Audiothingies Micromonsta 2

[Drew Stephenson]

You can also buy small, angled prisms for this purpose.

[Ben Asaro]

You can also buy small, angled prisms for this purpose.

Functional and will align Charkra energies at the same time!

[Guest]

Or you can spend hours in Blender swearing and scratching your head and then hours 3d printings something that is 95% there (3 mm out from a snug fit):

[Martin Walker]

Bravo [ACCOUNT DELETED] - very smart indeed!

Martin

[Guest]

Thanks. Already started working on version 2, hours of work to do where a wedge of foam cut with a bread knife would do the job just as well.

[The Elf]

Thanks. Already started working on version 2, hours of work to do where a wedge of foam cut with a bread knife would do the job just as well.

Ooh! I'd happily pay you to rustle a couple of these up for me? PM me if this appeals.

[Guest]

I'll get version 2 sorted tomorrow, I want a tight fit at the back so if you pick up the Micromonsta the stand stays attached, also have the back end come down at 90 degrees to save space and also improve printing time and use less filament by making it a bit slimmer.

Once this is done I can print off a couple for you no problem, pm me with your address.

[Guest]

Version 3, sort of holds the Micromonsta in place:

[Ben Asaro]

Looking good! And a great use for the 3D printer. I only use mine to print terrain for Warhammer!

[Guest]

The printer needs a service though, those ridges never used to be there!

Since getting the bloody thing it has been a never ending series of upgrades and fiddling.

It's a bit like owning an old British car.

[Ben Asaro]

Yup, 3D printers are super fiddly!

[Martin Walker]

The printer needs a service though, those ridges never used to be there!

And there I was admiring the textured finish for added grip

Martin

[Guest]

If only.

I will add a link to the file on Thingiverse incase anyone wants to print one: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4898258

[The Elf]

Just tried to delete this post, but told I'm not allowed?!

[Wonks]

Did you wait too long before deleting? I just deleted a test post here straight after I wrote it.

[The Elf]

Did you wait too long before deleting?

Nope - it was about 2 minutes from post to delete.

[Kwackman]

Hi Elf,
Just to add- I made a posting here, and closed my browser, then re-opened, located the post and successfully deleted it....

[The Elf]

Yeah, I think I sussed it - use the button above, not the tick box in the edit screen.

[Hugh Robjohns]

Agreed. The tick box in the edit window isn't working, but the cross button in the post itself does. I'll flag it up...

[The Elf]

Agreed. The tick box in the edit window isn't working, but the cross button in the post itself does. I'll flag it up...

Thanks. Feel free to clean up this thread, if it's felt necessary.

[Guest]

So I have messed around with my Micromoster 2 a bit now.

For the money I think it a bit of a steal.

As I said before the MPE implementation is very good, even in Combo mode everything works fine, and mono patches work fine, all very good.

The hardware seems very good, everything seems pretty high quality apart from the terrible screen.

Sounds good to me as well, I am not an Analog purist though, my favourite synths are all digital (apart from the PEK, that is quite nice).

If I was going to change anything though:

The main issue I have is I am always looking for page 2 of the parameters. Limiting everything to four parameters makes sense in a way as you have four knobs and it makes it simple, but you also have an "Alt button", so why not make use of it and have eight parameters where needed.

Having FM oscillators on osc 2 as well as osc 1 would be good.

Another envelope or two would also be welcome.

The Drive parameters only really make sense at their lowest settings, so evening these out would be good.

Overall though highly recommended, anyone that likes synths should get one.

[The Elf]

I'm about to expand my MIDI Designer editor Layout, and I'm aware that there's a standalone and VST editor in progress, so editing may become much easier very soon.

[Guest]

Sounds good, I have Midi Designer here so would be interested in that.

I think they did a pretty good design for editing on the box though, considering the number of knobs available!

[The Elf]

In case it's of use to anyone who reads this thread...

Now that the new version of MIDI Designer Pro is out in the wild I can also release an improved version of my MicroMonsta 2 Layout.

This version will accept sys-ex patch dumps from the MM2, allowing any patch to be analysed and edited.

A few things to note:
The patch name and category are for display purposes only - editing these will still have to be achieved on the MM2 itself.
Some of the controls on the Layout will not be 100% accurate to the numeric parameter value in the MM2. This is due to the MM2 and MDP not completely agreeing on the translation of MIDI values. On the whole this shouldn't be wildly inaccurate, but it is important to be aware.
Use at your own risk.

I'll host the Layout in my Dropbox for a while, but hopefully it will make its way to other respositories:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqqpux79p7d3w ... igner?dl=0