Nihistal Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Hey, I just created an account cuz I've always been extremely interested in building one of these things. I am possibly getting the parts to build this or an i7 and new motherboard and ram for my graduation present, and I thought I'd do a little research to help figure out how to go about building a Midibox 64e. I am wondering if it is possible to build a Midibox 64e without any DOUT modules. Sounds absurd? I don't really care much for having LEDs and I don't know of any other uses for the DOUT module. The reason i would like to go with the 64e instead of the normal 64 is cuz with the 64e I would be able to use encoders and I think that would be a really useful thing to have. So is this possible? And if it is am I being an idiot for considering not using them? Thanks for the help in advance -Connor (If someone says "GOOGLE" or "SEARCH FUNCTION" I already tried both for about 30 minutes lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssp Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 (edited) leds are optional not a requirement. also if you had gone here: http://ucapps.de/midibox16e.html ignore the 16e bit as this is the 64e section its just a link name that needs to be changed on the ucapps site. and if you scroll down it states: How many LEDs should I use? It has to be differentiated between the LEDs assigned to the buttons and the LEDrings assigned to the rotary encoders. LEDrings are nice-to-have, but no must. Every LEDring can consist of up to 16 LEDs, the appr. pattern can be defined with the vmidibox editor or with the mk_syx.pl script. I'm using 11 LEDs for every LEDring, and they are connected to the DOUT module like shown in this diagram. Also the LEDs assigned to the buttons are nice-to-have, but no must. They can either indicate the status of the button (especially usefull if the button is in toggle mode), or they can be controlled via MIDI (-> native MIDI remote support). See also this schematic. Edited May 3, 2010 by ssp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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