hello, just thought i share some photos of my nearly completed Midibox64 ;D
been working on this for wot seams like ages, but i can see the end in sight!! i’m just about to start testing now with ableton live6.
…but i’ve got one question at the moment, which is i’ve changed the .syx file so that the led’s respond to midi feedback in ableton. but some things dont send out feedback in ableton. so is there anyway to change the individual outputs of the dout not to respond to ableton??? ie the rec button on the channels doesn’t send midi note feedback so i want to change this button to normal operation? if you know wot i mean, any help would be great!!!
The panel looks really good, especially with the flat buttons!
What are you planning to insert into the lower right corner?
LED behaviour: individual assignments are not provided by the firmware, but you can do this for each shift register (group of 8 pins).
E.g., if the LEDs connected to the first SR should receive MIDI events which correspond with the first 8 buttons, and the second SR should control the LEDs according to the state of the next 8 buttons, then use following assignments:
The panel looks really good, especially with the flat buttons!
What are you planning to insert into the lower right corner?
LED behaviour: individual assignments are not provided by the firmware, but you can do this for each shift register (group of 8 pins).
E.g., if the LEDs connected to the first SR should receive MIDI events which correspond with the first 8 buttons, and the second SR should control the LEDs according to the state of the next 8 buttons, then use following assignments:
Hey Steve, that is very nice panel! Also those flat buttons goes very well with minimal square design of your box. I was sure you are planing to put touch-pad in that hole, but trackball would be cool as well. If you use red LCD as you said this optical trackball Is my worm recommendation. Also, it is very good for mounting.
ie the rec button on the channels doesn’t send midi note feedback so i want to change this button to normal operation? if you know wot i mean, any help would be great!!!
you need to investigate the remote scripts - the Mackie Protocol does pretty much everything you’d ever need, and if you wanna get real hardcore you can write custom Python scripts to controll everything…
Hey Steve, that is very nice panel! Also those flat buttons goes very well with minimal square design of your box. I was sure you are planing to put touch-pad in that hole, but trackball would be cool as well. If you use red LCD as you said this optical trackball Is my worm recommendation. Also, it is very good for mounting.
ah ha, i already seen ur post peviously and purchase one awhile ago!! just need to sort out the mounting, if u’ve got any good ideas about this please pass them on
cheers for all the nice comments, but you’ve still got to wait for the completed thing…its gonna be wild!!! ;D
if u’ve got any good ideas about this please pass them on
Steve, here is the drawing and Corel file of parts I designed for mounting the trackball. You need to find laser cutter to cut 3mm acrylic. You just need to stack the angled sides at the center part and glue blank square on top, and plastic piece of trackball onto it. Use the holes at the bottom part to mount this thing and adjust distance from panel by combining spacers or bolts until you are satisfied. Pay attention on hole on the panel to be smaller than the ball, so ball wont fall out of the controller. I hope you understand everything, if it is not clear, just ask.
PS, if you don`t have access to laser cutter make those elements out of wood. Sure, forget those slots and just make plain triangles and squares. It will be same except it will look low-tech and it takes more time and effort. Oh, how I LOVE lasers! ; Have I told you I find the service that will cut steel with laser for me? 5mm… no problem! ;D
Steve, here is the drawing and Corel file of parts I designed for mounting the trackball. You need to find laser cutter to cut 3mm acrylic. You just need to stack the angled sides at the center part and glue blank square on top, and plastic piece of trackball onto it. Use the holes at the bottom part to mount this thing and adjust distance from panel by combining spacers or bolts until you are satisfied. Pay attention on hole on the panel to be smaller than the ball, so ball wont fall out of the controller. I hope you understand everything, if it is not clear, just ask.
nice one for that, will have a look at it when i gets some time!!
Does your Abletonator also use MIDIbox hardware/firmware?
no it doesn’t i’m affraid! but it was my first outing into all this midi’ing stuff, so i’m thinking of re-doing my ableton box…all kitted out with midibox hardware soon…
just purchased a tr707 to midibox up too, i’m thinking drummachine, midibox hybrid…so if anybody got any experiance with a 707, circuit bending type info. please pass on?
Have I told you I find the service that will cut steel with laser for me? 5mm… no problem! ;D