Alright guys, easy questions…I want to build a midi box controller.
At the moment I would like to keep it simple so maybe a few pots is all I need. I want to control vsti’s in my DAW y’see.
I have had a look around and can see I need a core module, I found smashtv’s site but I am in the UK, is there a uk equivelent site ?
Where is a good place to start, I’m hoping that the o level electronics I took years ago may come in handy
I’m looking for answers guys
I found smashtv’s site but I am in the UK, is there a uk equivelent site ?
Smash and MidiMike ship worldwide.
You need
A Core,
AINs for pots, faders, touchpads, Ribbon-controllers,joysticks. Basically for all the analog stuff
DINs for Buttons and encoders. All the digital stuff
DOUTs for LEDs and Relays
you won’t really need ( AOUTs, for controlling (and/or midifying) analog gear )
It’s all there.
search µcApps, the wiki and use the search-function of the forum.
it’s not hard to find the necessary information.
Thats great thank you, you guys must be sick of the same questions all the time
you guys must be sick of the same questions all the time
Yeah, I have to throw up twice a day. ;D ;D
I understand that It takes some time until you’ve understood how MBHP works,
but after that everything’s really easy.
Read,read,read. And when you think you’ve read enough, then go and read it again.
Okay read everything lots of times 
Thing is the more I read the more I want to make a midibox sid !
Decided my prototype will be a core+ain_din for simplicity sake and I’ll take it from there
Came across an old ibm as400 keyboard today that will be my donar case, all I need to do now is figure out whether to buy from Mike or Smash !
Cooool
core+ain_din
AIN won’t work with a MB_SID.
I think there’s a way to connect up to 6 different analog controllers (pots,sliders)
directly to the Core so that they can be used as an additional LFO waveform.
This was possible in V1.xxx . I Don’t know if it’sll work in V2 ,too.
No sorry my fault.
I was day dreaming about the SID
I’m going to build a midibox64 controller
Mind you looking at this keyboard that I intend to use as a box I think it may be too thin !
After the mb64 I intend to continue to a mbsid , bit more reading to do first !
Thanks for the link , and the move !
hi
take it as 90% sure: if you re in UK you will buy from mike cause smash ships from USA and you ll pay more for shipping and possibly import taxes
simone
hi
take it as 90% sure: if you re in UK you will buy from mike cause smash ships from USA and you ll pay more for shipping and possibly import taxes
simone
Well, I have had boards from Mike, and if I ever need extra boards I will order from Smash, even though I’m in europe. Mike’s boards work, but Smash’s boards are much nicer in my opinion.
Still at the planning stage, what I really need is some CAD software, now in my last job I used to administrate IBM’s CATIA but I think that will be a bit OTT, can anyone suggest anything else in a free “lite” version ?
( search engine for this site turned up nothing, but I do remember a 303 type design that mentioned some )
Zoner Draw 5 isn’t free, but is pretty cheap and has a free trial, quite good for panel layouts and planning, it’s more of a vector based drawing package but with so much support for typing in dimensions, it’s a good CAD alternative.
