but i just had the thought that i have no freaking idea how i’m going to mount it since i want it all to be panel mount stuff for easy of construction.
so more than likely will just drill led holes above more black push buttons.
please give any recommendations/thoughts/ideas/questions/and or tips.
so the logical thing to do is to design the midibox to be used for traktor pro.
the modifiers are interesting in traktor pro so i’m reading the “traktor bible”.
i have found in the traktor pro midi settings that you can set LED outputs for pretty much anything and the variables are the min and max of both a controller range and a midi range.
there are also options to turn on invert and blend.
i was wondering if i could implement theses outputs into my controller?
i would really like led strips to show me the output volume and also lots of feedback with LEDs.
got busy with school and the midibox was shoved under papers.
but now i’m scheduled to play a set at a gig in a month and need to have my basics finished for mixing.
i’m finished debugging the communication between the core and the computer, and have midibox64 uploaded.
i’m waiting on pin headers and ribbon cables that i ordered from smashtv for quickness, should be here tomorrow or monday.
once i have the modules working with the core i will order some potentiometers or rotary encoders(still deciding which ones to go with, though i have 4 dinx4 modules so might go with 64e.
we shall see :].
i was trying to get the j5 to do some basic digital out to light up a led but apparently suck at programming even though i have a good 6 years of experience.
looking forward to spending a good amount of time on here in the next few weeks.
i’ve been pretty busy with finals but i got to play with it a bit and have found that it won’t accept code through mios studio now, before i could upload programs, now when i do it returns with a midi in error.
i will be going through the midi troubleshooting list later tonight ;].
also, i will be ordering some pots and buttons tonight, i’ve found some nice casemount pots that have pushbuttons built in which would be nice since this is primarily for traktor pro.
i will also be ordering casemount buttons because i really feel casemount will be the easiest with the least amount of tools.
the only problem i really have been having is deciding on knobs, i can’t seem to find any knobs that would fit for any of the pots i have looked at, if anyone can show me some suggestion on what to look for it would be nice :].
My core is now working perfectly, and i have grounded all of my analog pins since i’m not using any analog components.
i am now trying to wire up a encoder to a DINx4 which in turn is connected to J9.
i’m pretty sure i have it all connected correctly, J1 from the DIN to J9 on the Core, then D1 and D2 are used for the side pins of the encoder while the middle is grounded.
though when i try turning it nothing happens in MIOS Studio.
i’ve also tried it connect to J6 though nothing changes.
i’m so close to controlling traktor that i can taste it.
with old Pic16f877 core DIN module(s) is connected to J6 , but with pic18f…core is connected to J9 .
Regards, Janis
it seems i had the pinout wrong :P.
i did a test circuit with an LED and resistor to see which pin was the ground, turns out what i thought was the first data point was actually the ground.
just shows to never assume, though now that i have it all wired up as the correct pin out i still get no midi signals while tweaking the user inputs(encoders).
i’ve tried to crudely make my own hex file to tell it where my encoders are(first DIN J3;J4;J5 using only half the digital ins for J5).
i have 8 encoders hooked up, though i don’t get any midi signals through midiox or mios studio, i’ve also tried both J9 and J6.
i did a test circuit with an LED and resistor to see which pin was the ground, turns out what i thought was the first data point was actually the ground.
just shows to never assume, though now that i have it all wired up as the correct pin out i still get no midi signals while tweaking the user inputs(encoders).
i’ve tried to crudely make my own hex file to tell it where my encoders are(first DIN J3;J4;J5 using only half the digital ins for J5).
i have 8 encoders hooked up, though i don’t get any midi signals through midiox or mios studio, i’ve also tried both J9 and J6.
If you have 8 encoders hooked up, you need 2 SR for example: connect to all pins of J3,J4,J5,J6.
I made some little changes in source file code . DIN module you need to try to J9 of core.
Are your 8 encoders with right pinout connected to DINx4 SR input pins i0-i7 as in example file for 16 encoders ? Is external cable right wired : Vs to Vs, Vd to Vd, S1 to S1, SC to SC, RC to RC to the correct Core port (reading commentary to schematic, too) ?
