DJSail

Hi everybody! I'm planning on building a MB64 and I've got everything ready to order and a lot of free time ahead (gap year!!). One thing that I can't seem find anywhere is the big jog wheels/datawheels! The type I'm looking for is the low profile design, and about 2 inches across! I can see MidiBoxes with the wheels so I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction of these!? Many thanks Dan

I've been searching for pots and I've come up with these Alps ones they seem perfect but I'm not quite sure what is meant by snap in! Are they panel-mountable? Do you mount the case then simply push the pots into these case?! Any replies woudl be great cheers

Thanks for that! I have been reading but I obviously missed the bit on the menu buttons ::)! I only need 1 rotary encoder and I'm planning on using all the 64 pots so would I still be able to use the encoder with the Midibox64? I have found some buttons that seem like what I'm looking for the only problem with them is that they are not obviously panel mountable! I was wondering whether anyone could check the page for me and give any ideas on how to mount them? They seem quite common buttons so I'm sure there is a way of mounting them! By the way it's the D9R that I'm planning on getting!

Hi everybody! I'm new to the world of MIDIBoxing and pretty much the same can be said about the world of electronics! I'm thinking of building a MIDIBox64 to control Sonar 5/6 (MIDIBoxes do work with SONAR don't they?!) I'm hoping to have 16 channel strips each with 1 fader, 2 pots and 3 buttons and LED's (some questions on this after). I'm hoping to a nice job of it and have it just as I want: but before I can do that there are a few questions I would be grateful if anyone could answer! 1:How advanced does my programming knowledge need to be? 2:How important are leds? And how hard are they to integrate? 3:Does the LCD contrast pot count as 1 pot out of the 64? 4:Are any buttons specifically locked to the menu system on the MIDIBox if so how many? 5:Can anybody point me in the right direction for buttons on Digikey UK? 6:How hard would it be to programme a rotary encoder to change the BPM or generally scroll? I would be grateful if anyone could answer any of these questions, even if you only know the answer to 1 I woudl still be grateful for that! Thanks! Dan