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I'm a copyright lawyer in Canada, and I'd say the safest bet would be to avoid using samples directly ripped from other devices. There is probably an explicit or implied license to use the samples on devices like the 909 in certain ways - after all…
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Another point on the step/roll buttons in pattern mode (and in other modes, too...) The copy/clear button doesn't have a function in combination with the step buttons, so it could act as a modifier (like a second shift button) when pressed in combi…
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While I'm at it, I may as well list a few other minor unrelated bugs: Voice --> Mix Menu --> voice midi channelBefore adjusting this with the potentiometer, the value is "0". After adjusting with the pot, you can't get it back to 0... The mi…
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Another (very minor) encoder related bug: If the screensaver is on, pressing the encoder button doesn't exit the screensaver properly - the menu text appears, but the screensaver keeps playing over top of the menu text, then the screen blanks back …
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On a similar note, pressing one of the 8 menu buttons should probably also exit the details page... Currently, if you press one of the other menu buttons while you're in details view, the display jumps to details view for the parameter that's in the…
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The more I think about this, the more I think it would be really handy to have quick mixer access and individual controls for each voice's volume in each output - in addition to the straightforward mixer and effects-send uses, one use case I've been…
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The link to the user manual is broken too (edit: fixed now)... Site looks great though.
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Actually, another neat mixer-type setting that would be cool to have on this page would be an "aux send" sort of thing - I'm thinking you could attach an effects unit or whatever to the LXR's audio output 3 or 4, and control how much of the signal w…
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Sorry for the shitloads of suggestions, but I guess it doesn't hurt to suggest stuff. Anyway: The 8 pattern buttons should probably work the same way they do in performance mode - move to a different pattern... You can move the view with shift+pa…
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I'd agree that exit makes more sense.
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This Euclidean pattern generator is kind of neat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFwva0cvr8g How hard would it be to add some beat probability into the pattern generator as well? Maybe an extra parameter in the pattern generator that increases the l…
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I'd also like to see an option to immediately switch to a new pattern - Shift+pattern button is already taken, but maybe one of the step buttons in performance mode could be an instant switch modifier - ie: step mod button + pattern button switches …
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Strange - I just reflashed the v0.23 firmware , and now the problem doesn't seem to be happening on the first step button, but it seems to be happening more than it was before on the second step button. I'll try refashing again later and see if thi…
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Without tape, my caps don't hold on the switches at all - do yours? .,.like, they don't even slightly click into place and if I turn them upside down they would fall right off. I think electrician's tape would have been too thin for mine. With t…
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A "general randomness" function might also be fun in performance mode: Press and hold GR button, then press voice buttons to select which voices General Randomness will apply to. LEDs while GR button is held indicate GR status for each voice. While…
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A "Don't play substeps" button might be fun - Here's one way this could be implemented: When DPS function is enabled, only the main steps in the pattern would be played, substeps would be momentarily muted for all voices. When disabled, the subste…
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I've just retaped them all and they're a little better. This time I used tiny pieces of rubber tape about the outside size of the [ ] on the cap. This tape is typically used to temporarily seal leaks in copper plumbing... It's basically just real…
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...now with ghetto enclosure! Those switch caps are a problem - I did the tape thing, but they're not sitting too well, and it affects the feel a lot. If anyone finds caps that work for these switches, please let the rest of us know where to order …
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Hm. It seems the voltage regulator failed at some time after I tested in when I installed it... It wasn't regulating voltage at all. Weird. But I guess I couldn't ask for an easier fix really, and I don't seem to have fried any major components …
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The ICs are all put in correctly... So much for the easy fix I was hoping for. ...switching modes once I'm powered on doesn't seem to do anything. For example, I started up in one mode, nothing happened, no LEDs came on. Turned the mode button ar…
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I'm not really sure. I went back and did most of the testing steps in the build manual over again, but I don't have an oscilloscope or a reliable bench supply for the control voltage (just used 2xAA batteries for that stuff - most things seem to ch…
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Finished the LXR last night - very easy build. It's amazing that so few components can do so much neat stuff. Didn't get to play with it much yet since I pretty much soldered through a movie watching date and there's only so much you can ignore a …
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Just got my LXR in the mail - no import taxes. Looks like sending via regular post and labelling it "Electronic components kit LXR" works well for Canada at least. Nice bonus "flammable liquid" sticker, too. Between this and the x0xb0x I am about …
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Goodness me, how awful.
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Yeah, I just pulled the trigger on both the midialf and the arpie this morning... Got a midisplit (I don't need the clock on the hub version) and a "Le Strum" PCB from the Arpie guy as well. This is quickly becoming an expensive habit.
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My Shruthi came by DHL declared as a synthesizer, and I wound up getting dinged for about $60. $30 for the LXR is pretty reasonable.
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Hey, the new "function:" notes in the build instructions are great. Thanks for adding those.
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Hey - I've seen your two piece play a couple of times - I thought you were running everything from the laptop, didn't realize you used hardware. How much duty was charged on the LXR?
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Yeah, I tried looking this stuff up the other day... Pretty impossible to understand here too, and I'm a lawyer.
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I'm in Canada, and it's generally better for us to receive international packages by regular mail than by courier - because of import duties and taxes... When something comes in by courier, taxes and duties are always charged, and all the couriers …