le connection est tres court (<~30cm), tu peut ommettre le blindage (masse, GND). C'est seulement pour avoiding electromagnetic radiation to disturb the MIDI Signal. sorry for my french :P

more concrete? I got concrete. [img width=400]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Concrete_pouring_0020.jpg/800px-Concrete_pouring_0020.jpg enough concrete? ;D

very cool thing indeed. :) vX? still alive? :D

Jedem das Seine ;)

Aaaahhh!!! ( ;)) not really... VFD ? Electron Tube There's a common cathode at the back of the Display. It's heated up, so electrons are set free (Thermionic emission, like in any other electron tube). Those electrons are accelerated by an electric field (like in a CRT or in any other electron tube). They are flying towards the anode. Between the cathode and the anode there is some kind of mesh. If this mesh has a negative potential, the electrons won't go through it. If the mesh is neutral or positive, the electrons will make their way through and fly towards the anode (-> Triode) , which is covered by some chemical substance (ZnS, IIRC) which lights up if it gets hit by electrons (-> CRT). And that's basically it. In neon tubes there's a electric discharge through some gas. This gas emmits UV-light, which in turn makes the substance on the inner side of the glass tube light in a visible color. edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_fluorescent_display ;)

also IMHO ist Ubuntu (von mir aus auch Kubuntu) die Einsteiger-Linuxdistro schlechthin. Absolut idiotensicher (es läuft immerhin bei mir ;)) ehrlich gesagt war Windows der Grund warum ich umgestiegen bin. Vista war ja die Katastrophe schlechthin und Windows7 soll auch nicht besser sein.

nope, you didn't :P

Not entirely right. Water has its greatest density at about 4°C. If you heat it up or cool it down even more, it's getting less dense again. Ever thought about how fish/frogs can survive in a frozen lake? The water just above the ground as always ~4°C my2c Edit: Typos... Edit2: misread something....I'm running out of 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine :P

schon mal Ubuntu ausprobiert? ;)

dito.

Ich weiß jetz nicht, ob ich dich da richtig verstanden habe. Richtig auf jeden Fall ist: Die Midibox-LC lässt sich nur über MIDI ansteuern. Wenn dein PC noch kein MIDI-Interface hat, bietet sich das GM5 dafür an. Dieses hat eine MIDI-Schnittstelle (die wird mit deiner LC verbunden) sowie eine USB-Schnittstelle (die kommt an den PC). Anders gehts nicht.

give it to me then.

sowohl als auch? USB -> PC MIDI -> MidiBox / sonstige Synths, controller, etc

nope, smash and mike are the only ones. If you want, you can etch the PCBs yourself, too. What exactly do you want to ask them? If it's a question that only smash/míke can answer, you should have a look in the chat http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?action=chat Smash is there quite often. You can simply increase the value of the resistors on the DOUT-PCB. This will decrease the LED-current and make them less bright. have a look at the MB-SID Synthesizer. It uses the SID-chips from the C64. regards

Hi folks, recently I stumbled upon some weird kinda esoteric stuff. First I was kinda curious, but then I became aware of the fact that especially in that business, where it's all about manipulating psychology, there may be plenty of black sheep. So I thought I could just ask whether anyone has already tried one of the following CDs or whether anyone can say something about if and how they work. The first thing is called InnerTalk They sell CDs with either music or nature sounds, and they claim to have subliminal messages somehow "modulated" under that music. And by listening to it, the messages are supposed to go right through to sour subconscious and manipulate you in a positive manner. Here's a short excerpt from their catalog: Weight Loss Now Freedom from Technophobia (had to laugh a bit when I read that ;)) Accepting Constructive Criticism Ultra Enthusiasm Powerful Memory and so on The Second thing is Hemi-Sync This is even more weirder. They add some modulated (pink AFAIK) noise to the background of music and say that this will alter your brain waves :/ Well, I'm very sceptic whether that stuff really works... regards, matthias

Have a look at SmashTV's Site. he's also selling PCBs and Kits and everything. Some people prefer his PCBs because they have a nice silkscreening which makes populating easier. -> http://www.avishowtech.com/mbhp/