[sdiy] TB3030+midibox64..latest pics

[steve thomas]

Hia Dave..yeah Thorsten saw the earlier pics of the prototype and luved em..
I think hes going to do some work on developing the sequencer side of Mbox64
which will be cool for 3030, 9090 projects!  Hopefully he'll like the
finished module even more.. ;-)


> I'll just jump in at this point and ask two things ..
>
> 1) Have you asked Thorsten to add you to the list of "truly great boxes?"
It's the best
> damn box featuring a Midibox64 that I've seen.
>
> 2) Why no faders ? I understand it's a sequencer mainly, but using faders
wouldve
> let you "see" the pitches rather simply, and provided a sequencer
interface ?>

v. good point..I would have liked to have used faders..but 2 problems:-

1) I wanted this module to be as small as possible..so there was no room to
fit x48 sliders
onto the front panel! Not even a row of 16 sliders! Use a bigger case ..then
sliders are no problem

2) Since I planned to make the front panel myself..cutting perfectly
rectangular slider
cutouts by hand is kinda like torture..wheras  nice round circular cutouts
are easy
with Q-max cutters. I heard that one can get Q-max cutters that cut
rectangles ..but probably not
slider sized cutouts.

If you want to have a front panel made by eg shaeffer..and its large
enough..sliders would be
an  excellent option for the mdidbox64! I think Thorstens M64 firmware can
support motorized
pots and sliders too?

cheers
steve

> -Dave
>
> On 22 May 2002 at 17:51, mark verbos wrote:
>
> > that is unbelievable. Are the panel controls on an etched board or is
> > that just a perf board? i can't tell from the pics.
> >
> > wow.
> >
> >
> > mark
> >
> > steve thomas wrote:
> >
> > >Hi all..just wanted to advertise latest pics of the OakleySound
> > >Tb3030+midibox64 sequencer project.
> > >I finished the top panel (ugh..cutting out all those holes !! good
thing
> > >they invented Q-max punches!)
> > >I designed the panel layout/artwork using some new panel design
software,
> > >FRONTDESIGNER , from  German company Abacom. I found it very easy to
use.
> > >One good feature is you can use all the  fonts available under windows.
I
> > >used those cool looking  TR909 fonts that were recently circulated on
the
> > >synth-diy list.
> > >The pics arent the best quality I'm afraid..I took them  in  a hurry !
> > >cheers
> > >steve thomas
> > >
> > >http://monopole.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~thomas/synthdiy/TBbox1.htm
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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