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I'm pretty happy with the look and feel of this new bit of kit for me.. it's the 4th I've built / helped build, and certainly the best.

The displays are NOS VFD displays straight out of 1986 and look sooo sexy. hmmm.

For those that don't know, it's a supreme kick arse midi sequencer.. so many cool modes and ways of operation. wicked arpeggiators (16 at once).

This one uses a newer powerful core that is wickedly fast + USB. 2 dedicated midi in's and 3 dedicated midi outs.. + 8 analogue trigger outs + DIN sync.

I've still got to build a nice timber case, but I'll wait till me and my dad have some time together to do that.

when did you say you were building mine?

The green buttons look like square arcade game buttons a la Midi Fighter but more awesome! Sweet! Well done.

jkhuri44 wrote:when did you say you were building mine?

Must have been after mine?





Is it built into a roadcase? That is classy. I need to jump into some midibox stuff. I want to
build a simple transport control. How that would make my life simpler.

It's not built into a road case, but I have toyed with the idea.. Could be good. The green buttons are so nice and chunky. not as big as mame arcade buttons, but about 12 x 12mm and they are cheap and they have a real nice action to them.

I've nearly finished a frankenstein of a midi'd up drum module.. the guts of a CR-5000 (13 analogue sounds!) + A TR-909 kick clone + A digital Snare sound + A cool DIY 2 voice 8 bit sampler thats as brutal as hell - all triggerable via midi.

I just spent the last hour or so sequencing it. frigging cool. the CR-5000 with a bit of overdrive and not stuck with it's polky bossa patterns is very very wicked.

I was planning on slapping that all in a tidy 1RU case with a bunch of knobs to alter the sounds... maybe add an overdive as it sounds so good with it.. hmmm.

Futureman wrote:the CR-5000 with a bit of overdrive and not stuck with it's polky bossa patterns is very very wicked.

I wanna hear/see this beast! Pics/soundbites?

It's not that pretty at the moment.. 5 PCB's screwed down to a bit of timber with a switchmode powersupply. I may save pics for when it's racked up..

I'm using a highly liquid midi- 24 trigger pcb to trigger the sounds.. and after using their boards for a few different projects, I must say they are pretty awesome and nicely configurable.

Samples? Yea, I'll see if I can get around to that soon.

Well done! My old MB64's are still a work in progress... 8 years on