MIDI to trig revisited.

[Stewart Pye]

At 12:19 PM 31/07/99 -0400, KA4HJH wrote:
>I have one I got as a sample from Maxim. I was just thinking about this
>last night. With a cheap PIC you could have lots of simple units instead of
>a couple of big ones...

Yeah, that's the idea, I was going to have one in each of my rhythm boxes.
The only problem is finding a place to put the user interface. (switches
and display). I'm having trouble deciding between these two options:

1) Have a unit with 8 outputs in each rhythm box, with a dip switch to
select midi channel and key range. The only panel mount would be MIDI
in/thru, and perhaps power.

2) Have a more comprehensive unit with 16, 24, or 32 outputs and use 9 pin
DB connectors to connect to the rhythm boxes. The advantage is you have a
nice user interface that is capable of many different modes. Also the only
thing you have to install is a DB connector with wires going to trigger
points. The bad point is: You have DB cords going to each device. Not a big
problem I guess. 

Can anyone help me out here, I never was good at making life threatening
decisions :-)

Regards,
Stewart Pye