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Thanks again, i'll defonately be looking in the gm5 usb connectivety would be great as I intened to use this with ableton on a pc. Also the midi in's and out's seem great too. 1/ Any advice on what sort of cabling to use for wiring my ainx and dinx to pots and encoders? ive seen people using ribbon cables and splitting the ends apart and ive also seen a variety of other cables. 2/ Do i need to use anything else in these circuits? other than wiring from the components (encoders, switches, pots) to the module and then the modules to the core? 3/ In what order would I connect my encoders and buttons on the dinx, ie, buttons first? or encoders first? first to last or last to first? 4/ Im also assuming getting one bankstick will let me save internally 16 channels of midi setups? Thanks again, all this info is invaluble, and sorry again for all the questions.

Woww! thanks guys, can't thank you enough! 1/ Regards to wiring pcb design. I'm not sure which would be the best way to go fo me. Learning a circuit pcb program might be an option, but i think i would also benefit from learning the veroboard way too. I also seem to be quite good at learning from things with real photographs to go with the wiring diagrams etc.. Anyway I think as much info as I can get my hands on will help here. Total newbie too electronics, the last time i used a soldering iron was school lessons. If designing a PCB would greatly decrease the amount of soldering I have to do?? It would probably be a good way to go. If learning the software route is the way too go what would your advice be on software choices? I'd like the idea of a program that would be useful in designing pcb's for all different kinds of products. 2/ I could do with tutorials / images of how encoders are wired to the dinx module. And also how pots are wired to the ainx module. I'm led to believe that this is were the majority of wiring is? 3/ I was also defonately thinking of purchasing an lcd and also bankstick, I forgot to mention this. One of the main reason I wanted an LCD was for feeback of midi bank changes etc would it do this? 4/ GM5 module as you mentioned, is this a case of purchasing the module , wiring it to the core? and then you get usb connectivety? Again thanks for the previous info! All my questions were answered, by two people! Can't believe it and again thank you. Too kind.

Thanks!! very helpful :D

Hi Everyone, Im quite new too the midibox world but have been reading for a while and im set on creating my own controller. The Controller I want to design will ideally feature 20 rotary encoders. Non indented and with the push-switch option, i've done my research and the part ive come across is one of the bourns PEC11 options heres the link > http://uk.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=PEC11-4020F-S0024virtualkey65210000virtualkey652-PEC11-4020F-S024 My questions are. 1/ Will this encoder work in a midibox64e 2/ Will the push switch option on the enocders allow the same functionality as any other type of stand alone button? 3/ The Midibox64e documentation states that you need a minimum of 8 buttons for all the standard functions. Will the switches on the enocoders do this job? 4/ If the answers to these questions are yes. Could someone point me in the direction of any wiring and pcb design tutorials or articles that would be handy. Ive got alot of experience in product design but electronics is new too me. The design also will ideally feature 30 pots. So a few more questions. 5/ I came across thes ALPS RK09L114001T there quite reasonably priced and seem to tick all the boxes, would they work though? Here's the link> http://uk.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=RK09L114001Tvirtualkey68800000virtualkey688-RK09L114001T 6/ My Understanding for this setup "20 push-switch encoders and 30 pots" i will need one core, 2 dinx modules and 1 ainx module and the other modules required for a 64e. 7/ So two dinx modules will give me 64 dins, 40 for the 20 encoders and 20 for the push switch feature on the encoders? Not too sure here could do with some confirmation? 8/ My single ainx module will give me enough inputs for the 30 encoders? I realise I have asked quite alot of questions, and do apologise in advance but any advice on any of my questions here would be great! I hope someone can help and i'll be more than willing to contribute back to the comunity if I ever get my head around midibox'ing. Also I hope ive posted in the right forum. Thanks in advance people.

Hi i was wondering if you could send me the details of the encoders and push buttons on your huge midi controller, the one with all the led's. From the images the encoders look very high quality, are they non indented? It would be great if you could give me some info on were to purchase or the manufacturer of these parts, also would these both work in a midibox64e setup without much hastle? Great Controller aswell! Thanks.