<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> 2010-09-11T03:44:18Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/1810/update-ansi-midio-visualizer-kit-new-video-and-release-info/ <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> Ordered and mega psyched.

I'll see if I can convince a coder friend to help my lazy/dummy ass out with the conversion tool.  I know it would be much easier for me to work on the ANSI in pablodraw, sticking with the characters and palette limitations.

As for your graph paper idea... I have the vblank/jyk blip shirt, maybe I'll try transcribing that as my first experiment!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/BLEO 2010-09-11T03:44:18Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/38693/#p38693 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> bleo wrote:

I'd also love to see a mode that operates the same as the original pocket vblank, just with MIDI as the incoming source instead of audio....

Already in there! There's a visualizer mode that can just blow midi characters on the screen in real time with optional mirroring effects controlled by CCs.


An ansi -> midi tool is possible and probably easily written in processing or some such language, but it's not a perfect correlation. I had to squeeze out some of the less used characters and marry the foreground/background palettes, as ANSI is a larger data set than midi. The way I set it up, you'll pretty quickly memorize the character sets which makes drawing on the fly a bit less about translation & more about drawing.

I draw my design on graph paper, and just type the midi into a tracker line by line, like reading a book.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/vblank 2010-09-10T21:04:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/38666/#p38666 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> Hey, just thinking out loud here... how feasible would it be to code an ANSI->MIDI conversion tool?   That would save some serious work.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/BLEO 2010-09-10T18:02:30Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/38645/#p38645 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> Dag, I need to polish off my BBS and host it, you're beating me to the punch. XD

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-09-10T16:40:48Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/38641/#p38641 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> Wow, the future of this thing sounds exciting.  Right now, my live setup is reliant on a lappy (VST what!?!? shhh) so the "laptop free" module isn't as important to me, but I have lots of external MIDI gear I'd love to try w/ it.  MIDI guitar?  Piggy tracker MIDI!?!?!

I'd also love to see a mode that operates the same as the original pocket vblank, just with MIDI as the incoming source instead of audio....

]]> https://chipmusic.org/BLEO 2010-09-10T16:15:49Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/38640/#p38640 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> lol bleo!
Yeah, the "Ansi Midio" demo on youtube that rolls in a few seconds took me about 3 hours from drawing to midi. That's why I don't have dozens of videos up yet. But man, you feel good when it's done.
I have a "laptop free" module prototype running pretty well now, should be out in October & the current firmware works with it. (I use a Yamaha QY, but any midi source works except those crappy midiman plastic controllers)  Next firmware is a PC "speaker synth" & LOGO visuals synth on the board right now.
(turtle down, left 40....... spirograph style vector graphics). Can't wait to see what you do with the ANSI!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/vblank 2010-09-10T04:32:00Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/38595/#p38595 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> OK, I think I'm gonna get one of these, which pisses me the fuck off cuz I know I'm gonna spend hours making meticulous and ridiculous ANSI scrollerz and not music.  Dammit.  But I have a pretty elaborate MIDI setup and I look forward to the future firmwares and what I might be able to accomplish with this piece.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/BLEO 2010-09-10T03:18:18Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/38591/#p38591 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> LastKnight wrote:

... peed

mmmm.. Cleveland pee.

Quick update:

The first kits have gone out  & ANSI MIDIo kits are now shipping @ $65!
http://www.straytechnologies.com/

Check out the instructions, building instructions, sample files here:
http://www.straytechnologies.com/resources
& yeah, I'll build it for you if you want...

Let me know what you think!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/vblank 2010-07-19T20:09:53Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/31140/#p31140 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> ... peed

]]> https://chipmusic.org/LastKnight 2010-07-12T20:20:51Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30295/#p30295 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> Hey  all, just updated the first post in this thread with a new video of DRAW MODE and release information on the kit.  A little over 1/2 the price of the Pocket VBLANK for those willing to DIY!

For those following the awesome thread hijack: ( I love me some BBS talk!)
This is the end-all link on how to roll your own: http://www.bbscorner.com/startabbs/
There can alwayys be another !

]]> https://chipmusic.org/vblank 2010-07-12T16:41:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30262/#p30262 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> I'm on alot of BBS's ATM and I would love to make one, how do I start?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/BRKCOREKID 2010-07-05T17:09:43Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/29502/#p29502 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> arfink wrote:

Hey, I'm an SDF-er too. Maybe I'll see you in COM some time? smile

Killer! Just peeked at your blog!
No time now, but I got my T102 telnetting into SDF about a month ago.. I've GOT to
fire it up & visit your project when you're rolling! excellent!!  I had no idea anyone else was messing with these!

I haven't been on COM yet, honestly... I know it'll be a time-sync! but I'll likely have some relax-time to muck around after the Hope conference.
ok.. back to coding on the MIDIo!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/vblank 2010-07-05T16:19:36Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/29494/#p29494 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> Hey, I'm an SDF-er too. Maybe I'll see you in COM some time? smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-07-05T15:58:00Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/29490/#p29490 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> arfink wrote:

...visit my gopher page here: gopher://retro-net.org/1/arfink/ and then click on "Summer Retrochallenge 2010 Blog." I ran my first proof-of-concept code a couple days ago, and my first alpha will hopefully be available in the next few days.

Cool! I'll have to check that and Retro-net out when I take a coding break! I've been a member of Super Dimension Fortress: http://sdf.org/     for a while now. Cool to see other folks doing Shell accounts, gopher & the likes. Let us know when the bbs is up!
-VBLANK

]]> https://chipmusic.org/vblank 2010-07-05T15:39:16Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/29487/#p29487 <![CDATA[Re: UPDATE: ANSI MIDIo visualizer kit : new video and release info]]> vblank wrote:

@Arfink:  where's your BBS! Love to visit! I've been on Masquerade & a few others a lot this summer putting the ideas for this together.

My BBS is under construction at the moment. I'm coding it entirely by myself as part of a competition during July. It's a Telnet BBS. If you're interested in observing my progress you can visit my gopher page here: gopher://retro-net.org/1/arfink/ and then click on "Summer Retrochallenge 2010 Blog." I ran my first proof-of-concept code a couple days ago, and my first alpha will hopefully be available in the next few days.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-07-05T15:27:53Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/29485/#p29485