Bigga

You've pretty much stated my reasons for wanting to do this. Apart from one. As far as my research has showed (and I've been looking for a few years) there isn't either a dedicated hardware or software solution to my problem. Which is that whilst I'm DJing off my laptop I'd like to be able to trigger 32 different samples. Ideally one button could start and stop samples (some are 3-5 secs long). I was hoping that with Visual Basic I'd be able to build an applicatin that would 'tell' the MidiBox when the sample was playing to control the LEDs. Incidentally I've been wondering whether I shouldn't just keep it simple say 32 buttons with 32 pots and 32 leds. Would this setup work with the 64? I'm guessing it would.(?)

I have no idea how I plan on achieving this though. If there are no straightforward ways of doing it. I planned to use a usb LCD panel and incorporate the functions for it in the software. I've had a good read of the wiki. Aside from the LCD functionality is the rest of it doable? is 64e the right version to use for this? Thanks for your help.

Hi All, For a while I've been thinking about a project to accompany my DJ setup. I want to build a box to trigger samples from a custom app on my laptop (currently in development). The box should have 32 buttons with an led for each (to indicate the sample is playing) plus a volume control for each sample (led rings on pots would be lovely!). Additionaly an LCD panel to display which sample is currently playing. I know you can do some amazing things with MidiBox but is the above the sort f project that would be realisable with MidiBox? Is there a simpler(!) solution or am I on the right track? It's worth mentioning that I'm learning all the skills to do this from scratch. I have no programming knowledge so am learning VB and I have only a little electronics knowledge? Hmm now I've written it down it does seem like a foolhardy endeavour! Then again that's me all over! I'd appreciate your comments, thanks.