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Author: dach on August 13 2006 Viewed 3724 times. 9 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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I thought it about time to release a quick picture of the sequencer I am developing. It's a 16 channel, 16 step sequencer with some unusual featues designed to help it integrate it with ableton live. At the core it consists of four PIC microcontrollers cooperating together. My biggest worry at the moment is that it might not ft into the chassis!
I hope there are some electronics geeks out there that'll enjoy the pic.
Best wishes for continued ascendancy.
- N.
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08/13/06
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soft
ooooh!!
that thing is looking sexy already!!
how long from completion?
more pix when you've done please
08/13/06
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dach
Hey, thanks! Seeing the chassis get started has been very motivational after months of things not really changing in any kind of noticible way, just quite a lot of programming. It's finally starting to look like something though. I've no idea how long it will take to finish, many more weeks seems reasonable..
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mookid
Wow, I see you have etched your own boards and everything. Your holepunching skillz look pretty cool too! no wonky holes.
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ignatius
awesome. what kind of features are you putting in there?
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dach
A lot of inspiration has come from the machinedrum layout and some of the editing modes; I have a bunch of rotary encoders in the top right that act like it's parameter lock. These can also be used as banks of generic midi knobs.
Pattern editing is kinda standard, you select the instrument and press the step where it should sound. There's also a 'record' mode where you can play on the buttons to trigger the notes, and the machine will save the trigger events into the sequence.. There is also a part mute mode, where you can toggle individual instruments on and off. Its got 16 banks of storage, and it can record a whole lot of controller movements aswell. Ableton kinda sucks for recording automations, so this feature roughly replaces the envelopes on dummy clips trick, but it's quicker and easier to work with (imho)
In the top left I have two little areas that are a hardware version of the Ableton EQ-3 plugin. I commonly use an EQ3 on two tracks. I've put in dedicated knobs for the low, mid and high sections and kill switches with indicator leds.
It's also reprogrammable, so I will be able to change how it works later on. There's also the major cool secret features that I'll save for the next blog post ;)
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ignatius
sounds killer. i'm sure it will keep evolving too. then ou'll have something that looks like this:
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dach
Goddam, if only I could afford that amount of knobs...
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ignatius
dach said: "Goddam, if only I could afford that amount of knobs..."
he must have 6 hands
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sprouts
my god, its beautiful.
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energygiant
dach said: "I hope there are some electronics geeks out there that'll enjoy the pic."
oh, there are!
08/14/06
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Bluermutt
looks great. I'm more a digital geek but i wish i could do that.
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flies
that rocks. this kind of thing always impresses me. 
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dach
Thank's all for the lovely comments!!! I've been working hard on this for a long time now and was starting to get tired. Your comments have cheered me up and given me a new burst of motivation to continue, so thanks to you all
08/14/06
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Psyingo
holy shoes batman.... impressive!
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energygiant
PAWEL said: "it looks alright"
ur mommm
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