Futureman

On a side note, (this might seem obvious) but you would want the sequencer to echo out the note in real time (no delay) , but the note sent to the recorder would be delayed. Regards Mike

Yea! Thats an great solution, assuming it can be implemented easily? That way, naturally late keyboard players would have a delay of 0 (assuming we are talking about 96th's) and naturally early players might set it to say 10 96th's. Regards Mike

Super! Thanks for taking my ideas onboard! I've also noticed a small thing in the real time record.. I'm not sure if it's my playing, but it feels like it is often recording into the step before I press the note. not E.S.P ... lol. It seems like I have to make my playing style rather lazy in order to record the riff I want, if that makes sense? Is it possible to add some sort of 'playing error' or quantisation magnetism etc.. This value could be between 0% (off) and 49% (probably way to 'eager'), I'd be guessing a max value of 25% would be more than enough. This value could be global, in the 'record' page, and be specified in 96th's if that was easier to implement. Eg, If I play a note right at the end of step 1 (say 80% through step 1) , can it record that event in step 2? Once again, Great work! This sequencer is truly inspirational! Regards Mike

I used these for my sequencer... dirt cheap. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/100-Sequential-Circuits-Momentary-Tact-Switches-PB86_W0QQitemZ300185858934QQihZ020QQcategoryZ58166QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262 (I don't know why they mention Prophet 5 in the listing, they are wider than p5 buttons) You can message them for less, but at just over $1 each, they are great. If you get them, get more than you need, as I had 1 or 2 in my 50 that were not so great. And the spacing is pretty much perfect for the alignment with my LCD.. maybe a few mm out at each end, but nothing obvious. Regards Mike

You could try and panel mount all the buttons and LED's? Then, apart from the LCD's, there would be no screws. Mike.

Excuse my ignorance, but I've got a few small ideas for the next revision etc... - Could there be a new mode (in track event page) with one of the layers be a probabilty percentage of the event happening? ie, Note + Length + Probability? I was sequencing my Prophet5 with the Seq3 and some events were so short, that the P5 did not always play them, which was pretty cool.. And I thought that others might dig such a feature. This would be very cool for drums, with some hits sometimes happening.. - I've noticed, that while the sequencer is running, and chain is enabled, the seq3 often looses it's relative position.. enabling "Sync to measure" does not fix this. The only fix seems to be stopping & Starting the sequencer again. - Could the Sync to measure also apply to a 32 step length, if the measure is 32 steps long? Currently, it syncs to a 16 step measure, regardless of how long that pattern is. Once again, what a great sequencer.. I'd love to be able to code this myself, but it's way beyond my abilities. Much regards Mike

Ok, a bit of a breakthrough... It seems that the encoders are at fault.. some are worse than others, And I've ordered some more to double check this.. (I tried a mates spare bourns one, and it was much better) I'll let you know how it pans out, but initial experiments seem promising. Regards Mike

I'm at work right now, so I can't check everything out right now, but in the mean time.. - I'm pretty confident of my soldering of the encoders. Although anything is possible. - The IC that was giving me grief, causes the SEQ'3 to not boot up wherever it is located (Thats why I assumed it was a dodgy) - Can someone please point me to the "ai64_din128_dout128 app".. Not sure where this is located. - I was doing a bit of reading, and noticed something about a kind of 'scan rate' of the encoders, ie, lowering it might reduce it's sensitivity to bouncing? or am i going up the garden path with this chain of thought? If not, where do i change that? - I did the encoder speed test, and when it was at it's slowest (Slow 7 from memory) It was probably the easiest to deal with, ie, it did hardly ever go backwards.. but this is a little bit less than ideal, as it meant about 2-3 clicks to change something by one value.- How do i reduce the encoder speed in the SEQ3? I LOVE THIS SEQUENCER, and this last tiny little thorn in my side is getting me ever so sad.. We've had a few jams over the last few nights, and it's been a welcome addition to my gear.. all my mates are very very jealous... they are not jealous of the fact that to change a note from a C to a C# can take me 15-20 seconds.. C - C - C - D# - C - C# (Yay!) D (too far ;[) Regards Mike

The encoders are essentially working, ie, If i turn em to the left the value goes down, and if I turn em to the right, the value goes up. It's more a case of sometimes, while increasing a value gently, the value might drop 4 in an instant. It makes in near impossible to accurately pick a note.. for other values, say , gate length.. no biggy, thats not needing pin point accuracy. As for the IC.. The core + LCD were working, until I plugged in the DOUTS, then not powering up.. I eleminated it to one core, then one IC that was at fault... as soon as that IC was lifted, everything was working fine.. can I safely assume that the IC was at fault? I'll check my soldering on the DOUT's however. I'll get back with the results of the tests. Cheers for your help. Mike

I'm having a bit of bother with my encoders.. It's kinda hard to pick out a note, or anything often.. two steps forward, three back etc. These are the encoders from smash TV. (No disrespect to Smash, AWESOME KITS!) I uploaded 3 different variations of the code with Detented, Detented 2 & Detented 3. Detented was very difficult, and there did not seem to be much difference between D2 & D3. When I assembled my Sequencer, one of the IC's in the DIN board was causing a short circuit, so I left it out (My Seq only needed 2.5 DIN boards) I'm now wondering if this is the cause of my problems? ie, No IC in the hole? Do i need to terminate the chain of DOUT's & DIN ? All my buttons etc are working fine with no bounce etc. Or is it a case of the Encoders? Should I source better quality encoders? I was hoping for a hardware fix like this, which I did to my EMU Ultra with amazing results... but so far my experiments with my SEQ3 have been unsuccessful. http://www.jsigle.com/musicol/emufix.htm Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards Mike

Put me down for 1 + Pic Please... Regards Mike

Firstly, oh my oh my! What an awesome sequencer! This Sh#ts over all other sequencers i've owned & used.. This is totally incredible.. Hats off to all involved. With my LCD backlight as low as possible, the regulator is getting too hot to touch, so i'm guessing a nice fat heatsink is gonna be required? I really want the backlight at max.. so I was thinking of taking another tap off the multitap transformer and rectifying + smoothing + regulating it for the backlight. Is this the norm? or should i be looking for a fault somewhere? (Everything is working perfectly, as far as i can tell) Much regards Mike

I tried searching for info on this, to no avail. Can someone please point me to where I can find out how to wire up a dedicated LED when i'm viewing steps 17-32, and how to wire up the dedicated button for this (From memory, F4 does this, do I just wire up another switch in parallel?) The DIN / DOUT wiring PDF's for the SEQ 3 mentions this button / LED, but does not seem to tell me where to wire it up etc. Any help is much appreciated. Regards Mike

Yea, they have been very good from me.. It astounds me that I can buy something from then, have it delivered to my door, and It's still 1/10th the price of my local crummy elecctronics part store.. They don't sell pointerless knobs for the encoders tho.. Now on the hint for them as the guts of my sequencer is pretty much complete. Regards Mike

Thats super! Linn Linn Linny back in the Mix! Regards Mike

Brilliant.. 1x Fat bankstick coming up. Regards Mike

Oh my oh my oh my oh my... I fired this sucker up with a synth last night for the first time!!! It's looking pretty good (No case, but a pile of breadboards & buttons) and I'm pretty glad that this has come together without any major hitches.. a few small probs here and there, but mainly down to wiring incorrectly.. One small tip i've learnt.. - When you are soldering buttons upside down and behind then, the order is not always what it appears to be . lol. Anyway.. to the prob. I managed to get it so that I could change notes etc, but now, when I turn it on and press any of the step buttons or turn any of the 16 encoders i get this "No Pattern selected on current tracks" error. Everything else is working prefectly, the menu, mutes ra ra ra.. I know it's gonna be a simple answer, but I'm SOOOOOO close, and maybe it's the lack of sleep, but I can't work it out. I have NOT wired up the banksticks.. could this be the reason? FYI, i've now wired up ALL buttons, and I still can't get rid of this... (I thought it might have been the 1-4 or A-C buttons) Any help would be much appreciated.. Regards Mike

I'm just wondering if I can kill two birds with one stone here. My LinnDrum uses 48ppq sync, which is a slight pain.. I've tried a few things to sync it up, but I've never been 100% happy with the result (SBX-10 etc) How hard is it for the SEQ3 to send out a 48ppq or even 96ppq clock signal while slaved off midi (24ppq) I'd also want a start/stop signal to go to the Linn so that I don't have to press Stop/Start before I press play on the master sequencer.. Or is this best tackled by a stand alone sort of Core module project? Much regards Mike

lol.. I live in Coogee. I'm originally from CHCH New Zealand, If that counts for anything... lol. Regards Mike.

Ok, along with the Smash TV stuff, I've now bought 50 of these.. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300185858934&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=020 And 1 of these (Lot of 50) http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130174291792&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003 (With matching 12mm x 12mm switches) I CAN'T WAIT TILL I BUILD THIS FU$#ER!!!! I'm am amazed how helpful and supportive this forum is.. Well done! Mike

Yea, I saw the "HD44780" and thought I was on the right track.. And yep, I live in Sydney.

Hey all.. I'm new to this group, and am looking to build this sequencer.. I just bought these LCD's and am hopeing they are good for this project? Can someone please confirm (Maybe I should have asked before I purchased them.. lol) http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130206758785&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=003 Thanks in advance. Mike