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LXR + MIDI Switcher video

borfoborfo
edited January 2014 in General
My quick and dirty first attempt at sequencing Jason Hotchkiss' MIDI Switcher (https://www.tindie.com/products/hotchk155/midi-switcher/) with the LXR...  Fun little device, this midi switcher thing.  Cheap kit, too:  $40 + a couple of shitty $5 solenoids from ebay.

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  • borfoborfo
    Two more:

  • loderbastloderbast
    nice :)
  • tb323tb323
    Nice. :) What solenoids did you get? I'm going to buy some for mine too.
  • borfoborfo
    I got four of these 12v solenoids: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321059206727?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

    It came with one 24v solenoid.

    The 24v one seems to be better than the 12v ones, but they're all fine really.  It's running off a 12v 4a power supply.  A 12v 1a power supply doesn't give enough power - the solenoid hits were too weak.
  • rudeogrudeog
    I love this! You should add a cowbell, tho, because it needs more of that.
  • borfoborfo
    What, the sweet timbre of tin cans isn't good enough for you?  Haha.
  • tb323tb323
    Thanks for the link! 
  • admviolinadmviolin
    That's awesome. I love pitched percussion
  • julianjulian
    great! I love solenoid percussions :)
    Now build more of those and wire up your whole flat ^^
  • strstr
    Wow. This is awesome. Now build a thick fabric enclosure for the drums, mic it, and take them on the road :) 
  • julianjulian
    and someday you'll end up like this

    ;)
  • borfoborfo
    I guess I'll have to up the solenoids to the point where they can swing sledgehammers...
  • strstr
    edited January 2014
    That sound designer doesn't seem too far off from the Sampler in Upstream Color... 

    If you're really lucky, you'll end up like this


    How hard would it be to make those solenoids velocity sensitive? 
  • borfoborfo
    edited January 2014
    They are supposed to be velocity sensitive as-is.  The MIDI Switcher board is supposed to vary the duty cycle on the solenoids to achieve different velocities.  It didn't seem to be doing that properly on my tests with the LXR though, but I didn't spend too much time testing or trying to get velocity sensitivity to work.

    ...they seemed to hit with the same force until I turned velocity down very close to 0 - then they didn't hit at all.  Might just be the fault of the low quality solenoids, I guess.


    EDIT:  actually, it looks like velocity sensitivity has to be enabled using the configuration software - I didn't do that.  So, I guess it would probably work once I enable it using the config software.
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