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Beat707 Makes a Comeback


Uploaded on Apr 12, 2011 beat707videos

Note this video was from 2011 and previously posted here. The Beat707 is an Arduino based MIDI Drum Sequencer. The Beat707 is controlling the E-mu Xtreme Lead-1 above.  The following is the video description from 2011.  Below that are details on the Beat707 re-issue, or just click here for the post on how to help make it happen.

"www.Beat707.com

Here's a quick song I made in a few minutes, sorry its short and not superb, but still a great demonstration.

At the end I show how easy is to edit a pattern while in song mode: hit record, edit the pattern, hit left+right to go back to song mode where you left.

You can download the MP3 files at the following link:
http://www.beat707.com/downloads/Beat..."

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via Beat707.com:

"Great News, I'm BACK, and with a new project for the great Beat707 MIDI Drum Sequencer, fully Arduino compatible open-source.

What I will be working next is the new Beat707 2.0 set of PCBs, I will have more info about it soon. But the idea is to make the PCB with headers for buttons and leds, so the unit can have custom design. Let's say you want a 4 x 4 button + led grid, or a 1 x 16 grid instead. You can use the same boards. This way you can make a regular sized unit, or a big one like my latest XXL project was. I will no longer use touch sensitive buttons. Watch the videos below on how the previous Beat707 Drum Sequencers were, which were a great success already. The next unit will be fully open-source.

More details on the Beat707 2.0 PCB Boards Below, and also the specs of the hardware + software of the MIDI Drum Sequencer, fully Arduino Compatible. You can check, below, the old Beat707 XXL BIG PCB Board, as the new board will be based on it, but much smaller, making it possible to be used on small and large setups. I will also release some Acrylic cases designs later on.

But for all this to happen I need to collect some contributions in order to keep working on this and release new videos and software on how to create your own device. All in all I'm trying to collect $ 2,000.00 USD (specially for the PCB industrial upfront fees), which should be ok to do. In return any contribution will get you a free copy of Wusik 4000, a Virtual Modular Software Plugin for Windows and MAC, see details below.

The Specs for the Beat707 2.0 is a bit open now, as I plan on adding as much options possible using the "power" of the ATmega328 chip. The previous software had:

14 Drum Tracks (on/off steps)
2 Note Tracks (0~127 note number, off and glide)
2 Accent Tracks
32 x 2 steps for each Drum Track
Since the idea is to add the SD Card to replace both external EEPROM and FLASH, the number of patterns per song could be 127.

The new boards will come with the same design as the Beat707 XXL had, you can see a video of that board below. It comes with Arduino compatible ATmegas, so you don't need an actual arduino, just an USB to FTDI cable and you are good to go. After the board is fully programmed no computer is required for using it live..."

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