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  2. MB-SEQ V3/V4 Control Surface PCB and matching case

    in MIDIbox SEQ

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    Not necessarily cutting out the whole case, just where there are holes (encoders, buttons, LEDs, LCDs might be a bit trickier).

    That way your blind panel can be a bit rough or drilled with enlarged holes etc.

    It might even be a good way of getting a dual-use case, as you could then enlarge the FPE panel to 19" format :question:

    Sorry, just thinking out loud

  10. Large Format Console control surface

    in Design Concepts

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    It is big, but things like this have been done before.

    Seeing as you mention "survey"ing I might add that encoders are not visual unless you put LED rings around them. Analog pots are, but there's no way to store their positions. It all depends on what you would like to do.

    I would agree with Wilba; a large project like this would probably take a _long_ time and wear you down unless you had a tremendous amount of spirit. But welcome anyway, it sounds like you're in the right place.

  11. Core32 not recognised by OS (WinXP)

    in Testing/Troubleshooting

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    I was putting together my Core32 board last night, following the instructions on uCApps. However, when it came to "activating" the MIDI port, I could not get Windows to find the MIDI port. The install goes okay; it finds a device called "MIOS32" then calls it a USB Audio Device (with a generic driver). However, when I go to find the MIDI ports in MIOS Studio, I cannot find them. I was searching through the MIDIBox forum and found a few links (some in the Spanish section!) to other forums (PIC forum etc.) where they tell you to delete registry filters etc.. I did try this, but still could not get it to work. Presumably there is some conflict between other devices on my system?

    Any ideas? Or am I stuck on enabling the Boot Hold and uploading via regular MIDI? Or using another OS like MacOS or Linux?

    Thanks

    Andy

  13. acrylic front backlighting for Midibox SID V2?

    in MIDIbox SID

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    In was looking up some perf board and came across this site

    http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/213/Electroluminescent-Strips/1.html

    with some used el lighting for only $1 US each.They light up green already. Would this change the color scheme when used with you gold text do you think? They have new ones for $3.50 and $4.50 plus discounts on bigger orders. Can this stuff be cut and soldered back together to get longer lenghts?

    Regards,

    echo

    Because the yellow/gold letters are turning green, it actually means they are absorbing RED light and this lets the remaining GREEN light pass through. So using green backlights will probably work differently.

    My Moog Voyager has a backlit panel  8), and with the intensity turned all the way up it hums pretty badly. Thankfully it doesn't get into the audio, but there is the possibility it might for these sorts of things, as someone said.

  14. acrylic front backlighting for Midibox SID V2?

    in MIDIbox SID

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    I am curious how deep are your panels cut to do the lighting from behind? Is there a terminology for this type of panel marking/engraving? From what your saying, did you just get a panel cut that was black with gold text and you put a white light underneath the panel and you got light up green text? Would a particular metal work the best for light to leak through?

    Regards,

    echo

    Metals are usually opaque... and he has "acrylic" in the title  ;)

    I don't really know of other plastics you would use for panels but it would depend on the material's refractive index, thickness and colour. It's hard to tell from his pictures, but it may be "smokey" acrylic which would transmit some light.

  21. MBSEQ4 Mods: Multiple clock outputs

    in MIDIbox SEQ

    Posted

    Hi everyone --

    Just a quick question on feasibility.  I am working on panel designs for my SEQ4 rebuild, and would like to have 4 or more dedicated clock outputs.  I primarily use my SEQ to control analogue gear, so I have a lot of external analog sequencers and arpeggiators, etc. that I'd like to feed different clock signals to.   In the past I have accomplished this by either using the 8 Gate outputs (which requires setting up a track to run a clocking pattern, etc) or the DIN Sync output (which is only one output).  Would it be easy to add another 3 (or 7!) simultaneously running clock/sync outputs, and be able to configure the division for each in firmware, and possibly save preset maps for each?  In my case, each clock out would be dedicated to a specific destination, but the clock division sent out may vary from song to song, so clock divider preset maps (even saved along with song mode) would be nice.

    I could do this the analogue way with one of Ken Stone's Pulse Divider boards, but then the different clock outs aren't reconfigurable.

    Seems like this should be pretty easy to do, right?  I'm not scared of the source code as much now that it's in C! :)

    Cheers,

    Lars

    Hey Lars

    I'm interested in multiple clocks also; please do share if/when you get something working. I won't be much use with the programming side of things unfortunately, but I'm happy to help if I can.

    Now, when's that Core32 coming?  ;)

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