#51

Actually thinking about it, you wouldn’t need an Expert Sleepers module, just something that does MIDI-to-CV conversion. There are a lot of modules that do that.

So, in sum:

  1. MIDI into computer running PD. Computer screen can be off :slight_smile:
  2. PD does whatever you want it to do, and outputs MIDI.
  3. MIDI goes to whatever MIDI-to-CV module you have at hand, and drives your CV-speaking modular.
#52

„At the moment „ thats the point. Never asked for it, just showing interest in a sidechain development of ansible midi when one of the devs touches it again.

Iam fine with learning to play Just Friends and loop/resample in audio for my early journy and ansible is on its way;)

I made a custum case with a power bank to be free of any outlets and screens. Happy about trigger box tho, but thats offtopic

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#53

Dont have midi cv yet. Ansible just ticks many boxes as we probably all agree

Alternative tuning, scales, quantizing, etc
#54

Cool! Just trying to give you options to help yourself. Waiting for an open source developer to do something for you can be a frustrating experience :slight_smile: It might be more rewarding or at least faster to learn to do it for yourself.

PureData can run on a Raspberry Pi, so it could be made very portable and off-grid, and screen-less. Again, I’m only suggesting this because of the lower barrier to entry, compared to firmware dev.

http://www.axoloti.com/ might be another option for setting up something custom, and could be wrapped up in an Axo Control. http://musicthing.co.uk/pages/axo.html

I have not done any of these things…they just seem reasonably possible.

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#55

Might be worth looking at the Bela/Rebeltech Salt.

#56

I just recieved Ansible with latest firmware including Earthsea and facing a problem with midi.

At first i tried powering my midi keyboard via Ansible but it wouldnt turn on. So i then tried to power the usb midi keyboard (icon nano demands 12v 100ma) via usb to ipad, works fine powered from ipad usb. I have now powered the keyboard with a wallplug, it powers just fine but inserted to ansible STILL nothing. No mode light up, no reaction.

Whats up with that? I wanted to power it from ansible but it not even being recognized when powered by itself is making me quite confused.

Also i noticed that, when i patch a cable from cv out of ansible to Just Friends v8 in, the pitch gets a little drift to higher. Not sure if that’s supposed to be?

For whatever reason when ansible recieves power TR2 is orange lid and stays lid.

#58

those solder joints are absolutely fine (by which I mean: entirely within normal parameters of functional solder joints.)

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#59

Ok. I honetly just didnt know. Have no knowledg of pcb soldering.
I obviously also rather meant the stuff around the joints and the black stuff. But what do i know.

So if this isnt connected to my issue i have no idea whats up

#60

If you think that something is wrong with your Ansible, I would suggest reaching out to info@monome.org.

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#61

Just did so and got speed reply.

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#62

Just for reference i still have no idea whats up. Anybody has some ideas what could be up, what to test etc?

Nothing happens when plugging in a powered usb midi keyboard.

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#63

Are you certain that the power cable is correctly oriented? Red stripe to -12v on both case and module?

#64

Yep sure. Seems backward protected too.

#65

Just tried my QuNexus with 3 ansibles, and the behavior is the same for all. Plug in the keyboard and the mode led turns orange, and I seem to be in “Allocation style 1: POLY”.

If this isn’t the case with you, I would assume that something is up and follow up with monome. Sorry I can’t be more help!

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#66

Looks like. Mode led stays off. According to docs should be white tho?

Thanks for checking. I would understand if the usb keyboard just wont get powered. But being powered externaly and still not recognized is pretty confusing

#67

Dumb question: does your Midi keyboard have a built-in hub? (My Korg Microkey 37 does, and as a result, it doesn’t work with Ansible).

#68

Interesting . Is that a common thing? Would it it be visible by for example more than one usb jack?
But since its the big (b?) usb plug i dont think so

#69

yeah, I didn’t think so either. always worth asking, though.

#70

Could you post a link to the specific keyboard you have? I quickly tried to search for “icon nano” but wasn’t sure I found the right one. The biggest thing to confirm first is that the keyboard is USB device class compliant (ie it doesn’t require drivers). Hopefully I glean more from looking at the specs of the keyboard.

#71

Thanks for chiming in
http://iconproaudio.com/product/ikeyboard-4nano/

„Class-compliant with Windows 7, 8 & 10 (32-bit & 64-bit), Mac OS X (IntelMac) and iOS“

And theorange lid TR 2 led is normal?
It seems sometimes weak lid sometimes full. Could of course be connected to some mode app since it doesnt go into midi

Just mentioning that i removed its shell and detached the mod/pitch wheels. Its ofc fully functional anyway as tested with the ipad.
I dont think any device would depend on mod wheels to recognize a midi controller? Cant imagine but cant test today