making all the cables longer in my vci-100
making all the cables longer in my vci-100 Posted on: 22.06.2009 by Usha Leahan I'm a engineer by trade...now looking to do a custom midi mixer/ dvs controllerout of my vci-100 ok...this is the plan take my vci-100...cut it in half , just at the top off the jog-wheels so I can keep the top half make a new bottom half ( BODY )for the faders & crossfader re-move the 8 square vci buttons & put in 8 new arcade buttons 4 buttons down the bottom & 4 up the top off the new body re-move the jogwheels re-move the old crossfader & put in a pro x fader put the line faders back in but move them to the out-side's ( as far left & right as I can ) now for the space between the line faders I will put a 8 inch lcd touch screen this will be cool as I can have my mixvibes decks with wave & the mix window on the mixer & my play list on my laptop now for the jogwheels....make another body 100 mm [W] by 400mm [L] by 30 mm [D]...the second body will mount on two swing bracket on each end so I can change the angle from 30 degree's to 60 degree for better viewing angle the front body with the lcd screen + the vci-100 half cut & the second body ( back body ) for the jogwheels will all be put in a turntable road-case to hold it all in place for this MOD I need to make the cables a lot longer NOW for my question.....can I just cut the cables ( the cables for the jogwheels & the crossfader & the line faders ) in half and put longer wire between the cuts to make them longer..???? some pics off my old mod with a sound card & hard drive [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] | |
| Usha Leahan 22.06.2009 | I'm a engineer by trade...now looking to do a custom midi mixer/ dvs controller out of my vci-100 ok...this is the plan take my vci-100...cut it in half , just at the top off the jog-wheels so I can keep the top half make a new bottom half ( BODY )for the faders & crossfader re-move the 8 square vci buttons & put in 8 new arcade buttons 4 buttons down the bottom & 4 up the top off the new body re-move the jogwheels re-move the old crossfader & put in a pro x fader put the line faders back in but move them to the out-side's ( as far left & right as I can ) now for the space between the line faders I will put a 8 inch lcd touch screen this will be cool as I can have my mixvibes decks with wave & the mix window on the mixer & my play list on my laptop now for the jogwheels....make another body 100 mm [W] by 400mm [L] by 30 mm [D]...the second body will mount on two swing bracket on each end so I can change the angle from 30 degree's to 60 degree for better viewing angle the front body with the lcd screen + the vci-100 half cut & the second body ( back body ) for the jogwheels will all be put in a turntable road-case to hold it all in place for this MOD I need to make the cables a lot longer NOW for my question.....can I just cut the cables ( the cables for the jogwheels & the crossfader & the line faders ) in half and put longer wire between the cuts to make them longer..???? some pics off my old mod with a sound card & hard drive [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] |
| Usha Leahan 20.07.2009 | sorry its taking me so long to post back Charo had no time....all time is taken up wth Beta testing VFX video mixing software yes .....he is a mixvibes & ableton user + others he had no problems with he's mod ...just no space & trying to fit all that shit in the case |
| juan garcia 28.06.2009 | that's pretty amazing to crunch three controllers in there. that's a lot of control. does he use mixvibes too? what kind of problems was he having? |
| Usha Leahan 28.06.2009 | yes..... I posted the pic over at djcommunity
s.com... between the vci-100 jogwheels is 8 high-resolution encoder knobs , 16 buttons below that is 8 nice 100 mm motorized faders all robbed from a Behringer BCF 2000 midi controller |
| juan garcia 28.06.2009 | what does the red led part do between the jogwheels? i remember seeing that pic on djcommunity s |
| Graham Frazier 28.06.2009 | That thing is bad ass. Make's me want to buy a vci just to hack it up, and have randomly placed lighted jog wheels. |
| Usha Leahan 28.06.2009 | I believe I will just cut & splicing the cables.... I have being talking to my boy Aaron here in OZ & thats what he did with his Vci-100 mod...& he says he's had on problems with his mod this is a pic off his vci-100 mod ALL IN ONE MIDI + P.C in a box [IMG][/IMG] this thing is COOL..!!! |
| Usha Leahan 22.06.2009 | thank you DJ Phaidon & Charo for the help & the welcome the bottom off the vci is make from 1.6 aluminium...so its light weight all the weight comes from the sound card & hard drive its all painted black now [IMG][/IMG] I would give it to you but ..I'm going to use it for the front body of the new mod I'm going to turn it up-side-down cut the hole for the lcd screen , drop the headrest frame into the hole to cover the cut lines , drop the lcd screen into the headrest frame so it looks nice & clean this is the size off the screen [IMG][/IMG] cut the holes for the buttons & the slots for the faders...too eazy..this will give me a big screen to look at but also give me alot off room around the faders for scratching with the jogwheels out of the way its just the wiring thats going to give me some problems.....might just have to pay someone to do that for me....so expect some more NOOB questions from me...LOL |
| juan garcia 22.06.2009 | that's what i would say to, and welcome to the community
s looks like a functional little bottom for the vci-100, do you know how much weight it added? |
| Herschel January 22.06.2009 | From someone who works on electronics and circuits all day, desolder the wires and resolder the length of wire that you need. Extending the wires by splicing is the easier way to do it, but also won't last as long and has the potential to add way more problems than just replacing the whole wire with the size you need. Make sure that you match the guage of wire as closely as possible also, because this can cause problems with signals. |
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