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instead of adding another thread, and as this is another parts q I thought I'll add it here since the above 2 are still unanswered...

I've got 2 x 4x40 LCDs which i was planning to use in my box. The Q is - is it worth selling them or can the LC MB f/w be easily tweaked (which as we know needs a 2x55 display) to show all info on 4 lines...so it's be like a 2x80 display...

I know this has been talked about before but ya never know - well i dont neway...;)

Peace...

Dan

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instead of adding another thread, and as this is another parts q I thought I'll add it here since the above 2 are still unanswered...

I've got 2 x 4x40 LCDs which i was planning to use in my box. The Q is - is it worth selling them or can the LC MB f/w be easily tweaked (which as we know needs a 2x55 display) to show all info on 4 lines...so it's be like a 2x80 display...

I know this has been talked about before but ya never know - well i dont neway...;)

Peace...

Dan

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Hi Dan,

the fairchild EEPROMs are not ok, 32k means: 32 kbit = 4kbyte. You could use the 511-M24256-BN6 from ST (available at Mouser) instead.

The parts from TI should be ok

4x40 displays: with the MIDIbox NG design you will be able to write your own LCD driver (based on my examples) which displays what you want. On the other hand: I don't think that such 4x40 LCDs are ergonomic, because normaly you want to see the track names exactly above the channel strips in the right order.

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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Hi Dan,

the fairchild EEPROMs are not ok, 32k means: 32 kbit = 4kbyte. You could use the 511-M24256-BN6 from ST (available at Mouser) instead.

The parts from TI should be ok

4x40 displays: with the MIDIbox NG design you will be able to write your own LCD driver (based on my examples) which displays what you want. On the other hand: I don't think that such 4x40 LCDs are ergonomic, because normaly you want to see the track names exactly above the channel strips in the right order.

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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Thanks for clearing up all that...;)

One last q before the 4x40's go on ebay...

Would it be possible to display the info from one core on the top 2 lines and the info from another core on remaining 2? Would it require a chunky firmware mod...?

I did ask a similar question before but I don't know if this would involve the same adaption or not...

Cheers...

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Thanks for clearing up all that...;)

One last q before the 4x40's go on ebay...

Would it be possible to display the info from one core on the top 2 lines and the info from another core on remaining 2? Would it require a chunky firmware mod...?

I did ask a similar question before but I don't know if this would involve the same adaption or not...

Cheers...

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Sure, this is possible, but it also requires some modifications. The display messages have to be sent to a "MIDIbox Link Endpoint" via MIDI instead to the LCD port. I've already planned to provide a MIDIbox NG example PlugIn for this method when the new platform is ready for use, but don't expect it before February ;-)

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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Sure, this is possible, but it also requires some modifications. The display messages have to be sent to a "MIDIbox Link Endpoint" via MIDI instead to the LCD port. I've already planned to provide a MIDIbox NG example PlugIn for this method when the new platform is ready for use, but don't expect it before February ;-)

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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