Monotribe is MIDI-controllable! (Page 2 of 3)

Should I disassemble it, or just take a pic of the guts as is?

It kinda seems like it isn't latching properly, because if you hold the switch down everything works perfectly. It just turns off when you let go of the switch.

I'll check the connectors later (it's nearly 1am here), but everything was connected as well as I could get it.

I switched around the screws on the back (the ones holding the i/o board in place and the ground one) and it worked with them in different positions. Though that was likely a fluke.

It works sometimes, but then doesn't. I have no clue...

First off, that switch is not a real on/off switch. It's a momentary switch which causes the power regulator circuit to turn on when pressed, and off when pressed again. In other words, it doesn't latch, it just closes momentarily. To my understanding, what causes the regulator circuit to react is a positive edge, i.e. off -> on transition.

The only thing I can think of is that you have somehow pressed the button too far in a lot of times. My theory is that when you press your switch all the way in, the switch first makes, then breaks again when you press it all the way in. Then when you release the switch, it makes and breaks once more on the way out, causing the unit to go off when you release the button. Check if it works better if you try to press the button as quickly as you can or if you only press it halfway in.

Also, you should place the screws correctly, as they have different pitch. The silver screw should be to the left of the power button. This is the "ground screw". It might be so that the board flexes back and forth, if you placed a black screw there, assuming the screw doesn't even grip onto the screw mount. But those two things are really all I can think of. And apart from the screw placement, neither thing should have anything to do with the mod.

No, it's just a momentary switch. What I said about the switch going off when pressed all the way in, was a theory of how your switch might have failed in such a way that the unit turns off when you release the button.

mind if I ask you how did you make this noise instrument for the clicks? I tried a bunch of different settings, some of them work great, but when I change the BPM everything fucks up.

got myself a monotribe and I can't get enough of it. So much fun.

thanks! gonna try that later and post the results.

Yeah, it was just the ribbon cable wasn't QUITE fully in. Like, a couple mm out? And yeah, that caused all the problems haha. So make sure you put it back together well!

Also worth mentioning that my DMG is prosounded pre-pot - where the volume control won't affect it - and so it's louder and punchier than DMGs prosounded from the pot or afterwards. This may have some bearing on whether or not it works for you, so experimentation is the key really.

Hope this helps! If needed I could take some video/photos of everything, but it's pretty simple