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Hi Dennis, I'd recommend it. You can easily fit two in a single rack space. The only issue is finding space on the rack case for all of the input jacks. It has a very fast response and it's MIDI output is fairly customizable. You could also fit their MIDI-CV in the other side of the rack if you wanted to, for a full analog i/o thingy. I think that response time is about 50 microsec (don't have the literature in front of me). The only little extra thing I did was make 7 1/4" plugs that were shorted. Then I plug them into unused inputs just to keep all of the signals clean. If you're not filtering for a specific controller, the unused inputs are very sensitive and will couple with the input signal, generating a little extra noise. The other thing is that you're limited to 0-5V as the full input range, so you may have to do some voltage scaling. I just found the MIDI settings (set via a mini-DIP, for which you might want to cut an extra case hole)... ---------------- 9201Fader operation details There are two modes of operation. In multi-channel mode, each fader sends the same MIDI controller number, but each on a different MIDI channel. The lowest channel is selected by entering a binary value on switches 1 to 3 of DIP switch S1. The first fader will transmit on the channel selected, and the remaining faders will occupy the channels numbered continuously above that. Setting a value of "000" on these three switches, for example, transmits on channels 1 through 8 (channels are conventionally numbered as one more than the binary value). Switches 4 to 8 on S1 are used to select one of the first 32 MIDI controller numbers. A setting of "00111000" transmits MIDI volume (controller 7) on channels 1 to 8. ---------- In single -channel mode, each fader is assigned to a MIDI channel number, selected using switches 1 to 4 on S1. Each fader transmits a different MIDI controller number. The first fader is assigned to the MIDI controller selected by switches 5 to 8 on S1; the next fader tramits that controller number plus one; the third fader is that number plus two; and so on. Thus, if you select "00010000" on S1, the MIDI Fader will transmit controllers 1 to 8 on MIDI channel 1. ----------- **In either mode, the MIDI Fader is programmed to transmit MIDI pitch bend in place of controller 0 and channel pressure instead of controller 3. --------------------------- Hope this message isn't too long for everyone. But there is the MIDI customization in a nutshell. Hope that answers most of your questions. Tim At 01:49 PM 10/25/00 -0500, you wrote: >> Rackmounted Paia CV-MIDI converter, this is where the electric eyes go >> (and future contraptions) . . . > >So what do you think of the PAIA converter? I've had my (non-electric) >eyes >on this kit for some time. How well does it fit in the 1U rackbox, for >instance? Can you put two in one 1U box? Etc. > >Dennis Leas >------------------- >dennis@mdbs.com