airmailed Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 hi, i'm planning my first box, it will most likely have 32 knobs, I'm writing to ask if i will be able to use this as a sequencer? (ideally 16 steps)also, how important have any of you found the LED's?i'm thinking to make a box with no LEDS to keep it more simple, but don't know if they'll be important or noti'm thinking to have 16 buttons to use as track mutes (so sending out volume 0 or 127 on each midi channel)so i think it might be handy to have leds next to these buttons, so that i can see which channels are mutedthis comes from the way i've been using my groovebox lately, i put 3 or 4 basslines in the same pattern on seperate tracks, then use the mute buttons to switch between them, i like this because it makes much more interesting music than switching patterns all the time (especially if there are lots of basslines in the same pattern, 4 or 5 works really well, lots of variety is possible)... anywaybye for nowbest wishesadam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Hi Adam,here a more general answer (I answered this some months ago, but I will do it again just for the records)the MB64SEQ provided by me will only support 4 tracks. This is enough for my private needs (my groovebox is running in parallel for the drums and synced via MIDI clock). The firmware has been especially designed for an analog style sequencer (and btw: the MIOS version will also support 8 AOUTs (CV outputs) for analog gear)The firmware has to be adapted by somebody else if another usemodel is desired (e.g. for a TB303 or 808/909 like sequencer or for a 16 channel sequencer with minimal hardware requirements (some buttons + datawheel) or whatever) - this won't be my job. The sequencer core routines donn't take care for the number of tracks, but everything else (user interface, etc.) is dedicated to my hardware and mostly useless for other variations.To your questions:32 knobs: will work, the minimum requirement will be: 8 pots or 8 rotary encoders or 8 motorfaders. Maximum: 64 pots or 48 rotary encoders or 8 motorfadersLEDs: my firmware will support 4 tracks only, so you only need 4 mute buttons/LEDs and 16 mute buttons/LEDs for every single seq. position (the same buttons/LEDs are assigned to different functions depending on the selected menu). The general purpose LEDs also display the sequencer position of a track. (and to prevent any confusion: yes, you could also add a seq position LED to every pot which is usefull when the tracks are running with different settings)Please check also the given wiring diagrams of my own box:http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_dinx4_mb64seq.pdfhttp://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_doutx4_mb64seq.pdfBest Regards, Thorsten.FAQMARKER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonhorse Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 <SWITCH ON THE VOICE OF FRANK SINATRA> ..."I'm dreaming of a MidiBox64Seq Mios update" <SWITCH OFF THE VOICE OF FRANK SINATRA> Encoder + support for 8 CV outputs... 8) Â 8) Â 8)I'll have my soldering gun readily to hand! - Lemonhorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomical Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Although he's very busy, i haven't seen him on the forum for ages, Stryd_one is building a very advanced diy sequencer which is far more advanced than TK's one (no offense TK :D )Couple of things that will be included (if he didn't change or abondon the project ;D ):- Â 'Atleast' 16 track sequencer, probably more.- Â Mute/solo functions and more for every track- Â The ability to load new patterns and/or songs in realtime in sync (which is a very hard to find option, believe me)- Â Patterns/songs can have individual lengths, i.e.: Any pattern length can be choosen and mixed with one of a different length.- Â PC interface with full editing capabilities Cubase style- Â Quantize up to 1/64T, with maybe an option to quantise individual note or parts of a pattern/song.- Â Multiple Midi-outs that can be assigned to specific tracksThe sequencer is specialised for Live-performance, but can offcourse be used in a studio too ;DDamn, i want to build this sequencer. ;DA few functions were my idea and have some new ones for him, so come back Stryd_one!!!!I hope to see him back soon ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airmailed Posted December 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2003 thanks everyone for your replies!best wishesAdam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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