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  1. Wowww, Ableton style functionality on MBSEQ - this looks very, very, very interesting! To sum up: To drive MBSEQ from Lemur app there are several options: 1) iPad(with Lemur) => wifi => PC(with Lemur Daemon) => USB cable => MBSEQ 2) iPad(with Lemur) => wifi => wireless router => Ethernet cable => MBSEQ 3) iPad(with Lemur) => Camera Connection kit => USB Midi interface (M-audio Uno, others???) => MBSEQ (obviously both midi in and out cables should be used for bidirectional communication???) 4) Can iPad(with Lemur) be directly connected to MBSEQ USB with Camera Connection kit for USB-midi or OSC communication??? This last (4) option would be optimal solution for me if it worked. Can it work theoretically? Has anyone tested this? PS. I recently thought about possible merger of iPad Genome sequencer app and Midibox functionality. Genome has nice concept and clear layout. Midibox has nice real-time sequencing/arpeggio functionality. I even wrote a concept what features I'd like to be implemented and how, and sent that to Genome developer, but the replied that despite he would love to see most of my suggestions that would require a total rewrite of Genome app - so I throw that concept into trash as I do not anything about programming for iPads and also do not own Mac what is required to program for iPad. Now it is nice to see that something similar can be emulated connecting midibox and lemur together.
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    mbseq_case30.jpg

    Absolutely perfect!!!
  3. Hi Thorsten! Your iPad virtual BLM looks very intriguing and interesting. Sad that it has the issues with responsiveness. I'm curious - has someone tested virtual BLM on multitouch enabled PC/tablet PC? gj
  4. Hi Thorsten! First I'd like to express my adoration to your solid sequencer aluminium case - looks really great. I didn't notice that before :) iConnect box, as they say, directly connects to iPhone/iPad by wire, which also serves as a charger, but yes - it doesn't support OSC and can't go wireless as I understand. Since I'm just learning to work with my sequencer, when I have free time, I haven't dwelled deep into this OSC connectivity - this is really new for me, but possibility to build own visual control panel for iPad or multitouch enabled PC to have full control over MBox sequencer and other midi gear looks very tempting and promising. I can't 100% promise, but I think I can give a try to help you with graphics if you can elaborate this. Just send me an email or pm what format graphics you need and what elements should be laid on there. Best regards Gunars
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    mbseq_case11.jpg

    Really great solid aluminium body - love this and it looks very easy to service!
  6. Hi there. Just FYI Yesterday I found this iConnect project which obviously will be available next year and just though that probably it could find some use with midibox sequencer as well. Probably it could be possible to make virtual BLM for iPad/multitouch enabled PC to control Midibox hardware in a way Thorsten did with I think it could open may possibilities for different ways to connect music gear. gj
  7. Nice! Really looks very well made - convincing. Keep on midiboxing! :) Best, gj
  8. Thanks for your positive responses! I got some questions from forum members about switches/buttons and other stuff, so there is some additional info. I used standard tact switches for function buttons some accompanied with leds (btw utility button is together with jog dial encoder) and illuminated Omron B3W-9000-RG2N for 16 GP, pattern and layer select buttons. Standard switches have decorative transparent plastic caps adapters, which are handmade from KömaTex (?) - very easy to cut foam plastic. Omron switches also got KömaTex adapters, but they had to be cut precisely so I ordered them at local plastics workshop. Initially I planned to stick decorative blue caps directly, but those Omron buttons suffer from insufficient illumination at bright light so I decided to remove their original milky white caps for better illumination. Transparent button caps are CNC milled/cut from PMMA FROST plastic. White KömaTex and blue PMMA FROST is not glued together so far, since I do not expect open the box frequently and also I'm bit worried about how they match to holes of aluminium panel + tolerance of holes was to mall. So far I'm satisfied with the action of those Omron buttons - they are much softer than standard tact switches, but react well. Currently I'm also following BLM section to make decision to go for Wilbas pcb and livid buttons or make my own. I have some new ideas about custom button design, but these ideas have to be adapted to what is possible to work out painlessly. I'm very impressed about Phunk's design progress and Wilba pcb idea. Also I was absolutely amazed with - definitely worth to consider! My DIN/DOUT pcb is single sided own design and have some flaws since I designed it taking a risk and having no any real part and without knowing exact dimensions so later I had to cut extra holes for spacers and LCD pin headers and do some rewire. Etching (ground, vdd and signal line busses for registers) was made at local seal/stamp shop where they make all kinds of signs and print works. Holes were drilled at home - that took 3 evenings. LED and button wires and also signal wires (chains) for registers are soldered with different colour wires overly. It was really hard to get coloured thin wires (white were easy with soviet MGTF(?) non-melting). Finally I got required thin wires ripping some old vga type cables. All soldering work for SmashTV kits and my PCB was around 4-5 full working days (~40h) I decided to make my own single sided PCB because I missed Wilba pcb bulk order and had no clue where I can order such double sided pcb locally. Panel is silk printed aluminium with specially glued aluminium L profiles at the bottom side to eliminate screws at panel front side. Silk print was done at the same seal/stamp shop where etching. Yep, that is expensive if only a single piece is ordered. If I had to build another one, I think I would opt for mill cut instead of laser cut since laser cut surfaces are rough and this doesn't go well with moving plastic parts (button caps) and also milling would allow photo-colour technique which is bit cheaper than silk print. After laser cutting I had to do some filing of rough surfaces manually - a pain in the a.... So I hope I have answered all the questions, which arose so far :) If some more questions - let me know. PS yes, this is my first electronics DIY project. At late teens (20+ years ago), I built RC car at soviet army sports club :) but that involved only mechanics - electronic parts were borrowed from club (I do not remember the make).
  9. Hello, To mark/celebrate my 1/2 year engagement with midibox I decided to publish some photos to illustrate my approach of sequencer building for those who may be interested. I started on January 16 ordering main board and some other parts from avishowtech (SmashTV). Unfortunately I haven't had time to play this thing intensively since I'm still stuck on its mobile rack type integration in my setup. So for now only pictures and some details - I hope to add video later when I'll have time do it properly as intended. Some more pictures available at forum gallery (sorry, I don't know quite well how to manage it) http://midibox.org/forums/index.php?app=gallery&module=user&user=7180&do=view_album&album=60 and also at flickr.com Some kind of parts list and costs of my midibox seq project - see below: Table doesn't include ~50+ EUR for wrongly purchased parts. This is my first DYI project and in my real life I'm quite far from electronics. Of course, normaly sequencer can be built at least twice cheaper - for example you can pick cheaper LCD from ebay, replace Omron buttons with standard ones + leds, replace silk printed aluminium panel with laser engraved plastic, replace deltron midi connectors with standard ones, etc.... this will give you significant savings. What I learned form this project - SMD are realy cool. Love to solder SMD resistors and capacitors. Best regards gj PS Many thanks to Thorsten and also Wilba for an idea of unified din/dout pcb. I'm looking forward to build new blm matrix later this/next year, but at the moment I don't quite understand yet how it is connected. Thanks everyone for your support!
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    gjvti midibox sequencer

    Some images of my SEQ construction process
  11. Hi Thorsten, Your enthusiasm, knowledge and ability certainly deserve maximum respect! Midibox has turned out to one of the best things what happened to me :) Thanks a lot! Will try this new version at weekend for sure! Yours truly, Gunars Jansons
  12. I'm sorry that I posted question about arpeggio/transpose split in wrong place in BLM section, so I'm trying to move that discussion here (I hope this will be ok): Replay from Thorsten: Great to hear about your idea about 4 transpose/arpeggiator busses! This definitely looks more flexible than my proposal and for me 4 splits/busses seem absolutely fine. In fact my standard use on my M3 rack is one arpeggio on all keys + transposed sequence for bass + some arpeggio for melody, which is played also through on different channel. In my setup I have midi merger matrix so I can achieve zone through effect in other way, but maybe it can be useful for others. Velocity option (slope for split zone) perhaps could be useful on small keyboard, but, of course, there is always an alternative to buy a bigger keyboard :) 61 keys is smallest comfortable size for playing split zones, but at the moment I have no space for 61 keys so I use smaller keyboard and use slope functionality on M3 quite often. Actually I don't know how many midiboxers use midi keyboard to play live arpeggios and transpose sequences, but this is the way how I prefer to use midibox sequencer :) Best regards Gunars
  13. Continuing about led bug. I don't know is this a problem or not, but once I accidentally connected inappropriate midi cable to sequencer midi in or out (I don't remember) - in other words mixed in with out and was pretty surprised that LED for stop button, if I remember correctly, glow also with power cable unplugged. Could it be that I have soldered something incorrectly? As far as I have checked I haven't had any really obvious hardware problems. Gunars
  14. Hi Thorsten, Fantastic :w00t: ! These are next best news since I found midibox in January. You are going to keep me busy for another 5-6 month :laugh: This new matrix seems another must have! Best regards Gunars PS I played with my not yet completely finished sequencer this weekend a few hours. And found one more thing I want to ask. It looks like split for arpeggio/transpose modes is done only globally in Midi transpose and arp page. Actually since I played from 49 key RemoteSL live I felt this bit limiting. I thought that it probably would be nice to consider this split option for each track separately so that you can set split for each track this way: LOWER ZONE | SPLIT KEY | UPPER ZONE {silent;play-through;arpeggio/transpose} | Key # | {silent;play-through;arpeggio/transpose} On the Korg M3 it is also possible to adjust the velocity slope for the split zones so that zone doesn't stop hard at split point, but fades out gradually over some notes/octaves. What others think about this, do you find this could be useful? I understand that this needs quite a lot of programming and is certainly not to do priority. I tried to move this discussion to more ... thanks for your patience :blush: Anyway, yet another beer to TK! :)
  15. Hm, very interesting! As I'm waiting for the final parts (box enclosure) for my mbox sequencer, I have 3 questions to satisfy my curiosity in this new sequencer extension development: 1) Does the pattern selection mode mean that it is possible to select/activate patterns from the pattern bank in real time in a similar way as we do it in ableton scene view? I mean, does 16x16 matrix in this mode represents 16x16 pattern slots from bank and patterns can be played/activated with those buttons? 2) Does "communicates with MBSEQ via MIDI" mean through midi cable or this communication is done via one of MBSEQ motherboards digital I/O interfaces? In my sequencer all seem occupied with DIN, DOUT, Midi and SD card. :unsure: 3) I already had the same idea about SparkFun's rubberized led buttons. Expensive? Maybe, but not so much taking in account the fact that in my opinion there are not any competitive alternatives on the market for midibox sequencer (even genoqs, which is really expensive, doesn't convince me enough). Also my sequencer version is not cheep either with omron dual led switches and Reichelt LCDs and custom silk printed aluminium panel - most expensive parts :) So for me SparkFun's seems optimal solution - just the question - is those button sets compatible with the 'The BLM firmware is running on a dedicated PIC based core module'? Best regards Gunars
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