Sneak Peak -DSC-
Sneak Peak -DSC- Posted on: 13.07.2011 by Adriana Bazzelle Well this RGB all in one monster is almost done. Here is a little sneak peak. | |
| Adriana Bazzelle 29.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by ToOntown
I will release more details soon, need to wait for my sponsor 'Lenovo' to allow me to release it. A quick bio on myself.(click link to see more of my work on my site.) I have been modding computers for 15 years. http://www.absolutextremes.com/blarsky/?page_id=94 I also have 20 years of airbrushing experience. http://www.absolutextremes.com/page.asp?id=movies and 16 years of screen-printing and graphic arts experience. http://www.absolutextremes.com/prodt...cordPosition=1 I just started into music. Say the last two years, but I am having fun modding and creating all kinds of music with all kinds of hardware. http://www.absolutextremes.com/blarsky/?page_id=15 If you have any specific questions, I will leak more info |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 27.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by deathstarchris
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| Adriana Bazzelle 30.07.2011 | Thanks Mr Popinjay for bringing this up. I will expand on this a little more. I was reading an old Keyboard magazine from Sept. 2005. It featured NIN and the interviewer was asking their main keyboardist at the time about his hardware. He explained that hardware getting transported all over the world takes abuse and sited his custom Kaoss pad that had been gutted from its original chassis and built into a plexiglass one. From that point on I realized that traveling on the road is another monster all on its own. The more 'custom' you make something, the harder time you are going to have fixing it on the road. Obviously I am no pop star, but I do want to gig this box around and not worry about fixing it when, not if it goes down. Every piece in this box can be replaced. And I have a replacement, or replacement parts sitting on the shelf when it happens. Even the main multitouch all-in-one Lenovo A700 computer system that I put in. I have another sitting on the shelf, ready to go in if I need it. For the rest of the main components, I choose cheap and easily replaceable pieces. Because obviously buying two or three of them at a time gets expensive as well. When designing your custom stuff, keep in mind how difficult it will be to replace it. Especially when Murphy's law strikes! Unless you are going to keep it hidden in your basement and not rely on it as your right arm, figure a plan to hedge off future frustration. |
| Kiyoko Wellisch 30.07.2011 | An excellent justification, thanks! |
| Adriana Bazzelle 29.07.2011 | Great question. First I like the layout of the controller. Second I am hard on my gear , so I need the ability to change out parts if I break something. (especially on the road!) I could produce a pcb just for this box, but I figured I could start with a mixtrack and add to it as I needed. I have two more brand new mixtrack's sitting on the shelf that I can immediately rip the main boards out and replace the one in the unit in about twenty minutes and be up and running. Also I could replace the buttons if I needed as well. Plus at $100 a piece for the hardware, the total cost to replace it including my time is minimal. If I had to replace my own pcb and all of the pots on the board it might take me a week. That is too costly and not efficient for down time. The ABS plastic case the mixtrack is installed in is very weak, so I replaced it with half inch Lexan. (polycarbonate) It's the same stuff bullet proof windows are made of. It will not crack like acrylic and will not break at all and can be easily backlit. |
| Kiyoko Wellisch 29.07.2011 | So what you decide to mod a controller and not build something from scratch using some midi brain? |
| Adriana Bazzelle 29.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by ToOntown
I will release more details soon, need to wait for my sponsor 'Lenovo' to allow me to release it. A quick bio on myself.(click link to see more of my work on my site.) I have been modding computers for 15 years. http://www.absolutextremes.com/blarsky/?page_id=94 I also have 20 years of airbrushing experience. http://www.absolutextremes.com/page.asp?id=movies and 16 years of screen-printing and graphic arts experience. http://www.absolutextremes.com/prodt...cordPosition=1 I just started into music. Say the last two years, but I am having fun modding and creating all kinds of music with all kinds of hardware. http://www.absolutextremes.com/blarsky/?page_id=15 If you have any specific questions, I will leak more info |
| Gavin Rachor 29.07.2011 | That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. |
| Vernie Beharry 29.07.2011 | :eek: "Wooooow. . .THAT'S AWESOME |
| Shonda Soulier 30.07.2011 | Whoa dude... What's your background in? This looks like a really quality build. |
| Loyce Mekonen 28.07.2011 | *insert countless amounts of swearing due to sight of complete awesomeness* |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 27.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by deathstarchris
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| Ashanti Unsworth 27.07.2011 | I'm... speechless. |
| Kiyoko Wellisch 27.07.2011 | Bloody hell... |
| Rosina Steinkuehler 27.07.2011 | Simply breathtaking. Major props! |
| Adriana Bazzelle 27.07.2011 | Couple more sneak peak shots. |
| Lavenia Neild 17.07.2011 | Should have sent... a poet... |
| Ashanti Unsworth 17.07.2011 | I didn't even realise there was a mix track sitting in the middle of it at first haha, amazing mod! |
| Tatum Ansaldo 17.07.2011 | Very nice indeed! |
| Kiyoko Wellisch 17.07.2011 | So, any chance of some additional info here? :P |
| May Artman 16.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by qyzyx
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| Yon Gigler 15.07.2011 | That is wicked. Video of it in action would be nice |
| Loyce Mekonen 15.07.2011 | Holy shit. Wow! |
| Kecia Wnukowski 14.07.2011 | Awesome. |
| Irwin Ney 15.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by ToOntown
Best of the year! |
| Janyce Henningson 15.07.2011 | Wow, that looks awesome |
| Adriana Bazzelle 14.07.2011 | 728 and counting. I'm still finishing it up. |
| Rosina Steinkuehler 14.07.2011 | Amazing. Any idea of how much man hours went in to this? |
| Mac Fly 14.07.2011 | Best mod I seen on this site yet I believe |
| Ralph Alderette 13.07.2011 | Omfg. |
| Nedra Fresneda 13.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by qyzyx
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| Adriana Bazzelle 13.07.2011 | Thanks guys, I hope to be able to release more details soon. Trying to finish my album up too. |
| Meg Reinoehl 13.07.2011 | Holy crizzap!! |
| Shonda Soulier 13.07.2011 | It's.... It's beautiful... I am nominating this for Mod of the year! I have so many questions! When will we know more????!!!! |
| Lilliana Perris 13.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by deathstarchris
Thats dope Homes! |
| Darcey Kinnett 13.07.2011 | amazing. |
| Adriana Bazzelle 13.07.2011 |
Originally Posted by nem0nic
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| Diogo Dj Dragão 13.07.2011 | Pretty clever wheel mods on that MixTrack, but does it take away some of the capacitive touch surface? Pretty slick! |
| Gilma Marchini 13.07.2011 | It's gawt uh perdy mouf |
| Era Roka 13.07.2011 | Wow!! |
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