Comments on: MF2006: Monome http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:59:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: julien http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18788 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:09:13 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18788 here, my rgb monome clone project based on the arduino board:

http://www.julienbayle.net/diy/LiveInterface

]]> By: wisefire http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18765 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:42:12 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18765 actually a keyboard doesnt work as it locks up after say 6 keypresses at the same time.. you want to be able to play with the full 10 fingers.. but at http://www.ucapps.de we are working on a monome clone.. however its completely diy.. also if you want something a bit cheaper.. you can go for the c64 controller we are developing.. also completely diy.. check it out..

]]> By: froog http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18766 Tue, 02 May 2006 08:14:28 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18766 If you want to try to DIY this, get the cheapest possible switch interface that has 100+ inputs – a keyboard controller. Find any old keyboard and rip it apart, then simply solder your switches directly to the circuit. This will cost $0 to $8 (for a cheap new keyboard). Repeat settings, etc can be controlled in software. As a bonus, it also has 3 outputs (Scroll lock, key lock and num lock). As for the leds, 35 line output led drivers can be had for around US$2.80 each. One of these with line scanning can easily drive an 8×8 matrix (in fact one can drive up to a 16×16 matrix). Do a search for M5451.

]]> By: karl http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18769 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:05:33 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18769 you’ve mentioned it: it’s a lighting keyboard sending midi-data on an usb connection. simple one. But the most interesting part (since it’s such an easy piece of tech) is: has anyone a ikea-like description to do a rebuild??? And is it possible to make a rebuild responsing on the same software here: ?
http://monome.org/index.php?m=resource

I’m far from any knowledge on hardware stuff but so eager to do a rebuild

]]> By: craig http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18768 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:40:29 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18768 To #18….

If you aren’t a musician you probably would find it useless. If you use Ableton Live, there is a lot of things you can do with it. Not sure if you know what you’re talking about. Here’s a video for the doubters.

http://monome.org/media/monome40h.mov

]]> By: newswede http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18767 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:29:14 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18767 As for the laptops, in the pic above it’s an iBook. In the linkes picture a Titanium PowerBook G4 (TiBook) is shown.

]]> By: RusH http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18772 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:53:26 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18772 >And uh, what could one do with this?

not much, press buttons and look at lights under them :]
This is basically a 16×16 USB keypad with backlight (smart one), not worth >$100, not to even mention $500

]]> By: scoyle17 http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18771 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:24:40 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18771 It’s an iBook in the photo above but in the photo on the page itself it’s a powerbook g4 too, I thought it was that he was talking about

]]> By: -rice- http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18770 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:58:22 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18770 And uh, what could one do with this?

]]> By: Egg http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18773 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:52:28 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18773 We could do with that at work (i’m a sound engineer). It sounds mightily impressive.

]]> By: Linermonkey http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18776 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:59:23 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18776 To #13:

1. 200 custom boxes stuffed with electronics
2. add a pineapple
3. ????
4. profit!!!

]]> By: trebuchet03 http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18775 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:52:20 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18775 a bit off topic… but is that a pineapple in the background? Just seems out of place :P

]]> By: boo! http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18774 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:25:32 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18774 Light-out handheld game with USB, yep, that’s what it looks like.

]]> By: jeremy http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18777 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:09:56 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18777 It uses this chip -> http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1339
I haven’t used em, but if someone has the time and knowledge of SPI it shouldn’t be too difficult to get the hardware side done. (I have the knowledge but not the time :P)

]]> By: SOI Sentinel http://hackaday.com/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/comment-page-1/#comment-18778 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:21:03 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/04/22/mf2006-monome/#comment-18778 Profit? If those are really custom buttons and the case a custom plastic mold (is it plastic?) I doubt their numbers are far off. 12,800 buttons is a _REALLY_ short run for injection molding, with die costs in the thousands usually even for small parts. A custom contact memmbrane isn’t so great cost wise, either. Now, toss in the custom costs of a case of only 200 per die, and I wouldn’t doubt at the very least 60% of the costs for these are tied up in dies that may never be used again.

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