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me animei e mandei um email prum cara em SC que faz. mandei os pdfs pra ele, logo que ele me der resposta eu posto aqui. a idéia é fazer uma tela apenas com todas as placas, isso é possível, e sairia pelo preço de uma. e a tela você pode usar até gastar (e leva tempo) :) bom, eu desisti de fazer placas grandes/com muito detalhe por causa disso, não tenho paciência. mas tirando a (grande) mão de obra, com matéria prima você gasta pouco. epóxi verde e máscara de componentes é maquiagem pra quem vai de diy :P abraço! -a

opa, respondi lá no outro tópico, mas vendo que são envernizadas e silkadas, isso muda de figura... qual a possibilidade de fazermos as de i/o também? :D -a

e aí, rapeize, tô tentando me comunicar com o midibox de novo... eu parei no fim do ano passado, pq tava levando uns 200 projetos ao mesmo tempo... e ainda falta um preamp de guitarra, uma potência e uma caixa acústica hehehehe sobre as placas, apesar de ser bastante trampo, não tá muito caro, não? assim, se eu fosse comprar, compraria de bom grado 2 pci para os cores, mas quero também as pcis de i/o... uma coisa que eu tô pra fazer (falta tempo, trabalho viajando sempre, é complicado) é juntar o layout das placas num arquivo do corel e levar numa serigrafia pra fazer umas telas. Dessa forma, a revelação da tela ficaria muito boa, só tomando o cuidado pra corroer adequadamente. pensem nessa idéia aí. quem mora por perto pode se juntar e repartir os custos. imagino que não saia por 100 reais uma revelação dessa, e você pode fazer quantas placas quiser :) abraço! -a

Hey, Gino, i'm from brazil (santa catarina!) and i would like some info on the pcbs. -a

Hey guys, Just by friday i'll be able to buy some parts, so all I've had is sketching... so, this is my vision on traktorizer's mixer. I kept just the main effects, so i got a more compact unit (this is about 25cm w x 35 h). the kill buttons have 10x10mm. AND, that gray square is exactly what you're thinking ;) suck it, xponent! :P Actually, i have this touchpad for a long time, it was left on a drawer for about 5 years or so. I didn't really decided on using it, but again, it's just a sketch. later, -a

nice one, but... this is a delay, right? :)

heh. i knew it. :P i just thought there's people on this thread that aren't following the other. it wasn't my intention to double posting. [/respectful padawan]

Whassup guys, check this out: http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,8698.msg104828.html#msg104828 i want to get this wheel to that set. what you think? i've already posted something in this line of thought, but i've never 'showed' anything. hope you like it. - a

Hey all, Here is my version of Traktorizer. It's still a draft, i really don't have a clue about where to begin, but that's what i'd like to build. Well, to the facts: 1) The buttons: The big ones (play and cue) have 30mm on diameter. the little round ones have 15mm. The squared ones have 15x20mm; the 'loop' button is 42mm wide. PROBLEM: I don't know how to make or even paint them :-[ I'd like they were made of rubber/silicone, but i can't think a good way to make the bottom part, where the leds and switches go. 2) The jog wheel: It's borrowed from rasteri's scratch wheel project: a 7" vinyl disc on a slightly (5mm on radius) bigger platter. the red part would be the slipmat. All that stuff would be connected to a hi-res encoder and a little circuit to make the disc itself a capacitive sensor, eliminating the conductive paint stuff (and thus allowing me to print that beautiful devil girl on the disc label :P) 3) The LCD is out of scale. I didn't think much about this right now, but it would be nice if i have a white-on-black LCD :) 4) The case is 300mm wide x 350mm high (about 12"x13"). The goal is make it out of aluminum, but wood will work as well. Let's see what will fit better in the budget (which is really, really low!) 5) The controls: In order to make a compact unit, I have supressed some of the controls of the original project. Some of those will appear in the mixer unit, some will not be implemented. 6) The set: I'm thinking about making a 3-piece set, with two identical turntables and one mixer. that would make all the set easier to carry and allow some freedom on positioning the units. I'm working on the mixer design. PROBLEM: how to connect all that. there's a LOT of connections to make. Maybe a DB-25 connector? Don't know yet. If it turns out to be a huge problem, i'll go to the shorter path and make it an all-in-one unit. That's it for now. Hope you like it and find all the 'design influences' (a little euphemism for copy! lol) -a

the nsk 608 bearing has a 8mm hole, which is very close of a real turntable platter shaft (i don't have any turntables or discs here right now). it's used on skates/inlines, too ;D as soon as i get some drawing on, i'll post it here, to see what you guys think. later, -a

actually, i'ts a natural gift. And a curse... :P I gave up of this idea early today. Don't get me wrong, it's gonna work that way, but i'll use some bearings and a shaft and make an encoder from scratch. from scratch, get it? :P I think that it'll be better if you get as little connections as possible between the jog wheel and the encoder disc. Get a multimeter (if you're going to build a midibox, it's good to have one around anyway) and do a continuity test. If it works, go ahead. About the touch sensor, you guys are aware of the QT113 IC? it's a touch sensor itself. it can work as a proximity sensor, too. attach some caps and a wire would do the trick. Here in Brazil, i can get one of these for about 10 euros. You guys can get it cheap. later, - a

Well, i harvested a motor from a 40 Gb old Samsung HD today. It looked like this: http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc02630qy8.jpg It's cool because you can attach a shaft on that screw. I was able to take another 2 rings off, like this: http://img240.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc02631fq0.jpg NOW, you see that little circle on top? Check this out: http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc02634tf1.jpg (rainbows not included) Cool, huh? :D I'll get an encoder out of this motor just like that one, some posts back :) - a

whassup! It's first post here. Hi all! ;P First of all, i'm not a dj. i'm not even a musician, i just know a bit about electronics, nuts and bolts... but i love music and, what the hell, why not? I'm making one of those for me! :D One of the things that i first noticed is that is HUGE! I was thinking in a modular build of it, like the old/not so old dj setup: the jogwheels and mixer apart from each other. Making the connections between them would be a pain, but it's worth the shot. The other thing that came into my mind is... is it possible to keep all MTE design, but use the wheels from rasteri? (btw: you work rocks, man.) I mean, a big wheel with a hi-res encoder. At last, is it possible to use hacked-mouse encoders, instead of the great encoders you use? Where i live, the encoders are expensive as hell! MTE, rasteri and sasha, you did fuc**n great 'til now. Keep it up! Greets from brazil! -a