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Sorry, won´t work, as the font/character set is fixed and only a few special characters can be redefined.

Well done, looking really great! :-)

Thanks, J! :D Arty-Farty, that´s about it, hehe! Have a great time! Peter

Hi, you could also chain a few (two or three) synths via MIDI thru (if available) on every SEQ MIDI out chain - it does add a bit of latency, but not really audible. Like this you could add 12 synths to the four standard MIDI outs and live a happy life! :-D Many greets, Peter

Hola, strapped a GoPro to my face and recorded this - it was a bit difficult, as I have no proper mount for that thing on my head and it ended up around my air intake - hope you like it anyways (please listen with headphones, the bass is a bit heavy and will drown a few things on normal speakers) - but I can´t record again, it was soo hard not to swallow the cam :-) - hehe, just kidding! :-D Have a great time and thanks for watching and listening! Peter

Very interesting! Me also approves of the boards´ features and especially its 15$/12€ price tag (at mouser)! :-)

Understood! :-) Track progression with different direction settings was not on my radar - too many possibilities with the SEQ :-)

Hm, dunno if this helps, but it is possible to set up the datawheel to generally scroll through the steps (and not perform note changes, which was the default behaviour for some time), even with scrub mode off. And you can configure scrub mode to be temporary only (turned off, when you let go of the button) - that´s how I set up my seq and it works nicely. Many greets, Peter

Kann Dir leider nicht mit guten Tutorials helfen, ist bei mir schon über 20 Jahre her :-D. Hier gibt es einige Artikel - alles in allem ein Haufen Arbeit, die aber belohnt wird: http://www.mikrocontroller.net/articles/C brief in english: difficult question, can´t help you a lot with that, as it has been too long since I started learning it - linked a few german papers. Ciao, Peter

solving a problem with your brain is most often better than solving it with your hands :-D

Then, looking for a new PSU is the way to go :-) Enjoy your MB6582!

The best way to remove pins imho is to hold the PCB vertically, heat one side with your soldering iron, and use a vacuum suction pump pressed on the other side, triggering the "flush" when the bottom side is heated. It "sucks through" all pin parts and the remaining solder. Many greets, Peter

Did you measure AC on those pins? It will show around 0V with the Multimeter in DC mode...

Awesome job! My first computer was an Atari 2600, cool that you managed to preserve its sounds! :-)

+1 - same problem here (sorry for ot, just wanted to confirm a general hardware problem with these switches), they are failing around my most used mute track buttons :-(. Many greets, Peter

Hi and welcome! Did you check the voltages on the PSU power plug? Maybe you have a failed Commodore PSU, which occasionally happens. But when it fails, usually the 5V DC rail blows, not the 9V AC rail. If the PSU is all right, work your way back from the power plug of the MB6582, measuring at the rectifier and after the 9V Vreg (7809). Many greets, Peter

Hola, imho it has a great & well-documented code base, better than many "commercial" pieces of software i´ve seen - it should be possible to add what you want, if you have some C knowledge and are willing to read a bit into the code. Many greets, Peter

Hi and welcome, you should really try to build one, it is not that difficult and there are nice tutorials out there! :-) Also, the newly acquired electronic skills may help in fixing problems with the unit later on, and are generally very helpful in everyday life, from other MIDI synths to car electronics to broken household devices to flying machines :) Many greets, Peter

Great to see a newborn MB6582 - and very cool northern demo-like sounds! Hope you enjoy the MB6582, I have the feeling, the SIDs have captured the souls of the kids that were sitting in front of their C64s in the 80s and 90s, that´s why they sound so nice! :-) Many greets, Peter

Just apply @ TK. to gain access to the restricted and hidden dungeons of the MIDIbox forums, where all the creepy figures hang out :) (aka the Programmers Lounge). There you can apply for SVN access and finally commit your code to be appreciated by the future generations of MIDIboxers :) Many greets, Peter

Hey there :smile: While this does not answer your original question regarding the flexible wire - and also it may not be the most elegant solution, you can always fold the thicker and stiff wires at an 180° angle "in the middle" of the MB6582 case, thus allowing for very easy opening and closing of the box. I opened the case multiple times since 2010 and all is good: http://midibox.org/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=7697 Many greets, Peter

Woah, that was close, glad you and your family are ok! Many greets, Peter

If you wouldn´t mind, we could establish support for two or more variants of TPD: the old 8x8, which I am still using on my handwired SEQ and the new 16x8s, which all PCB owners (proud to have one, too ;-)) will be using. An additional entry in the hwconfig file might be: TPD_TYPE, which can be 1, 2, ... as there are many other configurations thinkable - e.g. different LED pattern orientations on the new PCB. In seq_tpd.c function SEQ_TPD_LED_Update(void), a conditional testing the configured TPD_TYPE then would execute the specific display code for each type. Don´t worry, it would not have large executable size impact on the sequencer binary, the current binary code for the 8x8 TPD is probably around 60 bytes :). Many greets, Peter