[sdiy] Motorized Faders for MIDIBOX 64

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Well, yeah...  Actually, I'm lost on the goal here.  To me,
MIDI protocol is already a scriptable/recordable thing.  Why
motorize the pots in the first place?  If you want to be able 
to "play back" a performance, why not use standard software to
record the MIDI messages generated by the original noodling and 
then just play it back?  I can see motorizing pots for a pure
analog deal, but MIDI?


Sowa Roman <Roman.Sowa at upc.com.pl> wrote:
>I can imagine all lights in the studio dimming when all
>faders/knobs start to move at once... :)
>
>I may sound stupid, but if you want to move them all, wouldn't
>it be eneough to connect their motors' leads together?
>Probably with 64 relays?
>
>Roman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alex [mailto:alcratin at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 5:20 PM
>To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: [sdiy] Motorized Faders for MIDIBOX 64
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm sure some of you have see the page http://www.ucapps.de/midibox64.html
>for a midi controller and he has an add-on page for adding motorized faders,
>but the design he has is for serial control where each fader moves one at a
>time, not in parallel. Does anyone know how to setup motorized faders and
>knobs for parallel movement using a PIC or does that require more power like
>a DSP or programmed mini-computer to do that. 
>
>I want to build a controller much like the one that's in my Yamaha 01V, but
>with 64 or more knobs and faders so I can use it with Logic and set up an
>environment that has total interaction for synths and soft synths alike.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>Alex
>
>
>
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