request from a totally blind electronic musician in england please can any one help me? kind regards trey.

[sound warrior]

hello every one, my name is trey i'm a totally blind electronic musician from england and i'm doing djing and electronic music production in college. 

 

i've been on a quest to find a polyphonic hardware midi sequencer that has an arpagator  that is tactile and  is not menu based. after much discussion about this over on gear sluts  see this  thread for more info: 

 

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-electronic-music-production/806138-hardware-midi-sequencer-totally-blind-person.html 

 

i came to the conclution that the midi box seq v4 light would be just perfect. 

 

how ever i have a big problem i  know nothing aboutt building electronics or programming, i also have cerebral palsy which means i have only the use of one hand. this means i'm unable to build a midi box v4 light for my self so would it be possible for some one prefibly in the uk to build one for me? i know that asking this is not the done thing in this community and i appoligise if this request offends any one. but i feel that because of the nature of my disabilities i have no other option but to make this request if any one has any other ideas please let me know i hope you can help me and i really hope i haven't upset any one kind regards trey.

[nILS]

Welcome aboard, sound warrior :flowers:

 

i know that asking this is not the done thing in this community and i appoligise if this request offends any one.

 

No worries, it does not. At all. The general vibe is a diy-approach indeed, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with helping people or even doing the whole thing for them if they have a legitimate reason for asking (lazyness and "it seems like too much work" are not legitimate reasons).

 

I am a bit far away to physically help you, but I'll do my best to help around here :-)

 

I am assuming you might need some software modifications done as well, so it would probably be best to list the features you do need and do not need or other ways that the box can be improved to suit your needs better.

[sound warrior]

thank you for your kind reply well the features i would like are as follows:

 

midi arpagator that can be used with external Devices. 

 

the ability to program cords in step time. 

 

the ability to sink it to other hardware and software. 

 

and all the other standard features of the seq v4 light :) 

 

and it must not be menu based. 

 

i also know that paying for a midi box to be built for you is not allowed but if some one out side the uk would be prepared to build one for me i'm more than happy to pay the shipping costs i hope that offering to do that doesn't brake any rules kind regards trey.

[TK.]

Hi Trey,

 

welcome to the forum! :smile:

 

You are not breaking rules with your request; the TAPR NCL license allows to sell up to 10 MIDIboxes per year, it's even allowed to ask for a compensation for the efforts. So: if anybody is interested to help out, please step forward! :smile:

 

Since there are no complicated key combination which require visual feedback, I think that the firmware will work fine at your side without modifications.

 

If you need certain additional functions, please let me know!

E.g. maybe a special button combination could be helpful which quickly resets all modes and parameters to a known state for the case that you lost the orientation.

 

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[sound warrior]

thanks for your kind help tk since your the inventor of the project i think would you be prepared to sell me one or except a compensation payment or a donation to the project in general? this also goes for any one els who's thinking of helping me i like your idear of the  button conbo i'll let you know if i think of any thing els. thank you all for your kind help its really hart warming! kind regards trey.

[TK.]

I don't sell devices, and wouldn't have the time to build a new one - but others have. ;)

 

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[sound warrior]

ok cool please could you put me in touch with some one who you think would be able to help me? kind regards trey.

[EsotericLabs]

I have a seq v4light control surface for sale plus an sd card dock and I don't mind soldering a core for Trey. Based in NL.

[sound warrior]

what does "soldering a core" mean? how much are you selling it for? why are you selling it? and would you be propared to ship to the uk? kind regards trey.

[sound warrior]

hey tk i've been thinking more about features like you said some kind of reason style beat slicing and stutter efect would be cool along with a speshal mode for drum machines and a uclidion rhythm sequencer. also is there any kind of instruction manual one can print out for the seq v4 light? kind regards trey.

[EsotericLabs]

what does "soldering a core" mean? how much are you selling it for? why are you selling it? and would you be propared to ship to the uk? kind regards trey.

Hello Trey, A working SEQv4light needs a control surface (pcb with buttons & LEDs) an SD card adapter plus a core board (pcb with midi in & outs, USB, connector and the processor) and a psu of course, all parts properly connected. There are complete kits available with all parts for core boards. Soldering a core means put the kit together. Then the parts need to be mounted in a nice case. What I have on sale is only one part:the control surface. It is on sale because I want to build the large version seqv4.

[sound warrior]

hey guys thanks for your help guys you've been grate i have a question where can i buy a complete kit from with all the parts and cables? if this is not possible please could you post me a link to the product page of each part? thanks for your help every one also does the midi box seq v4 light come with arpeggiater polyphonic step sequencing and real time recording as Standard? and how good do you guys think the full midi box seq v4 would be for a totally blind person? and is it menu based? kind regards trey.

[TK.]

Martijn could sell you a ready-made MIDIbox SEQ V4 Lite.

In order to establish the communication channel, I passed him your email address, so that he can directly contact you.

 

Yes, arpeggiator (resp. transposer) and live recording are standard.

The complete documentation can be found under: http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_seq_lite.html

 

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[sound warrior]

Martijn could sell you a ready-made MIDIbox SEQ V4 Lite.

In order to establish the communication channel, I passed him your email address, so that he can directly contact you.

 

Yes, arpeggiator (resp. transposer) and live recording are standard.

The complete documentation can be found under: http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_seq_lite.html

 

Best Regards, Thorsten.

cool tk but does the seq v4 light come with the ability to sequins cords in step time as standard? kind regards trey.

[TK.]

Yes, chords can be entered for each step.

 

Best Regards, Thorsten.