Cyanide Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 i'm thinkin about cloning a pg-800, it's a midi hardware-controller for the jx8p.http://hem.passagen.se/tkolb/art/synth/images/pg800.jpgi'm thinkin about fitting it in the synth.1question that's already crackin my skull => the pg-800 uses fader that kan only slide in 3 or 4 positions( for example the waveform slidersl)Are they for sale, and what are they named?are they compatible with the whole midibox project?all help is appreciated.ps: i don't need an lcd to configure the whole thing, do i ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming_Rabbit Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 1question that's already crackin my skull => the pg-800 uses fader that kan only slide in 3 or 4 positions( for example the waveform slidersl)Are they for sale, and what are they named?are they compatible with the whole midibox project?... are they detended/switches or not? Like, do you feel "clicks" when you move them in another position or do they feel like regular sliders and suddenly they switch in another mode?If so, you could program in your application, that you have 3 partitions of the whole slider way and as soon as you reach a new partition, the box sends a change to the syth and stays in this mode until you reach another partition.Greets, Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambinator Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Hi!Are you sure that the PG-800 is a Midi-Controller? It doesn't even use a midi cable like the pg-300 but a 6pin din-cable. If it is not midi you have to get hold of the protocol-documentation.greetingsrambinatorbtw: your link seems to be dead....http://www.bernhard-doering.de/Synthi-Museum/Museums-Guide/Roland/JX8P/PG-800/PG-800.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambinator Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Something I forgot....Apart from the remotecontrol connector (for the pg-800) the jx8p can also be controled via midi.You could get the prog JXEDIT and log the mididata with midi-ox. Then you could make the midiboxyou want to build do what ever you want.maybe I'm just talking crap :)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanide Posted May 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 yeah but it doesn't necesarrily have to be the pg-800.plus the jx8p controller software is completely midi, and that seems to work okay.at the slider question.they're the kind of slideSTOp slide Stopso i was thinkin about switches with more than two positionsi also need some with 2 but, i think about 8 of them are 4 positions.thanx for the reply's by the way =)i'll post pic's of the jx8p-Lx as soon as possible( Jx with built in midi controller:p) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_C Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 You can't use normal midi CC's to control the JX-8P. (I've tried) It is all Sysex data. do a forum search to find previous discussion on what is involved in making a controller box for a JX-8P. (requires MIOS editing that no-one has done yet.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moebius Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 That's right, Steven ;DAnyway, nickca did it for MKS-80. Here's the forum link and you'll find edited mb64_meta.inc from there. http://69.56.171.55/~midibox/forum/index.php?topic=3181.msg21434#msg21434That MUST be useful as I think all the needed SysEx data structures are there. Just modify it for your synth. I haven't checked how switches are treaded there. Those are 4-way slide switches on PG-800, I'm sure - something that's not so easy to come by. I'd probably use rotary switches.Bye, Moebius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanide Posted May 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 where the hell is the puke smiley when you need it.=)but i heard somebody who controlled the thin with a behringer controller?=(i don't want a behringer controller . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moebius Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Don't need beheriger-- DIY then :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idiotcountry2 Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 What is *really* needed is a PG-200 controller replacement. That's what everyone (and by everyone I mean *me* ;) wants.Schematics:http://fa.utfs.org/diy/jx3p/jx3p_schem.htmtom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_C Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38071&item=7321132921&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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