EXTERNAL SCREEN for Octa MK2

Elektron Gear Octatrack
#1

Hi All,
does anyone have tech knowledge on if an external large screen could be hacked for use with the Octatrack ? Im really struggling with the screen size for live use.

thank you

Ambientnun

Techno masters using Elektron Boxes
#2

Magnifying glass?

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#3

Not such a mad idea with a proper scientific glass - thanks !

#4

For a Dynamic Performance Sampler, you need a Gameboy Performance screen magnifier !

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#5

Now were cooking ! - although ~I had visions of a 52" flat screen hovering over my head :slight_smile:

#6

You can find stuff on ebay et al; like an entire magnifying sheet to suit A4 size; set you back $5 for some cheap stuff. Then just cut to suit. See if that resolves your issue? Then re-evaluate from there.

#7

cool- looking right now thank you !

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#9

I found one more local - done - ordered ! Thanks for the heads up Rusty.

#10

UkKBs

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#11

I look like this already ! :):grin:

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#12

oh wow lmao

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#13

For live performance? :smile:

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#14

Mount iPhone / ipad / any tablet that has a camera and bigger screen above it.
Look at that screen . / project it / cast it to tv

As for an actual tech replacement , that’s way beyond my brain.

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#15

Thanks re5et,
Ive gone for the simplest cheapest solution - a magnifying screen. Will see how that goes.

thank you :slight_smile:

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#16

I had that one with additional speakers that folded out…nice. :))

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#17

Post pics afterword please, video maybe… :rofl:

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#18

Bringing back this topic because I do have an issue with small screens. I really can’t stand them.

I wonder why manufacturers can’t add the option to use an external screen. It would make things so much easier.

Do you know any viable solution?

#19

How about mounting a smartphone with an HDMI adapter where it can see the Octatrack screen?

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#20

I briefly looked into it a few years back, it is definitely doable but it was not something that is trivial to do. There is a FPGA based adapter, which can emulate the kind of IC used for the OT display driver and output a VGA signal, but there are 2 protocols for this IC, (serial and parallel) and no one (to my knowledge) has written the code for the type of protocol used by the OT - which if IRC is the parallel protocol.

I wrote a bit about it here on the forum but I can’t remember which thread it was.

But yeah a video output would be awesome.

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