Well, i see neither hide nor hair of the elusive Doug.
Has anyone investigated this clone design: http://xlargex.xl.funpic.de/ I wonder if it might be more realistic to try to resurrect that. The PCB foil designs are still on the website. It would need a fair bit of work doing though. Anyone know anything about this one?
Regards
Chris
Over 6 months since the MB808 forum was taken down for “upgrading”
Over 3 months since the “pots are finally on their way” message"
Over 14 months since I paid my $100 deposit (I’m aware that others have been waiting longer)
Patience is beginning to wear thin, and is not helped by Doug’s disinclination to post any clear timescale for dispatching the long-awaited kits
Does anyone who has more direct dealings with Doug have any clearer idea of what the current hold-up is or when the kits are going to be sent out?
Any news on this?
Any news on this?
Copied from eight-oh-eight
May 14, 2011:
Sigh, OK, I’m past the latest round of emergencies (business trips, April 15 tax day, losing my best friend, dealing with a bad home repair contractor, and now needing a new air conditioning unit on the house. We live in Tucson, Arizona, USA, and it gets a bit warm here in the summer)…
I have a fairly long waiting list now. Sorry to not reply to each of you individually yet. I learned my lesson already and I won’t be taking any more deposits until the current batch is completely delivered. I have enough switches and potentiometers to make at least 100 more kits so there should be enough for everyone who has shown interest.
Please check the MIDIbox.org wiki for more information on this project. It’s just a place-holder for the moment, but I’ll get things uploaded there over the next few days. Since this is a MIDIbox-based project, it really should be kept with the other MIDIbox projects.
As always, if you have questions or concerns about why this project has taken me so long, please contact me at doug (at) midibox addict (dot) com. Please bear with me, I have been on several business trips this year and I don’t have Internet or cell access there. When I’m in town, I try to stay connected to the MIDIbox IRC channel. If you have Chatzilla, you should be able to click on this link: irc://irc.mibbit.com/midibox. I’m not on any email lists, and I haven’t had time for forums, so I won’t see anything that you don’t send me directly. I hope that you’ll understand that I’d rather spend my time working on this project rather than trying to track down every place on the Internet where there is a question or concern..
Anyone hear any new updates on this? Been waiting… paid the deposit… no word. If the hold-up is the pots or rare parts, could we just have what available parts there are shipped to us now?
I feel the same way…2 years of waiting is a bit long i guess…
Problem is that it is the best 808 clone project. Checked the other clones but they are all modular and no sequencer etc. In the meantime i tried the Acidlab Miami which is a quite good clone but all parts are SMD and with that i am not able to mod the Miami.
I had the same problem with the X0xb0x. Waited and waited and in the end i bought 3 PCBs and PICs and got the parts from mouser and Digikey. That was the fastest and easiest way.
But unfortunately we can’t get the PCBs alone?
In every note Doug gets out he states that he will soon be able to ship the kits but after 3 messages of that kind nothing happens. In february i was in hospital for several weeks and in hospital i got the mail that the kits will be out soon so i thought oh oh hopefully i am back home when the kits arrive. But nothing…
So my question is is there someone who is able to provide the PCBs alone?
So my question is is there someone who is able to provide the PCBs alone?
I built an 808 kick module put together by some friends. But, it would be nice to have all the voices and sequencer in one box.
I totally understand that life can hit people pretty hard, maybe Doug can hand over the project reigns to someone else who has more time to see it through?
I’ll volunteer to help out but I don’t know who I would talk to about it. I’ve built 3 projects now. Financing this sort of project is no problem for me. I’d buy boards tomorrow for people if I understood the process.
Unfortunately, we already put in a deposit for the project. It seems like the PCB’s are already built and ready to go.
Thanks to Nils for pointing this thread out to me.
I don’t get a chance to login to forums much any more. The best place to get information at the moment is at the http://www.eight-oh-eight.org web page, or even better, you can email me directly. I also stay logged into the MIDIbox chat room when I’m available…
I got a chance to assemble one of the prototype boards. This was a good thing, because I found some bad things with the board. I was able to fix the design and I’m now waiting for next batch of boards. I think they will be the same as the final batch. I will build one of these as soon as they get here. If it works, I’ll be able to ship the rest of them (there are a total of five, so I’ll have four to ship) and then I’ll place the order for the main batch of boards.
As I said, I haven’t had time to login to forums, so if you have a problem with me or this project, I won’t know if you don’t email me. My address is doug at midibox addict dot com…
Regards,
Doug
Thank you for the update Doug. I’ll email you directly if I have any more questions. Based on your update, would you say the shipment of the main batch of boards is several months away?
Thanks
Thank you for the update Doug. I’ll email you directly if I have any more questions. Based on your update, would you say the shipment of the main batch of boards is several months away?
Thanks
I think you should email him directly with this question… :rolleyes: :whistle:
I think you should email him directly with this question… :rolleyes: :whistle:
true. Just sent him an email. 
Really encouraged by Doug’s email response! He’s testing out the boards! :sorcerer:
Really encouraged by Doug’s email response! He’s testing out the boards! :sorcerer:
Solder, Doug! Solder like the wind!
Does anybody have the MB-808 errata info? It used to be on the board which has been down for a while.
I’ve been trying to build this for about 3 yrs now , I was never notified to purchase batch 2 boards eventhough I was on the list. If anybody believes the current charade and wants to buy a bridge just let me know. I have a 3 bridges to sell, just send me a deposit and if I don’t spend all the money before they are complete, you should have them in a few months. :frantics:
I’ve built the 808 modules on the microlarge site and have contemplated starting my own project with actual results. I would rather have a small group of people willing to help in the development of the new 808 clone project though. I actually have quite a few projects I’ve been wanting to bring to fruition and a successful 808 project most likely could fund them.
P.S.
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Hiya Kreeper,
I’m sorry, I can’t help you with batch 1 or batch 2 boards, they were done a long time ago by Moogah. I’m building a prototype of the batch 3 board (second batch of prototypes, the first batch had too many errors to turn into a final design) and as soon as that’s done, I’ll order the batch of final boards. Once I ship kits to everyone who gave me a deposit, then I will work on the waiting list.
As always, it’s best to contact me at doug at midibox addict dot com. The only way I knew about this post was that SmashTV pointed it out to me in the chat. (Thanks Smash!)
Regards,
Doug
P.S. I managed to extract all the posts from the eight-oh-eight forum and I’m in the process of going through everything and updating the build docs. In the meantime, for people with batch 1 or 2 boards, the instructions are at: http://www.eight-oh-eight.org/Assembly/
Regards,
Doug
The only way I knew about this post was that SmashTV pointed it out to me in the chat. (Thanks Smash!)
Time to make use of the “Watch Topic” feature.
Intentional or not I can’t afford to be associated via name drop with the MB808 and the fear/uncertainty/doubt surrounding it, So I need to clearly state that I have nothing to do with this project aside from selling Doug the PIC chips needed to build it.
Short answer: yes Doug is a friend, no I don’t have any info.
He is the only guy with any answers, so sending private messages via forum/IRC/chat to other people will only serve to annoy those people.
Best regards
Tim