It looks like there's a known bug in SoundPaint, apparently on MACs only where, after downloading some content, the "unpacking" process simply halts with a "error occurred - please restart downloading" and nothing else.

Actually, this seems to be a problem with the "standard" Unarchiver app on MACs, which is used to unpack (or to "unrar") this file

The whole download, at least in the case of the Free Piano, is made by 8 parts. Here they are along with the "unpacked" folder that was created by the downloader, which is nearly empty (just one file in it):

sounpaint error 01

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I recently found a 360 Systems MIDI Bass Pro for cheap and bought it. It's the "Rack" version of the "Desktop" MIDI Bass and It has 8 sounds on board.

The unit can be expanded by installing other sounds using EPROMs, it has 16 slots in total and only 5 of them are used by default.

MidiBassPro

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DIY MIDI Set

I have recently built an Erica Synth DIY System and needed to program the Atmega328P for the module.
A friend on a Facebook group suggested to use a "regular" Arduino Uno Board that uses an Atmega328, and swap it with the one I needed to program.
Cool, good idea, but the MIDI-CV firmware ony comes in .hex format, so you cannot load it into the Arduino IDE. But there's a workaround using avrdude and "spying" what the Arduino IDE does when uploading.

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Here's my latest track compoesed almost entirely with a newly restored Kawai 100F (except drums and some effects)

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I finally managed to find some time to solder Jasper MIDI interface and to host it into the mahogany case I started building last July.


Here's the result, not 100% perfect maybe but I am quite happy on how it turned out, those recessed MIDI connectors in particular ;-)

 

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