MB NG LC EMU w/ G-LCD

Design Concepts
21

Hi TK

I have 16 motorfaders coming for the new boxes.  ;)

The MB NG LC will support 16 faders with an extra core etc ?      ;D

Ian

22

along with the 8 motor faders, could one also use a single slider connected to the ain to act as the master fader? - as on the normal LC…

My LC design would then have the following:

8 motorfaders + 1 10k master fader

9 encoders + 8 16LED rings (was also thinking of having an LED bar display and be able to switch between the two LED displays)

85 Buttons (all assigned to LC controls)

62 LEDS (65 if the smpte, beats and rude solo LED’s can also be implemented - as on LC. All assigned to LC controls)

So basically, an exact clone of an LC…

And all this is doable from Feb? Fantastic :wink:

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Hi Thorsten

The price can be reduced by following meassures:

motorfaders replaced by non-motorized faders (saves also one core module)

Regarding the implementation of normal 10k linear faders instead of motorfaders not mainly for cost reasons but i havent yet found a source to get them in greece (and i already had a bad experience with internet shopping)

So the point is: using the 18F processor how many DINX, DOUT, AINX will be  needed to have the LC emu.

Another point is using linear pots there is no limitation for only 8 pots as in motorfader extention so the master can be implemented as well.

Some rough thoughts are for 96 buttons needed 3 DOUT

Also another DOUT for led rings

1 DINX for the 9 encoders 8 for channels 1 for scrub wheel

1 AINX for the 9 faders8 for channels 1 for master.

Are those thoughts right or I got it all wrong.

Any inputs are welcome

Thx

24

Hi Dimitris,

your thoughts to this solution are correct.

Only one core and the modules you’ve listed.

It will be more clear when I release the first version which demonstrates the possibilities with the LC emulation PlugIn

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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Hi,

[*]176 EUR   - 8 ALPS motorfaders (note: panasonic faders are much cheaper!)

Where do you get those faders at this low price (22€), as the supplier you stated on the MF-Site (Albs) wants 28,71€ per fader according to  Pearl. (see also http://www.midibox.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=german;action=display;num=1039798353)

greetz

Johannes

26

Hello T

I found a very nice display on the net and I will like to find out if it is compatible with the current driver in MIOS.

The link is:

http://www.hantronix.com/down/64gs242p.pdf

or

http://www.hantronix.com/2_1.html

and look for the HDM64GS24-2

It just looks nice on blue color

Regards

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Hi Dimitris,

no, it has a different interface. But if you need an adation, just send me the display for one week and I will integrate an option into MIOS. I already prepared the functions for different LCDs

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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hello,

I can’t wait anymore !!!  ;)  when do you think the LC final version would be released ?

ciao

29

Hi Damien,

due to the nice weather today I haven’t worked on the final release, but maybe I will find the time tomorrow evening.

However, if you’ve already built the core module and want to test the PIC18F, try the bootstrap loader first:

http://www.ucapps.de/mios/mios_bootstrap_loader_v1.zip

It should send a SysEx command after startup (F0 00 00 7E 40 <device-id> 01 F7) to request the MIOS dump (which will be released very soon :))

Best Regards, Thorsten.