I’m actually in the phase of building a development prototype board using redesigned standard modules and beginning to define what the final hardware should look like.
Preliminary Specs¶
Big alphanumeric or dot-matrix LED based display for song titles and patch number…
Up and down bank buttons
A tap button for setting effect speed (essentially for delays)
10 preset buttons (rock solid !!!)
A LED per preset button indicating the active preset
10 to 20 parameters buttons (I don’t know yet)
3 or 4 characters alphanumeric or dot-matrix LED displays for each parameter button indicating the function assigned (like REV/CHO/DLY/WHA…)
Dual color LED per parameter button indicating the ON/OFF state
MIDI IN and OUT Tongue
2 to 4 relay-controlled jacks for amp channel switching
2 to 4 external controller inputs to connect standard guitar volume pedals controlling MIDI parameters (like Volume, WHA…)
3 or 4 characters alphanumeric or dot-matrix LED displays for each external controller input indicating the function assigned
The software must be capable of sending multiple program-changes/control-changes/whatever on multiple channels on an input event
PC based user interface on a 1st step and a PIC based next
Maybe include a coffee machine (just kidding)
For more information, please check this post at the midibox.org forums.
Stay tuned!