Those are some nice sounds; do you have a release out somewhere?
Looking good, I did not manage to see the annotations on the first vid but maybe that’s because I was watching on a tablet? I could vaguely understand what was going on though, apart from when you were pointing at the MD screen… the drum trig interface for the mixer page looks very cool.
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Youtube annotations should be visible from a browser, they may be disabled by default on your tablet?
Apologies for the lack of visibility on the MD screen, it looked better when I was recording. I only point to the MD screen to indicate that there is a pattern change occurring as scheduled by the MiniCommand.
The drum/trig interface is used on all the pages. It looks and feels seamless even though there’s quite a bit of trickery going on the background to make it happen 
No releases in the style you hear in the video. Honestly, I became jaded with 4/floor electronic music over the last few years. The Best Of 3 EP was an escape from that environment.
Getting back in to techno again obviously (from a production/performance standpoint), we’ll see what happens over the next few months. Sound design is on point, mostly stemming from the work I did on the MD808 and MD909 kits.
It’s a good base for creating something new.
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Annotations only work in a “desktop browser”. They aren’t visible at all on an iPhone, iPad, or any Android device, no matter if you view the video in a browser or in the native YouTube app.
Sigh… they work on my iPad.
Really like what I’m hearing there; do let us know when something is out.
Ah, sorry for assuming wrong in that regard. I am currently on vacation and I couldn’t get it to work on my iPhone and I couldn’t get it to work on my backup Android phone.
Yeah not working on the iPhone. Oh well
In other new:
I will be releasing MCL V2.0 this week.
There are uncertainties around compatibiility, particularly as to whether or not the trigger exploit works with all MD models.
Also I am uncertain if the optocoupler will need to to be replaced on the MiniCommand to achieve 8x Turbo (as I had already replaced mine before discovering the handshake protocol was causing connection errors).
Time will tell.
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Yeah, teaches us to use proper computers! 
The official support status from https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/92710?hl=en is:
Annotations do not appear on custom YouTube chromeless players, or on mobile, tablet and TV devices.
Flu Season here.
v2.0 Binary file is ready. I’m just amending the manual which is taking longer than anticipated.
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MCL 2.0.0 Released. 
User manual is included in the zip archive.
Download here
The firmware is complex and has not been tested outside of my environment.
I’ll be here to work through any problems you may encounter.
Please report back any bugs, issues or findings.
Let the games begin!
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Doco’s a bitch, I hate it. 
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Guys just a quick update. Now that MCL V2 has settled I am able to devote some time to
resurrecting the MiniCommand hardware.
The new version will be called the MegaCommand based on the Arduino Mega2560 (or compatible boards).
It will be a DIY version, with a part list and build instructions. My guess is that cost will be no more than $150 USD in parts.
This weekend I’ve started looking at porting the MidiCTRL framework over to the the Arduino IDE environment for the Arduino Mega.
The MegaCommand will not support the R&W boot loader and instead will use the built in Arduino USB boot loader.
I’ve got all the necessary components on order, including a case.
As I mentioned earlier, most of the components can be purchased in pre-manufactured arduino shields. The trickiest bit will soldering up the I/O board. Which should be manageable for anyone with basic circuit and soldering skills.
All the parts will arrive next week. I’ll start piecing together the hardware in addition to porting the framework over.
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… and 
it’s really cool to see this project is still going. i just threw away two of the felt Minicommand bags as they have started to disintegrate.
Sorry, but no felt bags will be supplied this time 