TomX

Ok doc, I'll look into this. Thanks

Thanks for your detailed reply doc, I'd been looking at the LC project last night and had realised that it was a good starting point for my project. I will look at it in more detail this week end and try and work out the correct configuration then...also I'm full prepared to modify the code to get what I need, I already have had experience with and am confident PIC programming. I didn't know that about touch faders, selecting from the fader is a very nice feature which I think I will use, thanks for that :D Ok thanks, I will look into this a bit more, to be honest I don't intend to have to rotary encoders on the channel strip and rather have them layed out in an eq frendly layout and set them up specifically for the eq...if this requires program modification then so be it. OK Thanks again, I just need to wait a couple of weeks until I have the spare cash to start work ;)

Ahh, ok thanks guys, I hadn't actually realised that there were different applications as such, I though they were different configs of the same program...no worries there though, when it comes to electronics I'm a bumbling idiot, however when it comes to programming there's absolutely no problem there, that's what I'm good at :D

Come on, I wasn't asking for the be all, end all answer to the universe, I had some fairly specific questions haha... I've read more info on the wiki, and this section talks about combining modules... But I can't find whether I can use all of that (i.e. 2 AIN, 4 DIN & 4 DOUT) or whether it's 1 or the other (i.e. 2 AIN or 4 DIN or 4 DOUT), not I'm thinking and hoping its the first in which case my project is perfect, can you please just confirm that 1 thing? Thanks

Hi, I'm new here, I've only just found out about MIDIbox and I'm very impressed and I think I will be building a project very soon. My project will be a controller for the Cubase SX mixer & Transport Controls. Now I've not read through the whole MidiBox website but I've been reading sections and I'm getting a feel for what I need for my project, I was hoping I could run it by you guys to make sure I'm getting things right? I hope that's ok :D Core - Which PIC? I noticed different PICs can be used for the core module, and I'm unsure which one I would need, I'm guessing it's probably down to which/how many modules I'm planning on using. Fader Section I want to have 8 motorised faders, along side each of the faders would be 4 buttons; mute, solo, select and view (view displays the channel window within cubase). Also for the mute, solo and select buttons I'd like an LED to indicate if it's on/selected. For this I'm thinking I'll need the following modules AIN - 8 x faders input MF - 8 x faders motors DIN - 8 x mute buttons + 8 x solo buttons + 8 x select buttons + 8 view buttons (total 32 buttons) DOUT - 8 x mute LEDs + 8 x solo LEDs + 8 x select LEDs + 8 transport ctrls LEDs (total 32 leds) The transport controls are for the transport section mentioned below. EQ Section I was originally thinking I'd have 8 of these but I think that's probably a bit over the top. Therefore I decided to have 1 set of EQ controls and then apply to the currently selected track (Cubase can do this). The Cubase EQs are 4 band EQs with Freqence, Gain and Q controls and also an Enabled button for each band (with an LED indicator). Also here I'd like a Pan/Balance Control and 2 buttons to cycle through banks of faders (not really part of this section but there 2 DIN inputs spare so I thought I'd put them here. Frequence, Gain, Q and Pan controls I'd like to all be rotary encoders with led rings, for this I'm thinking I'll need the following modules: DIN - 12 EQ encoders + 4 EQ buttons + 1 Pan encoder + 2 Bank Select buttons DOUT - 13 x LED Rings + 4 x enable LEDs Can 13 rings and 4 leds run off 1 DOUT? Transport Section This is simply the 8 transport buttons (each with with LED indicators supplied but the DOUT module in the Fader Section). I'd also like a Jog/Shuttle wheel but I've not seen anything on the site mentioning these, would it be possible to add one using the spare inputs on this DIN module or would I need an AIN or different module for this? DIN - Rwd, Back, Fwd, FFwd, Stop, Play, Rec & Cycle = 8 x Button + hopefully jog/shuttle wheel. LCD Section (possibility) This main thing I'd like displayed on an LCD would be the names of the tracks, now I'm not sure if it's possible to get cubase to transmit that information via midi? If it is possibile then what would be really nice would be a little LCD screen on each fader showing it's name for that channel but I fear this may require an LCD module for each screen and this may get too complicated in which case 1 screen showing the name of the currently selected track would be fine. So my reckoning is that the total modules needed would be: 1 x CORE 1 x AIN 1 x MF 3 x DIN 2 x DOUT 1 x LCD (possible) Is it possible to run all these together off 1 Core? If anyone is kind enough to read through this and respond I will be very greatful. Many thanks, TomX