Comments on: DIY Step Sequencer, Coming Soon as a Kit?

By: hainbat gauza… « teKnotRaKiTanA

hainbat gauza… « teKnotRaKiTanA — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:06:48 +0000

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By: audioworld

audioworld — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:55:41 +0000

James: I have read a lot on the forums and also exchanged some messages with Thorsten, but I never ever got the impression it is a “closed project”. The only thing which is NOT allowed is to MAKE MONEY by selling hardware or (modified) software. There are printed circuit boards on sale, there are tons of modifications on the forum, and it is generally a very DIY friendly crowd (think group buys etc…).

By: Create Digital Music » MidiDuino Preview: Polyrhythmic Drum Machines and Arduino-Friendly MIDI Libraries

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:03:08 +0000

[...] open music hardware â€“ more on that in the coming months of 2009. (For starters, how about this evolving step sequencer?) If these projects can mature and begin to converge, I think we could see a real revolution in the [...]

By: James Grahame

James Grahame — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:07:57 +0000

The trouble with the MIDIbox is that it’s a closed project. Thorsten Klose will allow people to use his designs for non-commercial use, but he retain ownership of the hardware and software. That’s his choice to make, but it doesn’t allow people to extend or improve his hardware and offer PC boards or kits, which I think really hampers the DIY scene.

Compare that to the Arduino – everyone is free to make their own variant (or even the original) and the company is doing very well.

By: audioworld

audioworld — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:12:27 +0000

Rex:I agree, but it seems no one has ever asked for a “minimal” MIDIbox SEQuencer version, all the builders on the forum are interested in more and more functions and knobs.
A basic MIDIbox Core plus one Digital In + one Digital Out module can be assembled in approx. 4 hours (this is my personal benchmark, I have built three cores and 10 Digi In/outs so far). I will ask around in the forums what the minimum hardware effort for a basic sequencer could be, maybe “we” (I am no expert but just a novice MIDIbox coder, but I am sure Thorsten or Stryd can comment on this) can also write a minimum firmware application.

By: Rex Rhino

Rex Rhino — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:39:13 +0000

The MIDIbox is not comparable due to the complexity of it. That isn’t to say the MIDIbox is bad (the MIDIbox is fantastic), but the MIDIbox requires some serious forethought. Many of us are simply looking for something simple and cheap to integrate into a project, not necessarily the kind of pro-sequencing that MIDIbox offers.

By: audioworld

audioworld — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:36:57 +0000

maybe this one? MIDIbox SEQ V3

By: Sam Harmon

Sam Harmon — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:54:35 +0000

I've built a similar, though much simpler Arduino-powered MIDI sequencer. I've also added pseudo-CV/Gate outputs, as well as a trigger output mode (for percussion). I've got the code and a video demonstration of the trigger mode on my blog.