Eight Years of MIDster Punch
The MIDster Punch system, for punching your own music rolls and books directly from MIDI files, has now completed eight successful years since I first published it at the beginning of 1999. Since then, hundreds of machines have been built, but alas, I suspect a great many MIDster projects have fallen by the wayside for various reasons. One of these reasons might be the lack of detailed plans, or more likely that the circuit board is a bit daunting for those with no electronics experience (although it is fair to say that the little electronic circuit board has the very minimum of components and complexity in order to bring it within the reach of most hobbyists). But now help is at hand. Reuben Grieger of Victoria, Australia has produced a fine set of detailed plans for building a MIDster roll punching machine based on my design. The 100+ pages of plans are in .pdf format on a CD. The plans also include the layout drawing of a printed circuit board. Reuben also sells the actual printed circuit board. Contact him on rgrieger@aapt.net.au for prices and shipping details. Hopefully, this might help to revive some of the MIDster projects that have been “resting” or abandoned. A happy and successful New Year to all IMODers, and “Keep Punching!” Bob Essex bobessex@aol.com
The MIDster Punch system, for punching your own music rolls and books directly from MIDI files, has now completed eight successful years since I first published it at the beginning of 1999. Since then, hundreds of machines have been built, but alas, I suspect a great many MIDster projects have fallen by the wayside for various reasons. One of these reasons might be the lack of detailed plans, or more likely that the circuit board is a bit daunting for those with no electronics experience (although it is fair to say that the little electronic circuit board has the very minimum of components and complexity in order to bring it within the reach of most hobbyists). But now help is at hand. Reuben Grieger of Victoria, Australia has produced a fine set of detailed plans for building a MIDster roll punching machine based on my design. The 100+ pages of plans are in .pdf format on a CD. The plans also include the layout drawing of a printed circuit board. Reuben also sells the actual printed circuit board. Contact him on rgrieger@aapt.net.au for prices and shipping details. Hopefully, this might help to revive some of the MIDster projects that have been “resting” or abandoned. A happy and successful New Year to all IMODers, and “Keep Punching!” Bob Essex bobessex@aol.com