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Kenton Pro Solo Editor plus SYNC24 Breakout Box

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Big update for the panel. You can now save a bank of names - it's just the text but useful as a memo of your patches. You can also save and load individual patches to and from the Pro Solo via the editor. The panel has been completely rewritten and is licence free. It runs on Mac to at least Catalina. Standalone and AU component.  Pro Solo Edit plugin running in Logic 10.6 File Dialog Box - Save and Load Patch Na mes and Patch Sysex Downloads: Pro SOlo MK3 Control Mac Pro Solo MK3 Control AU Plugin Pro Solo MK3 Control VST Mac More about the Pro Solo here Sync24 Breakout Box Integrating analogue sequencers with a DAW is easy if you can send Midi Clock and Reset to your sequencer. Fortunately, the Pro Solo can send Midi Clock from any of its 3 Aux outputs. But a neater solution is to set the MIDI THRU to Sync 24 and extract Clock and Reset from there. It means you don't have to use your Aux CV outs which in my case are connected to my SEM. Kenton S24 setting DIN Sync or SYNC 24 ...

ELECTROBOX for the Nord Electro 5/6

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Arduino and the development of ElectroBox I already had experience of Arduino when I built a drawbar controller to use with Hammond apps like VB-3 and B-3x. The original code for this came from GMLabs D9U project and Guido  Scognamiglio  posted all the info on GitHub: https://github.com/ZioGuido/Crumar_D9U GSi Homepage GM Lab                                     I have implemented an LFO which cyclically adds or subtracts values from the Pitch Bend data. This is basically a software generated triangle wave LFO that is added to the Pitch Bend output. Crude but effective. The LFO is generated from a wavetable so it would very easy to have a number of different waveforms such as square or saw. The pots are programmable and there is an input for an expression pedal. Pitch Wheel option with expression pedal input ElectroBox V2 - joystick version Thumbwheel/Joystick version housed in a stompbox ...

TC Electronics M350 CTRLR Panel

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New panel - much neater and follows the rack controls do does not take up much screen space. Also added a Channel selector. I have 2 units so I can address each one separately -  wooooo! TC M350 Mac TC M350 AU Plugin TC M350 VST Mac      Development notes and early versions I got the Sys Ex messages from here  Useful M350 Sysex info .  I was able to create a CTRLR panel. Program change will of course recall all the parameters but a really useful feature is the Sysex Receive function. When this is lit any adjustment to the front panel are transmitted - it just makes it easier to use. Link for M350 V4 CTRLR Panel   M350.zip Big update for this panel! With V5 you can now name and save Presets so you don't have to rely on a 2 digit number anymore!!! I have 2 M350s one is set to Channel 2 and the other on Channel 3. SysEx Messages F0 00 20 1F ch 58 mm <data> CS F7 ch is Midi Channel 0 - 15 mm is the message CS or CheckSum is the sum of all the bytes a...

CV to MIDI Interface for Analogue Sequencer

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This is another project based on Arduino and the Pro Micro. Many years ago with the help of friend and fellow musician/programmer, Linden Owen, we produced the CARP1601. This was very loosely based on the ARP1601 analogue sequencer. It was never commercially viable due to the high component count and the cost of those components. 19 pots, 19 knobs, 17 LEDs, 24 switches, 15 jack sockets and then add on PCB, components case and PSU. Anyway, it was a fun project! 3 CARP 1601s with the SYNC24 and MIDI Interface We built about 6 in the end, sold a couple and I was left with 3 units that I have used constantly for more than 20 years. In 2022 I decided to make some improvements mainly to the gate switches. But towards the end of the 2022 I realised it would be relatively easy to add a board to the CARP rack that could provide MIDI Out and provide additional functions over MIDI that were never available on the original CARP. MIDI Interface Board using a Pro Micro The CARP1601 is a basic 16 ste...