JJR

Ahh. Well that explains. Gonna give it more time then. Not in a hurry anyway.

Right so got 4x 6581 sids from ebay. 2 seem to be basically indentical and 2 others not so. Works fine for a stereo lead + bassline + drumline setup i was thinking of. I placed an order to mikes-electronic for pcbs and PICs but after the order confirmation e-mail i havent heard a peep from there. It said they would send me payment info and i've sent e-mails asking for it but nothing. might have to consider ordering abroad. :S

Placed an order for pcbs and pics from mikes. Other components i'll source thru my dad. He prolly has all the basic ones on shelf. Ordered pcbs for 2 cores, 4 sids and full cs. also a bankstick pcb. SIDs i bought from ebay, someone was running a 4 sid auction so i went for that. All were the same, older model. Now its waiting for parts to get things going! :)

That did make it more clear yes. Thanks. The way i understood that is if i want my midibox to play out lead sounds AND drums at the same time (which i do) i need 2 cores. One set to lead mode and one to drum mode. each controls its own sid(s). With one core, i could only use lead OR drum mode. Core=module with the PIC mode=the software engine, as used in ucapps.de starting to look like a 2xcore+3x sid (2for drum engine) setup for me. the 8 SID monster is cool btw. as it is possible to get it as a kit, its starting to sound like a tempting platform to do even my smaller setup.

Thanks for the nice reply. I read (again) thru the ucapps.de and tried to understand more. The great sound samples gave me a rough idea what i'd want from my cs. Atleast a better idea than i had. (why had i not seen them before...) Anyway. One new question popped up. Do I need a core for every engine or can one core handle them? The drum engine part said that it would do with 2 SIDs so that means i'd need atleast a 1xcore+2xSID conf. But can that core handle for example a lead and drum engine? Or to get both out i'd need 2 cores? Yeh alot of questions before even starting but i just want to get my bearings before ordering stuff. :)

Hey! I'm planning on making myself a SIDbox to get some tunes out. I have an old..ish electric organ that has a MIDI out so i'm gonna use that to play it. Not sure yet if i'll make a separate box or build everything in the organ. Depends on what I find inside i guess. EDIT: Since my lenghty starter post was answered i decided to transform this into a "status" post. Project status I have 4 SID chips. hooray!