1 Reply by el-bee

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Jazzmarazz wrote:

Your barks fall upon deaf ears.

Yeah quite likely, but I'm well used to this by now thanks to all the silent treatment from Seb wink

I decided to write here thinking that maybe these files would be of interest to people who didn't get their GenMDM either. Like maybe the document & files would spark some interest / movement towards a true DIY alternative.

I did notice that in the files package, the microcontroller source folder for Genesis is empty. So that part of the build would need to be dug up from somewhere. Sadly I'm no coder and have zero experience with Arduino, so I don't know what kind of options there would be (if any). For instance, could the firmware be dumped from some GenMDM that Seb actually managed to ship..? Or given that it seems to be designed as a generic platform to MIDIfy various retro systems, could the Arduino source for other platforms be forked to work for Genesis? At least the 68k source seems well-documented, so maybe that could point the way?

Anyway I'm interested in getting some kind of kind of Genesis MIDI interface in return for money (& time) wasted on Seb's false promises. I did use the 32-bit FMDrive VSTi for some time (while barking up Seb's def ears) but sadly had to give up on it as it was too much of a buggy turd when wrapped to work on a 64-bit host.

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2 Reply by el-bee

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Ok so it's been I don't know how many years; I'm not getting the Gen MDM I paid for nor getting any response whatsoever from Seb let alone a refund. Guess it's safe to officially call Sebastian Littlescale Tomczak a f**kin douchebag.

Whilst digging for any leads on Seb or the GenMDM, it turned out that apparently the project was part of some doctorate work (thesis?) for University of Adelaide back in early 2011.

So related to this paper I was also able to download an archive of files, I'm guessing it's a dump of the data portion of the CD which was submitted with the paper. Put both of these up for grabs here:

Research paper: http://bit.ly/2h9rYdV
Related files: http://bit.ly/2gXJpgN

Anyone who has Everdrive or such, care to test if the included MD binary runs fine?

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3 Reply by el-bee

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4 Reply by el-bee

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If you're still looking for Launchpad testers, sign me up. Just need to get the arduino bits smile

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5 Reply by el-bee

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Delek wrote:

little-scale, I assume that inside the cart there's no black magic running, so could you please share the rom located inside it? Or some type of specs regarding to how signals come from the pad.

+1

At least the people who have paid for their cart and not gotten one yet, should definitely get the rom binary, schematics and board layout files. It's the least Seb can do since as long as he's clearly not able to deliver the hardware in any reasonable time span (eg. within ~2 months of receiving payment).

With these files, people can at least find the means to construct GENMDM by themselves.

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6 Reply by el-bee

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Still waiting for mine to be shipped, paid over a year ago...

Seb / little-scale: You seem modestly active eg. on Twitter and your blog. so why not stop keeping your mouth shut about the progress and let everyone know what's taking so long. I noticed your tweet about shipping some GenMDMs just a few days ago, and I certainly hope mine is among those.

I think every one of us whom you haven't yet shipped a GenMDM to deserve a status update as your paid customers. At a glance on this thread I'm counting at least Yogi, SAMWAVE, Kitsch, DSC, Msefk, Cosmonal, mercury fm, Ether and Radian. It doesn't take that long to whip up a honest "hey guys this is what's up" mail and offer a full refund for those not willing to wait any longer. If you're having issues finding time for this, then skip a few tweets or a blog post, ffs.

I'm not telling you how to run your business, but in general "Let's be quiet and hope they go away" is not a very solid customer practice.

Just for the record, everyone who hasn't yet received their GenMDM, please reply to this! Who knows, maybe we can have a separate thread for all the delivery complaints smile

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7 Reply by el-bee

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Still waiting for mine to arrive. Any chances of getting some detailed info like how many people are in the queue and by which 'order pay date' have the orders been delivered already?

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8 Reply by el-bee

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Paid for one in december, still not shipped. Anyone know what's the status of the hardware?

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