TK. Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Alkex did it again: after Octopus, he built another great keyboard version of MBSID V2. :)He wrote:Here is a photo of my beloved midibox_sid, built into an m-audio oxygen8 i found cheap on ebay.I only have one busted sid (dead filter) module connected for the moment, but I plan to go stereo as soon as get hold of some more chips.The core handles the midi from the oxgene 8 which happily shares the 12v su=pply :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilba Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Awesome!Alkex, can you share more photos? I'd love to see more detail of the frontpanel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoshka Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 more photosof inside too, please ::) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Totally!How'd you do that case mod? Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Even this moding is not so fine and precise, I really love it! :) Please wright some more about how it is realized and some more photos would be nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkex Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hi There,Thanks for your feedback, Here is a little photo series of the making...::::::::::::::::::::INSIDE:::::::::::::::::::::The boards etc where all made from breadboards, very ugly and spaghetti like,but the leds and buttons line up well and feel surprisingly robust. Lots of hot glue involved, again ;)::::::::::::::::::: Outside, Bodywork :::::::::::::::::::::Here is an Oxygene8 happily sitting there, not expecting to be mistreated in any way...Same keyboard after a brutality session!I used cardboard of make a basic "idea" frame, to the size of th panel. Glued with hot glue .Now came the hard part, I had to smear the cardboard with car bodyu filler (called mastic here in france) ,and sand the hell out of it (I spent about 3 hours untill my hands nearly dropped off).i could have achieved a much nicer finish with a few extra hours sanding/filling/sanding/filling/sanding againBut hey, this is diy, and I kinda like the organic feel of it's imperfections (thats my excuse for being lazy)::) So here it is, on a glorious almost spring-like day:The font panel was made 100% in schaeffer front panel designerBased on Wilba's design (Massive respect to Wilba by the way!),I had to vectorize the waveform iconsso here they are if anybody wants them:http://www.gtaband.la/alkex/sid/waveforms.zipjust extract and import as hpgl into frontpanel designer.Noticed a second oxygen8 in the background?...... A perfect contender for a midibox FM of coarse!Thanks for looking,Best regards to all fellow midiboxers!Alkex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugfight Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Totally!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTE Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Sweet, handy & of course...lovely !!!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Here is an Oxygene8 happily sitting there, not expecting to be mistreated in any way... ;D ;D ;DThank you for posting more photos. I like the messy internals! :) This Is one of few ugly but same time very beautiful boxes that I`ve seen here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I like the idea of modifying an existing case using body-filler (called "Bondo" in the US). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilba Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Thanks for the photo shoot! I love seeing this stuff.The font panel was made 100% in schaeffer front panel designerBased on Wilba's design (Massive respect to Wilba by the way!),I had to vectorize the waveform iconsso here they are if anybody wants them:BTW my latest panels were made by FPE so I also "vectorized" (or rather, "HPGL-ized" the waveform icons)... my latest FPD files are published, and I can supply HPGL files for just the waveforms if people want them. I've also worked out a good workflow to get designs in HPGL format, so anyone interested in this kind of thing can contact me for more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Nice work! I love that you put on the front plate at an angle, so much more convenient ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoshka Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 i surely love it within 25key keyboard. Realised within oxygen8, you had to compromise on Pitch and Modulation wheels ::) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 I personally don't see that as much of a comprimise. With the full control surface, it's relatively easy to reach over and turn up an LFO, or program a modulation delay into the patch. I rarely if ever use the pitch and mod wheels on any of my synths, but then none of those are an SH09 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 The best use for on oxygen 8 ive seen yet... Ace!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavey Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 how do you do keyboard transpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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