http://blog.lividinstruments.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:36:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/10/12/expansion-jacks/ http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/10/12/expansion-jacks/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:55:14 +0000 Jay http://blog.lividinstruments.com/?p=2252 When we redesigned the Block and introduced the OhmRGB, we added something called expansion jacks. At the time we didn’t have explicit plans for it, but we often found ourselves wanting to add just a few more controls to the controllers, so we put a pin header and two 1/4″ jacks that tap into the [...]

]]> http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/10/12/expansion-jacks/feed/ 1 http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/07/22/mad-zachs-brain-controller/ http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/07/22/mad-zachs-brain-controller/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:19:10 +0000 Jay http://blog.lividinstruments.com/?p=2159 Mad Zach from custommidicontrollers.com just released his latest custom creation built for an artist in Australia. This monster has 64 knobs, 32 buttons, 16 LEDs, and 16 sliders. It’s powered by our Brain and has a really nice finish with custom faceplate graphics. We’ve been following Mad Zach’s work for a while, he’s building his controllers [...]

]]> http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/07/22/mad-zachs-brain-controller/feed/ 1 http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/07/14/ohmrgb-expansion-jacks/ http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/07/14/ohmrgb-expansion-jacks/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:25:08 +0000 Jay http://blog.lividinstruments.com/?p=2114 The OhmRGB come with our expansion module for added adaptability, flexibility and control. It is the same expansion jacks you may have seen on our latest block controller, and there are a few ways you can use the module. It has 2 1/4″ jacks that let you connect “roland style” foot pedals for expressive control [...]

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]]> http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/07/05/1950-record-recording-box/feed/ 0 http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/06/01/block-expansion-jacks-and-touch-faders/ http://blog.lividinstruments.com/2011/06/01/block-expansion-jacks-and-touch-faders/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:27:35 +0000 Jay http://blog.lividinstruments.com/?p=2037 With the addition of the expansion jacks on our block controllers you can add all kinds of analog controls to your existing setup, for very cheap. I’ve made a few tutorials so far, and here’s another one showing how to connect a SoftPot touch fader to it. I’ve often thought about ways to integrate the [...]

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