rokeros Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Hi, this is my first post. Since I have only recently joined and read the forum, I was wondering whether it is difficult to replicate a mackie control universal:http://www.mackie.com/products/mcu/index.htmlIt expensive at around $999 and as a high school student it is not easily affordable. I was wondering whether if parts are found properly, to build a replica in less than $100 since I have the tools avaliable.Also, where could I get pre-etched pcbs for standard midibox64 circuits? And can faders be motorized. I am a noob sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxi Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 welcome!http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_lc.html logic control emulationhttp://www.ucapps.de/mbhp_mf.html motor fader modulehttp://mbhp.coinoptech.com/ pcb shopas the motor faders are a bit expensive, you will have to pay probably more than 100dollars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Thank you very much moxi!I have to study these sites but they are fab. I currently reside in Hong Kong, electronic parts should be dirt cheap here, but what can I do about enclosures without having to fabricate one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambinator Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Hi!I dont wanna disencourage you, but from my point of view the MboxLC projects is not the way to go if youre just interested in a very cheap alternative to the original.I promise you, you wont get it for 100$. I also started with the price in mind. but as the project goes on you want this and that, cooler switches better faders etc. and dont forget that you need a decent frontpanel to make it not look crappy. You should consider that, but if you decide to do it, its lots of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docbrown Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Thank you very much moxi!I have to study these sites but they are fab. I currently reside in Hong Kong, electronic parts should be dirt cheap here, but what can I do about enclosures without having to fabricate one?Man, I evny you. >:( I know how cheap electronics parts in Asia. Back in the Philippines when I was growing up a 555 timer is 4 pesos, which is roughly around 0.86 cents US. ;D Good luck on your LC clone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Yer, parts and labour are cheap in mainland china but not so much in hong kong.In fact, I could just open up a line of digidesign icon replicas to be made in china and sell them for 2000 a piece lol ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docbrown Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Yer, parts and labour are cheap in mainland china but not so much in hong kong.In fact, I could just open up a line of digidesign icon replicas to be made in china and sell them for 2000 a piece lol ;D ;D LMAO. ;D I believe you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 as a matter of fact, is it possible to replicate a neve console? Its analog, but why do vintage neve consoles sound so good computer to computer audio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheater Posted August 5, 2006 Report Share Posted August 5, 2006 as a matter of fact, is it possible to replicate a neve console? Its analog, but why do vintage neve consoles sound so good computer to computer audio?I guess you mean "compared" to computer audio.The answer is easy...Computer audio plugins are uncomplicated. They aren't made by people who have 30 years of experience with the topic. They aren't fine-tuned for 2 or 3 years to achieve the best possible quality. They aren't tested on the best professional equipment, because the plugin's makers don't have the cash. And finally, they're usually made by "coders gone dsp" rather than "audio engineers gone dsp". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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