16 channels mute buttons strip

[nrg]

Hi all,

i am new here.

I registered cause i need some advice.

After many years with different sequencers of all kinds and variations,

i want to buy and try the QY700 from Yamaha, (i have had the Rm1x & RS7000),

but the QY700 in my opinion exceeds the latter two designs, in functionality and features,

except that it has not dedicated mute buttons for the midi-channels.

Now my question for the DIY freaks around here:

Is it possible to make a strip with 16 good durable buttons, that will survive long time use,

in all conditions, that wouldbe hooked up between the QY700 midi-out and a external sound-module,

and function as a mute button to mute the midi signal going out on each of the seperate channels

at any time choosen by pressing the buttons of course.

this lets say "mute-buttons-strip" should also be able to send the correct note-off instruction ( i guess),

so that when a channel is muted it won't cause a note to keep hanging on the external sound module.

Is this possible people?

Any help in the right direction is very much appreciated.

I don't own the QY700 yet, i need to know if this idea is able to work, and to be designed before i go try to find

a QY700, cause this sequencers are rare to come by these days.

thanks for your time.

and excuse me if this is posted in the wrong section.

[stryd_one]

Gday nrg, welcome aboard.

You could easily make a midibox that could either filter out the midi messages on certain channels, or send sysex to the QY700 to mute it internally if that's possible.

Regarding note-off messages, you just program a buffer that will hold the sent note number(s), and send the appropriate note off(s) when you push the button.

Hope that helps!