[sdiy] Fostex B16 manuals/paia Firmware

[Dave Kendall]

 Hi Magnus.

> It looks like the 4030/4035 pair is readilly available for a minor sum.
> 
 I'd forgotten them ! - I used one of them once in a project studio, but
with the Fostex as T/C master driving an Atari/cubase rig. Now I think of
it, it was all a wee bit fiddly, with all sorts of offset stuff going on.

Good luck in the hunt for them!

> It has its ups and it has its downs. For one thing, you don't get the feeling
> of the big reels turning and swishing as you play and fast forward/backward.

Yeah, something almost nostalgic about it - that and the sound of a U-matic
transport engaging the tape. A very 3AM sound.


BTW, did you ever get around to playing with the firmware for the Paia
Midi2CV8? I'm planning on using one in a rack synth that's slowly growing on
the bench, and would love to find a way to change the Release velocity CV
from output 8 into MIDI CC4 (foot control). This is in mode 1.
Sadly, I'm not a coder, so unable to do it myself......

Are you or anyone else out there  open to a bit of sdiy bribery - with pcbs
or ICs maybe?

;-)

cheers,

Dave