monome opinions

Michael Hatsis · Post by **Michael Hatsis** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:48 am

Machinate wrote:In terms of mods I actually think a couple of menu-type buttons would be the real kicker: most people end up using the 40h as a "7x8" instead of 8x8 because they need to mute/un-mute (as in mlr)

This is all built in to monomeserial...well sort of built in, you can type in the row offset and as soon as you do itll offset by the amount of rows ( or Columns ) that you specify. What ive been thinking about is how to script monomeserial, so you can hit a key command say "Cntrl + 8" and that will enter an 8 into row offset, same for ctrl + 1, 2, 3...An alt + 3... would work the same for columns. So that would instantly give you more rows, hit Ctrl + 0, and your back to the first 8. Or even if you wanted to use toggles on the monome for this....

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:20 am

yeah, but I am talking about physically adding two or four more buttons to the monome itself, so you don't have to go back to the computer for that. It would, in essence, free up ALL 64 pads for use with the controller itself.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:09 pm

Like this:

Oh, and your photo of the 64 is up now, Andy.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:12 pm

sparklepuff wrote:Like this:

Oh, and your photo of the 64 is up now, Andy.

What a dick.

Strauzzie · Post by **Strauzzie** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:16 pm

when i was originally researching the Lemur, i heard rumors of touch latency. i.e. if you wanted to do some rapid retriggering on buttons you would be SOL

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:29 pm

100 units were introduced in january 2008. they sold in 2 minutes.

doc holiday · Post by **doc holiday** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:42 pm

Machinate wrote:
100 units were introduced in january 2008. they sold in 2 minutes.

they went quick!

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:56 pm

Yeah they sure did! 2 mins...daaymn.

I decided last night not to get one. I think that supply is low ends up making them more desirable just in and of itself. Even though they're not expensive, I need to cool it with buying music gear.

I'm going to fool around with Mike's PK native mode software this week instead. I should be taking time to learn and use the toys I already have!

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:02 pm

Hahahaha, too bad for 48 of you. That's how many I got.

doc holiday · Post by **doc holiday** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:38 pm

sparklepuff wrote:Hahahaha, too bad for 48 of you. That's how many I got.

now that would be messed up.. and totally different then buying two kits, building them, and passing one on

really i probably would end up keeping both.. a split 128 does seem sweet!

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:46 pm

wow, 2 minutes.

check ebay in a few weeks once they ship to see how many d0uche_bags bought one for profit. you know it happened, how does that make you feel Doc?

I hope tehn can keep cranking these out. he's a very generous person and published the schematic and source code on his site. there's still some obstacles to overcome like developing nice squishy buttons but it wouldn't be hard for someone to create competition for him.

sorry to say this...
IMO he needs to raise the price a bit and increase his profit margin so he can put up the cash to buy more parts at once. it's gotta be scary paying out $10k or more to get parts for stuff you haven't made yet for orders that haven't been placed. with more cash on hand he can put up a larger supply.

doc holiday · Post by **doc holiday** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:04 pm

Now Tone,

I would like to point out there is a big difference between doing work, and not doing work.

not doing work.. that's the republican way in the analogy you posted yesterday.

doing work.. now thats more like the hippie deadhead roots i have..

I'v crafted and sold many things in my journey down the road..

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:10 pm

Hey! Thought I'd bring my whiny bitchiness over to this thread of similar topic. I have no doubt somebody bought a shitload to sell later. With the cool vibe of the monome people and community it would be cool if they limited the amount people could purchase at once, or maybe they do. I couldn't clock in in under 2 minutes to find out. Did they have any doubt these would sell out?

I'm going to go off and buy a Wii now. Oh, wait.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:31 pm

doc holiday wrote:Now Tone,

I would like to point out there is a big difference between doing work, and not doing work.

not doing work.. that's the republican way in the analogy you posted yesterday.

doing work.. now thats more like the hippie deadhead roots i have..

I've crafted and sold many things in my journey down the road..

I don't completely follow you but I'll say I never doubted that you're a good guy and someone I share a lot of similar views with. it is a smart move to consider buying two and selling one, it's just in this case it doesn't quite work, for reasons we've discussed.

one thing for sure, this isn't something you see everyday.

I want a Wii because I can't get one.

doc holiday · Post by **doc holiday** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:07 pm

The logic is flawed you're right..

but every time i think about it, my mind goes right back to:

if i build one, i should build two