Overbridge Interface Box Idea ?!

[shroomystic]

This morning there came a thought to my mind.
Wouldnt it be great, if there would be a portable “Overbridge Interface box” that makes the tracks of the chosen device (digitakt / digitone / octatrack etc…) available als individual outs for use with analog gear.

You would connect to the box with usb and have 8 Outputs with 6,3mm Jacksockets.
The usb also could be used for firmware updates.

A single knob should also be there for swapping through the different elektron machines, and a tiny display, to see which machine is selected.

This would be hardcore nice !
And would make a massive point for live performing and general usability in a dawless setup.

Would anybody know how to pull this off by doing it by ourselves ?
Like putting overbridge on a mini pc like a arduino or raspberry and then just building a housing for it ?

Any thoughts and interested eyes appreciated !
Have a great time !

[xplora]

I just came across this post. Absolutely! This would be a great way to add individual outs to the Digi boxes…

[muomi]

Maybe look at this thread:

OB for Linux (sorta ;)

I sniffed the USB communication between my Digitakt and the Audio Capture Tool in the standalone version of the OT software, and came up with a simple command line tool which captures all 12 audio streams to a 12 track .WAV file. It should compile on every OS where libusb and libsndfile is available for. Somebody could write a driver or JACK (linux sound server) adapter based on this, and you could have your magic single-outs adapter box (think raspberry pi plus USB sound interface with 8 to 12 …

and this one:

Overwitch, a JACK client for Overbridge devices, AKA Overbridge for Linux

Hi elektronauts! I’m announcing Overwitch, a JACK client for Overbridge 2 devices. It has only been tested on Linux but it should work on every system that is using JACK as the audio server and has support for the libusb library. It’s more than usable at the moment for monitoring and recording into Ardour with a RT kernel with a 64 frames buffer. This project is based on the amazing work of @droelf in dtdump and snd-digitakt and also includes some ideas and code from the awesome zita resample…

[pingbird]

i am regularly pondering this but it’s a puzzle i can’t solve properly. besides this thread there’s another called “breakout box” but it’s beyond my grasp. some genius has soldered his own.

i wouldn’t even need controls. just split the usb audio into separate channels.
something that runs a simple pure data patch for routing.
send it to the usb out of the box and i attach a multi-out audio interface to it which provides the outs so i can attach pedals to them?

[DiscoBiscuitChef]

Been thinking about this too, maybe it can be done with a raspberry pi?

[Catastrophone]

The idea is very simple: a computer and an adat interface in a single box and without the need for a mouse or keyboard. I think it is not difficult to build, the doubt that comes to me is whether some manufacturer has the courage to produce and sell it for real. I hope so, but I do not believe it

[chrisroland]

or Elekrtron could just implement USB audio lol

[Catastrophone]

@chrisroland

or Elekrtron could just implement USB audio lol

Audio over USB already exists on Elektron gear, it’s called Overbridge. I guess OP is asking for an USB breakout box with individual in/outs, bypassing the main computer

[thomcanova]

I think about this so much that the idea needs to start paying rent in my brain. I have DAW sends set up to go to all of my FX & discrete returns as well. It doesn’t feel like a console workflow, and as a recording engineer, that is what I want.

[re5et]

I think you mean class compliant usb audio is available AND overbridge ( which needs drivers on mac / pc ) also does multi channel audio via usb.

And they’ve just teased overbridge for iOS at superbooth 25.