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Agree with Hawkeye. The different SID types make thinks a little wacky, but after setting up your ensemble it should be good. Changing the LOG flag is the most important, but I also found that adjusting the min and max filter values was a big help. Just go by ear :) Most of the circuitry in the MB-6582 is digital, so it’s pretty straightforward. If it seems to be working mostly as expected, ie changing patches, responding to input, proper LEDs lighting, then chances are that any hiccups come down to setting options in the software correctly. The synth engine is really complex, so it’s easy to miss something and get unexpected results!

ah, great thanks! to begin with I thought I had issues with some of the SIDs, but then initialised patches always sounded ok, so I assumed i'd missed something. :)

everything now seems to be working A-OK. A number of the "factory" patches I have seem to make no or very little sound as stock.... not sure if that's because they were made for v1/6581s or something? just changing the oscillator waveform usually springs them into life. The drum kits seem to be good examples of this - although initialising a drum patch seems to work just fine. Pretty sure this is all user error somehow, so am looking forward to learning what I'm doing.... anyway, just wanted to thank everyone for all the help offered, this was right on the edge of what I was confident doing and has turned out better than I could have hoped and taught me loads along the way, plus now I have a really amazing sounding synth!