im thinking about how i could make a samping unit using midibox hardware.
would have 8 banks, one audio input, and an audio out. user could select a bank by pressing the channel button, then any audio input within the next X seconds gets written to its memory.
so it would be like an sampler, where you could overdub over previously recorded material. my main input audio signal would be from a guitar.
i thought about using banksticks for memory, but thought it might be way to small. what other storage device/chip could i use?
i know i could do this easily just with a midi footcontroller and Max/MSP making a sampling plugin, but would like to make it a standalone device.
MBHP is an excellent platform to develop the user interface and controller of your project, but for the sampler functionality, it will need a dsp/digital audio subsystem which MBHP does not (yet!) have.
Miss Parker looks like a very promising open source dsp unit that is midi controlled. I dont know about its RAM capacity/expandability, but the combation of Midibox control surface and DSP would be a great combo!
this sounds like an akai headrush to me.. looping is very popular in these parts right now.. people are using a variety of solutions from reel to reel tape through digital delay (danelectro or 2x boss pedals) to laptops running cubase