phunk

Hast Du dir das mal genau angeschaut? Ich glaube nein... Es ist aber auch so offensichtlich, dass es schnell übersehen werden kann.

guys, i wrote the chief of ALBS Germany, B.S. yesterday, asking for assistance. I hope he will respond any time soon. I have no clue what they are up to, since the only thing I did was asking for an email with all the details confirmed. Might be that we dont get the highest priority in times of heavy workload, but honestly...I am begging for an Email for 3 weeks now...

hehe...das is ja wie Unterhaltungskino hier. :-) Kurz und knapp. Mehr Strom an der Basis des NPN Transitors = Mehr Strom durch die Collector - Emitter Strecke. (das Alles bis zu einer gewissen Grenze, sog. Sättigung) Heißt in dem Fall hier: Mehr Widerstand, weniger Strom an der Basis, weniger helles Display.

Das reicht, auch wenn es bei 12V (was für SIDs willst Du verwenden?) knapp an das für den Sammich empfohlene Minimum an Stromstärke runtergeht (500mA). Evtl. über das nächst größere nachdenken, ist aber nicht zwingend erforderlich. Polarität? Wie meinst Du das? Das ist ein Gleichstrom-Netzteil. Da gibt es + und -. Das ist auch vollkommen richtig so. Dem Sammich aber auch egal, weil der hat sowieso einen Brückengleichrichter, der dafür sorgt, dass man gar nichts falsch anschließen kann. (=verpolungssicher)

Oh...die sind innerhalb der letzten Woche um 50% im Preis gefallen. Das ist nat. schon was. Du wirst 200 Stück bestellen müssen, das ist die min. Auftragsmenge, wenn die Dinger nicht auf Lager sind.

likely a broken encoder... unlikely a encoder with contact to the heatsink underneath (when pressing a little harder)...

www.2manyinterests.com i started this some days ago...filling it with life slowly...

Called again today, wrote an another email. Asking for confirmation. Balthasar S. is not in the office. Telephone girl cant help. Heavy workload *yawn* I shall call tomorrow again, talk to B. then. Let´s wait and see...there will be knobs one day....

erm..a standard LED (assuming you use standard LEDs) draws about 20mA. How many are in a MB6582? Even though not all are lit at the same time i´d calculate more than 100mA.

Ok..Nils helped me with the application. Thx! Unfortunately the MIOS LCD Message transfer does not work. Everything else is fine. I can send an receive Sysex as well as midi notes with the MIOS Keyboard. Do i have to take care of something special or should that work without any settings? MB64e application is running on the box...

Hey guys, could someone help me with a download of the predecessor of the actual MIOS Studio? I am looking for a version i can send a text command to a MIOS 8 application. Might be BETA 9_3 (not too sure though) you could even email it, i am (for whatever reason) not able to download it from a dyndns server: phunk80 ät gmail (dot) com Thank you for your help, Alex

That´s up to you...

Yeah, that´s really annoying. I am very sorry about that but there isnt anything i could change. The order manager does not answer his phone atm and the secretary tells me continuously they´d have heavy workload. I call again tomorrow :-)

Yes, there is. Depending on the application u use. Read about MB64(e). Yes, that´s working. Needs some tweaks though. see above. Buttons have a function. Knobs do not, besides they sit either on a encoder or a pot. So 39 Pots and 5 Encoders? Honestly spoken, i think the project is getting too big for a first project. Not possible unless you incorporate an audio signal path into your box. It is doable, appears overkill for torque (at least to me). You need money, patience, the ability to read, some kind of enclosure, and a lot of stuff you dont think of before... :-)

I wonder what to do with 200+ GB of samples in a live instrument anyways? Searching them would take a year if not two...

nothing, because it is normally preset.

When you have bought your PICs from SmashTV, they came with an already preinstalled Mios as the sticker on the ICs suggests. That´s the reason why the display output "ready". Without Mios it would just have said nothink like it does now. So did you try to upload Mios or did you try to upload an application? The Message F0 00 00 7E 40 00 01 F7 means that your bootloader is fine and your pic is running.

a lot of the ebay sids are broken or have broken filters. Most of the sellers aren´t aware of the fact that the sid isnt 100% working just because it makes any kind of sound. Trial and error ;) 8580 vs. 6581 9v - 12v working filter - not really good working filter

Das kommt drauf an, wie gut Du löten kannst. Es gibt Leute, die löten mit dem 20 Euro Dachrinnen-Brutzler alle ihre SMD Teile ohne jedwede Probleme, wohingegen andere es mit der 300 Euro Lötstation nicht auf die Reihe bringen. Da die IC´s der Sammich alle gesockelt sind, machst Du aber max. die Sockel kaputt. Du kannst mit einem ungeregelten Lörkolben Temp. und Leistung nur über die Dauer des "Dranhaltens" regulieren, mit ein wenig Gefühl sollte das aber klappen. Achte halt auf die Leistungsdaten und die Spitze... ca. 350 Grad. Bei empfindlicheren Bauteilen weniger. Wichtig ist auch hier die Dauer. Lötzinn für daheim: Nur gutes altes verbleites. Bleifreies Zinn benötigt braucht deutlich höhere Temperaturen und geht nicht so leicht von der Hand. 1mm Bleistift ist gut für den Sammich. Es geht aber nat. auch 2mm square und dann mit der Ecke löten... Kannst Du im Sammich testen. Wenn er nicht geht, dann geht er nicht. Meine Glaskugel ist gerade beim Service...

!beauty! :) goodjob, well done...

It´s called verowire in english and fädeldraht in german. It is a copperwire with a melting isolation coating. It can be ordered @Reichelt but just in multiples of 4 roles. Ebay is also a good place to look for it when you need a single role (that is enough for the next 10 years). http://goo.gl/AW90b

They look pretty cool. The problem though is that they are very expensive and that they must be ordered in multiples of 200, since they are not on stock (mouser) Price is 3,71€ p.p + VAT = 4,41€ when ordering one package of 200. When ordering a bigger amount like 1000 price drops to 2,97 + VAT = 3,53€ which still is a lot. I doubt many people would spend that much on rotary encoders only, even though you need only 15.

This Bulk order would normally close today. At present the people at ALBS haven´t managed yet to confirm the price and the order in a written email (only by phone), even though I wrote two emails, called them nearly everyday during the last two weeks and got several promises that they would do it immediately.Honestly that is quite disappointing and it seems they a) have a very heavy workload b) dont really get things done. Either way i can´t and i wont send you an paypal invoice without a written price and avaibility statement by the company we plan to order. I´ll keep this bulk open till i got the confirmation and i will go on bothering them on a daily basis. I hope you understand that.

sorry but what?

erm one question...why didnt you use a pic core and a finished application like mb64(e) when you´re not able to program the core32 app needed? Blinded by teh shiny? Of course it might be someone starts right now and i hope you´ll get the help needed but honestly i think it is very unlikely to find an coding angel when code monkeys are fairly rare these days...